Weather-Ready Nation

August 27, 2026 - NOAA boosts weather data collection capabilities with new Mesonet contract
NOAA’s National Weather Service expands the National Mesonet Program, an observational weather “network of networks” that delivers critical information required for improved weather prediction and warnings across the United States

 August 6, 2026 - NOAA maintains prediction for below-normal Atlantic hurricane season  
With the climatological peak of hurricane season approaching in early September, NOAA’s prediction for below-normal activity in the Atlantic basin remains.

August 3, 2026 - New turbulence detection tool aims to make commercial flight smoother
The National Weather Service’s Aviation Weather Center (AWC) debuted a new tool to help pilots navigate the (occasionally) bumpy skies.
 

July 27, 2026 - NOAA’s use of cloud infrastructure grows to include weather prediction models
Moving high-performance supercomputing operations to the commercial cloud will result in a weather modeling system that is more flexible and easy to update.