December

• Global Observing System Hits Milestone with 1,000th Argo Float
• NOAA Fisheries Implements New Fishing Regulations for Atlantic Sharks
• Santa Using High-tech Rescue Support—Just in Case
• Winter’s Been Here Despite What the Calendar Says
• NOAA Issues USA Winter Weather Update
• NOAA Reports 2003 Was Marked by Contrasting Conditions Across the U.s. While Global Temperatures Remain High
• NOAA and U.S. Navy Uncover Secrets of Lost Civil War Submarine USS Alligator; Joint Research Project Yields New Details About The U.S. Navy’s First Submarine
• Washington Area Sees Increased Flood Danger; Don’t Ruin Your Holidays — Turn Around, Don’t Drown!
• Are We Cleared to Land?; the Wright Brothers Help NOAA Show the Way
• NOAA, UNH Scientists Lead Ocean-mapping Cruise to the High Arctic; Scientists Discover, Map New Seamount Find Out More Information About Ice Age, Arctic Circulation Patterns
• NOAA’s Dart Right on Tsunami Target
• The First Major Eastern Storms of the Winter Debut
• Tropical Storm Odette Getting Better Organized
• Tropical Storm Odette—The 15th Named Storm of the Year—Forms in the Caribbean Sea
• Off-season Tropical Depression Forms in the Caribbean Sea
• NOAA Reports Above-normal Atlantic Hurricane Season

November

• NOAA Reports Potential Still Exists for More Space Weather
• NOAA to Commission New Climate Monitoring Network
• SARSAT Caps Busy Week with Life-saving Rescue Operations
• Active Solar Regions Return; Sun Revs up Again
• NOAA Issues Winter Outlook Update; Winter Weather Still Promising Much Variability
• Invasive Marine Species Found on Georges Bank
• Ohio Man Saved by Using Personal Locator Beacon; First Person to Use New Technology in the Contiguous United States
• NOAA Reports Record Warmth in the West, Cooler than Average in Parts of the East in October; Europe Cooler than Average in Contrast to Much of Globe
• NOAA Reports Potent Greenhouse Gas Levels Off
• 4th Annual National Severe Weather Workshop to Be Held in March
• Powerful Winds Blow Across Northeastern Parts of USA
• Study Concludes African Droughts and Dust Affect Weather in Caribbean
• Another Solar Storm Reaches Earth; Largest Flare on Record
• A Weak El Niño May Be Present by the End of the Month
• Sun Spews Spectacular Solar Storm
• Weather Provides Some Relief to Wildfire Battle
• Solar Storms Continue to Pummel Earth

October

• Weather May Help Battle Against Wildfires in California
• Sun Hurls Another Major Solar Storm Towards Earth
• Wildfires Rage Across California
• Powerful Solar Storm Reaches Earth
• Southeastern USA Readies for Severe Weather; NOAA Forecast Offices in Southeast Mark “Severe Weather Awareness Day”
• Spectacular Flare Erupts on Sun
• California Wildfires Continue Their Rampage
• Wildfires Burn Throughout California
• Solar Storm Reaches Earth; More Activity Expected
• Sun Erupts with Intense Activity
• NOAA Publishes Electronic Great Lakes Ice Atlas
• VT Halter Marine and NOAA Launch Hi-tech Fisheries Survey Vessel; Announce Contract Award for Second Vessel
• NOAA Reports Cool Start to Autumn in Parts of the U.S.; Global Temperature Is the Warmest on Record for September
• NOAA Issues 2003-04 Winter Outlook for the Nation
• 2003 Antarctic Ozone 'Hole' near Record Size; Cold Temperatures Play Major Role
• NOAA Ships Help Keep Ports Open Following Hurricane Isabel
• NOAA Provides Expertise for Development of New Radar Network

