National Weather Service

Supercomputers and algorithms constantly being tweaked has all made NOAA better and better at weather forecasting.

How does the National Weather Service keep Americans safe by predicting extreme weather events earlier and with more accuracy? What are its strategic priorities? How is the National Weather Service using technology and innovation to meet its mission? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Dr. Louis Uccellini, Assistant Administrator for Weather Services at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Director of the National Weather Service.

Kevin Cooley, director of the office of planning and programming for service delivery at the National Weather Service, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for the details.

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board issues a new interim rule allowing participants in the Thrift Savings Plan to take a loan while in non-pay status.

The Office of Personnel Management said employees may request unscheduled leave to depart prior to staggered departure times as weather conditions worsen.

The amount of hurricanes and damage resulting from the storms has hit record numbers in the last two years. USACE continues to support disaster relief efforts from recent and past hurricane seasons.

Gigi Schumm welcomes Brenda Smith, executive assistant commissioner at the Customs and Border Protection Office of Trade, to talk awards, leadership style and the importance of integrated planning.

New technology now allows the National Weather Service to automate weather balloon launches in remote areas of Alaska, which, for the last 80 years have been done manually.

The 2019 budget proposal set out to cut the National Weather Service budget by 8 percent and eliminate nearly 250 forecasting positions.

National Weather Service launches three new satellites to use more supercomputing power to update tracking and predictions