- NOAA's National Hurricane Center (NHC) is responsible for forecasting hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean and eastern North Pacific Ocean. The NHC works closely with other national and international meteorological agencies, including the National Weather Service, the Canadian Hurricane Centre, and the Mexican Meteorological Service.
- The NHC uses a variety of tools and data to forecast hurricanes, including satellite imagery, radar data, and computer models. The NHC also works with hurricane hunter aircraft to collect data on hurricanes.
- The NHC issues hurricane advisories every six hours, and these advisories provide information on the hurricane's location, intensity, and track. The NHC also issues tropical storm watches and warnings, and hurricane watches and warnings.
Tornadoes
- NOAA's National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) is responsible for conducting research on tornadoes and severe thunderstorms. The NSSL works closely with other national and international meteorological agencies, including the National Weather Service, the Storm Prediction Center, and the National Severe Storms Forecast Center.
- The NSSL uses a variety of tools and data to study tornadoes, including Doppler radar data, satellite imagery, and computer models. The NSSL also conducts field research on tornadoes.
- The NSSL issues tornado watches and warnings, and these advisories provide information on the location and intensity of tornadoes. The NSSL also issues severe thunderstorm watches and warnings.
Cooperation
- Scientists from the NHC and the NSSL work together to help accurately forecast and track hurricanes and tornadoes. The NHC provides data on hurricanes to the NSSL, and the NSSL provides research findings on tornadoes to the NHC.
- This cooperation helps to improve the accuracy of hurricane and tornado forecasts, and it helps to save lives.