While NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS) is responsible for issuing weather forecasts and warnings, its the Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR), a program office within the National Satellite and Information Service (NESDIS), develops the satellite-based products and tools that support those forecasts with high quality, consistent data.

Human space exploration in the U.S. took another major step forward this spring in preparing for space weather risks.

Hurricanes, tornadoes, and blizzards are well known for their destructive impact to life and property, but fog is a silent, often underestimated threat.

LightningCast uses artificial intelligence (AI) to predict general locations where lightning is most likely to occur.

The job of forecasting is with NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS), but the Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR), a program office within the National Satellite and Information Service (NESDIS)

On June 25, 2024, GOES-U, the final satellite in NOAA’s GOES-R Series, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

For 50 years , NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) have kept a constant vigil over the Western Hemisphere.

River flooding poses a serious threat to communities across the United States, endangering roughly 41 million Americans and putting an estimated $5.5 trillion in assets at risk.