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Get involved with #mPING! Download the mPING app to your phone, select a report type, and submit. It's that easy! Rain, hail, wind damage - report what is happening in your area! Learn more: https://mping.nssl.noaa.gov #CitizenScience #Weather

We’re celebrating Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month by highlighting several meteorological pioneers, including Dr. Yoshi Sasaki! Dr. Sasaki was instrumental in developing The University of Oklahoma meteorology program and strengthening ties with federal partners at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Dr. Sasaki served as the director of OU Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies from 1980-86, creating... an agreement between OU & Kyoto University in Japan. His dream was to see universities, private businesses, & government unite to lessen the devastating effects of natural disasters. He witnessed a typhoon in Japan, resulting in the deadliest ship disaster in Japanese history - the Toya Maru ferry sinking. More than 1,130 people died. This incident shaped his will to form scientific solutions to natural disasters as a way to help the world. He worked hard establishing relationships between Japan and Oklahoma receiving the "Order of the Sacred Treasure Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon" for contributions to science & international affairs from the Emperor of Japan in 2004. #AAPIHeritageMonth #AANHPIHM #weather

Happy #StarWarsDay! Strong with us, the research is. NSSL is committed to its mission to understand the causes of severe weather & explore new ways to use weather info to assist @NWS forecasters, federal, university & private sector partners. Learn more: nssl.noaa.gov

Learn more about supercell thunderstorms from NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory: https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu.../svrwx101/thunderstorms/faq/

NOAA NSSL researchers with partners from OU Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies continue to lead collaborative undertakings, like the 2021 Warn-on-Forecast Testbed Experiment in the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed. The experiment, which was conducted virtually, was operated for the in-the-cloud for the first time. The experimental NOAA WoFS aims to increase lead times for tornado, severe thunderstorm, & flash flood warnings via rapid-update, storm-scale ...ensemble modeling. Read more about the experiment: https://go.usa.gov/xHEDh (Photo: A screenshot of WoFS in AWPS.)

Scientists from NOAA NSSL and OU Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies are using drones to gather critical data on tornado damage to vegetation in remote, hard-to-reach areas. The drones - a fixed-wing and a multi-rotor copter - host specialty tools like a multispectral camera to better characterize high-wind damage to vegetation. Scientists hope images from the drones will improve our understanding of tornadoes and lead to better forecasts. https://noaa....gov//noaa-scientists-use-drones-to-see-tornad Read more in depth about the project: https://inside.nssl.noaa.gov/uas/

Happy #CitizenScienceMonth! It's no secret we love the weather and we love getting #mPING reports! Download the mPING app to your phone, select a report type, and submit your report. Rain, hail, snow - let's see what is happening in your area! http://mping.nssl.noaa.gov... Photos: A screenshot of the mPING map viewer. A screenshot of the mPING phone app "Report Types" page.

Happy Women's History Month! This is the last official week of #WHM2021 and we’re celebrating by sharing a final look at the journey of women gaining the right to vote in the U.S. through the weather during key moments in the women’s suffrage movement. The weather was calm on Aug. 26, 1920, as women involved in the Suffrage Movement celebrated the result of 72 years of a huge civil rights movement. The Secretary of State signed the 19th Amendment stating the vote shall not be... denied based on sex. Most parts of the U.S. experience typical weather when the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution enfranchised 26 million women of voting age- providing a perfect backdrop for celebrations in the streets. However, women of color were still not able to vote in some states due to local law. It was another 45 years before women of color could vote. It was a steamy hot August day in D.C. - 90F - when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, guaranteeing the right to vote regardless of sex, race, color, or previous conditional servitude. On Aug. 26, the U.S. celebrates the passage of the 19th Amendment with Women’s Equality Day. Aug. 26 was designated as Women’s Equality Day by Congress in 1971. Photos: National Weather Service and The Library of Congress #WomensHistoryMonth #wxhistory

Kimberly Hoogewind was bitten by the weather bug at a young age. "I was especially fascinated by thunderstorms and snowstorms," she says. "From elementary scho...ol onward, when asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, I always responded, 'a meteorologist!'" Kimberly achieved that dream - she's now a research scientist at OU Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies and NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory. Learn more about Kim's work: https://research.noaa.gov//Turning-a-fascination-with-thun #WomenofNOAA #WomensHistoryMonth

We're continuing to celebrate Women's History Month - taking a look at the journey of women gaining the right to vote in the U.S. by exploring the weather during key moments in the women’s suffrage movement. It was a bitterly hot week in Nashville, Tennessee in 1920 when state leaders met to vote on ratifying the 19th Amendment, ensuring that the right to vote could not be denied based on sex. During the week of Aug. 13 and Aug. 18, 1920 - temps were in the high 80s.... Meeting in the unairconditioned Tennessee State Capitol Building, state legislators ratified the 19th amendment on a steamy August 18, 1920. It was the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment, making women's suffrage legal in the United States. : U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) #WomensHistoryMonth #wxhistory

Happy #WomensHistoryMonth! We’re celebrating by taking a look at the journey of women gaining the right to vote in the U.S. by exploring the weather during key moments in the women’s suffrage movement. Today we are sharing some #wxhistory as it pertains to Women's History Month. The temperature was in the mid-40s and a tad breezy as 5,000 women marchers gathered in Washington, D.C. on March 3, 1913, to call for a constitutional amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote.... Parade organizers wanted to maximize attention on the event & strategically hosted it the day before President-elect Woodrow Wilson's inauguration. Historians credit the parade for giving the suffrage movement a new inspiration & purpose. : U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) & The Library of Congress

We are saddened to learn Richard Dick Doviak, a renowned radar engineer and professor, passed away last week. He was instrumental in NOAA NSSL's radar program. Research conducted by Dick and others at NSSL helped convince the NOAA National Weather Service of Doppler radar’s crucial use as a forecasting tool. Learn more about him and his lasting legacy: https://go.usa.gov/xs6a2... #weather #InMemoriam See more

NOAA NSSL Researchers work on more than tornado products. Check out the latest on some experimental winter weather tools!