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NOAA unveils expanded and enhanced Climate Explorer
David Herring - NOAA Federal
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NOAA unveils expanded and enhanced Climate Explorer

An expanded and redesigned version of NOAA’s online, open-source Climate Explorer tool was released today to improve support for local planners, policy leaders, and facility and resource managers. The tool gives people a way to explore conditions projected for their locations in the coming decades. 

 For years, the tool has provided easy access to decision-relevant climate variables — both historical observed and projected future data — for every county in the contiguous United States.  Now the tool also offers data for Alaska’s boroughs and will soon expand again to include Hawai’i and U.S. island territories. 

 “The Climate Explorer has been used by city and county officials as well as consultants to support their long-range plans to build climate resilience,” said David Herring, Communications Division Chief within NOAA’s Climate Program Office.  “Last year, my team solicited users’ feedback about the tool to help us consider whether and how we could improve it.”  

In response to user feedback, the following changes were made in this new version:

  • the tool is mobile-friendly, allowing tablet and smartphone users to check future climate projections for their locations;

  • navigation has been streamlined to provide direct access to all six of the tool’s main features from a single screen, after a user enters a location of interest;

  • new maps show projections of annual averages for diverse temperature and precipitation variables, as well as the four monthly averages used to represent each season;

  • maps for all temperature variables now use the same color palette, so users can compare maps of historical and projected conditions across seasons and decades (from 1950-2100); and

  • charts showing projections from two climate models runs for a higher emission scenario (RCP8.5) are now available for all boroughs in Alaska (except Aleutians West, which is coming soon). 

Development of NOAA’s Climate Explorer tool is funded and managed by NOAA’s Climate Program Office, with guidance and expertise provided by a team of climate scientists and modeling experts in the EPA, NASA, NOAA, and the U.S. Geological Survey, chaired by U.S. Global Change Research Program.

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Climate Resilience Toolkit Publishes New Case Study on Heat Illness Early Warning in the Carolinas 16 March 2018

Climate Resilience Toolkit Publishes New Case Study on Heat Illness Early Warning in the Carolinas

Developing an Early Warning System to Prevent Heat Illness

Residents of the Carolinas are familiar with hot summers, but in some areas excessive heat events bring a higher risk for heat-related illness—and even death. A new tool can help local communities get ahead of heat events so they can reduce risk for their residents.

WaPo: Heat wave creates health hazard in southwestern US 19 June 2017

WaPo: Heat wave creates health hazard in southwestern US

By Clarice Silber and Josh Hoffner | AP

PHOENIX — The southwestern U.S. is about to feel the wrath of a punishing heat wave that includes a forecast of 120 degrees (48.8 Celsius) in Phoenix — a temperature not seen in the desert city in more than 20 years.

The broiling temperatures will also be felt in Las Vegas and Southern California, creating a public health hazard. Rising temps are being closely watched by everyone from airline pilots and emergency room doctors to power grid managers and mountain cities unaccustomed to heat waves.

Even cities accustomed to dealing with 110-degree (43-Celsius) days are grappling with the new problems that arise from 120 degrees (48.8 Celsius).

NOAA Releases Summer Climate Outlook for 2017 6 June 2017

NOAA Releases Summer Climate Outlook for 2017

only the great plains may be spared from above average temperatures

Schools are letting out, Memorial Day is nearly here, and for many Americans that means  the unofficial start of summer. And if it's summer, then it 's time to start paying attention to the risk of extreme heat. According to NOAA’s summer outlook, most of the United States is favored to have a hotter than average summer in 2017. Only in the Great Plains do forecasters think the chances for a cool or a normal summer are equal to the chances of a hot summer. Everywhere else—from Alaska to southern California, and from Maine to Texas—odds are tilted toward well above average warmth. The absolute highest chances for a much warmer than usual summer are in Hawaii. (see the large version of the map below for Hawaii and Alaska.

NIHHIS Partners host heat-health workshop in Hermosillo, Mexico 19 May 2017

NIHHIS Partners host heat-health workshop in Hermosillo, Mexico

The Climate Program Office's Juli Trtanj will deliver an update on the National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS)’s national and trans-boundary activities.  

New Case Study: Protecting People from Sweltering City Summers 16 May 2017

New Case Study: Protecting People from Sweltering City Summers

Climate models predict an increase in the frequency, severity, and length of heat waves in coming decades. Federal, state, and local agencies are working to provide more advanced warnings and services to help health care workers, social services providers, and the general public better prepare for and respond to extreme heat events.

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Urban Heat Island Community of Practice Webinar Series Continues: "The Power of the Pen: Policies, Standards, Codes, etc"

Urban Heat Island Community of Practice Webinar Series Continues: "The Power of the Pen: Policies, Standards, Codes, etc"

The National Integreated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS) and its partners are hosting a webinar series featuring case studies about what happens after communities conduct their urban heat island mapping campaigns. On September 2nd at 3PM EDT, the third of the series, "The Power of the Pen: Policies, Standards, Codes, etc..." will highlight case studies of local government policies, incentives, regulations, and other approaches to help advance the implementation of heat island mitigation measures. Speakers for this event include Courtney Anderson (Net Zero Energy New Buildings and Homes Administrator, Office of Climate Action, Sustainability & Resiliency, City and County of Denver) and Melissa Deas (Acting Chief Resilience Officer, DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency). Victoria Ludwig (EPA, Urban Heat Island Reduction Program) will moderate this event. Learn more about the webinars and register for the webinar series here. 

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Urban Heat Island Community of Practice webinar series continues with “Examining Structural and Physical Infrastructure”

Urban Heat Island Community of Practice webinar series continues with “Examining Structural and Physical Infrastructure”

On September 13th at 3PM EDT, the fourth of the NIHHIS webinar series, "Structural and Physical Infrastructure", will take place highlighting communities that have implemented solutions to make their built environment cooler and more resilient to heat. Presentations will provide an overview of how cool roofs and solar-reflective walls work and the multitude of benefits they provide. The session will provide resources and suggestions for participants just getting started thinking about which cool solutions in the built environment can be part of their portfolio of actions to mitigate urban heat risk. Learn more about the webinars and register here. 

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