September

• NOAA Uses Remote Sensing Technology to Monitor and Identify Harmful Algal Blooms
• NOAA Gets U.S. Consensus for El Niño/La Niña Index, Definitions
• Scientists Discover Possible New Whale Subspecies; Whale Stranding Illustrates the Importance of Collecting Data from Stranded Marine Mammals
• NOAA and Partners Use Satellite Technology and Computer Modeling to Successfully Locate Marine Debris; Project is First Successful Demonstration of High Tech Search Capabilities
• NOAA Researchers Retrieve Wealth of Data after Chasing Hurricane Isabel
• NOAA Aircraft Takes Dramatic Photos of North Carolina Coast after Hurricane Isabel Unleashed Her Fury
• NOAA and Partners Return to 19th Century Steamship Portland; Researchers Also to Survey Sunken Schooners and Mystery Wrecks in the NOAA Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
• NOAA Study Offers New Take on Urban Heat Island Effect
• Isabel Racing Northward and Losing Tropical Characteristics
• Isabel Continues to Weaken
• Isabel Pounding Eastern North Carolina and Southeastern Virginia
• Eyewall of Isabel Coming Ashore on the North Carolina Outer Banks
• Outer Bands of Hurricane Isabel Moving Onshore; Weather Should Gradually Worsen; Preparations to Protect Life and Property Should Be Rushed to Completion
• Dangerous Flooding Expected with Hurricane Isabel
• Large Hurricane Isabel Closing in on the Coast; Preparations to Protect Life and Property Should Be Rushed to Completion
• Hurricane Isabel Continues North-northwest; Coastal Warnings Updated; Preparations to Protect Life and Property Should Be Rushed to Completion
• Hurricane Isabel Heading for the Mid-Atlantic U.S. Coast
• Hurricane Isabel Draws Near; Additional Watches Issued; Warnings Likely Tuesday Night
• Fabian, Isabel Offer Wealth of Data to NOAA Hurricane Researchers
• Hurricane Isabel Continues North-Northwest
• Hurricane Watch Issued as Isabel Moves North-Northwest
• Hurricane Isabel Continues Moving Northwest
• Powerful Hurricane Isabel Moving Northwest
• NOAA Reports Summer Was Season of Contrasts—east Cooler and Wetter While West Sweltered; Fifth-warmest August for the U.S. in 109 Years of Record Keeping
• Hurricane Isabel Slows and Weakens Slightly
• Intense Hurricane Isabel Continues Heading West-Northwest
• Powerful Hurricane Isabel Continuing to Move West-Northwest
• Isabel Continues Packing Winds of a Category 5 Hurricane
• Hurricane Isabel Regains Category 5 Status
• Powerful Category 4 Hurricane Isabel Getting a Little Better Organized as it Moves Westward
• Dangerous Hurricane Isabel Continues Westward
• NOAA and Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters Confirm that Isabel Is a Category 5 Hurricane
• Extremely Dangerous Hurricane Isabel Continues Westward
• Powerful Hurricane Isabel Continues Moving Westward
• Extremely Dangerous Isabel Now at Category 5 Intensity
• Extremely Dangerous Hurricane Isabel Continues Moving Westward
• Hurricane Isabel Strengthens Some More; Tropical Depression Fourteen Dissipating
• Isabel Still a Category 4 Hurricane While Continuing to Move Westward; Tropical Depression Fourteen Becoming less Organized
• Isabel Still a Dangerous Category Four Hurricane; Tropical Depression Fourteen Weakening near the Cape Verde Islands
• Category 4 Hurricane Isabel Getting a Little Better Organized; Tropical Depression Fourteen Large but Disorganized
• Isabel Now a Category 4 Hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Scale; Tropical Depression Fourteen Disorganized over the Far Eastern Atlantic
• Isabel Strengthens into the Second Major Hurricane of the Year; Poorly-organized Henri Continues Moving Slowly Northeastward; Fabian Becoming Extratropical over the Cold North Atlantic; Fourteenth Depression of the Season Forms in the Far Eastern Tropical Atlantic
• Isabel Becomes the Fourth Hurricane of the Atlantic Season, No Threat to Any Land Areas, Continues to Strengthen; Tropical Depression Henri Interacting with a Frontal System Hurricane Fabian Gradually Weakening over the North Atlantic
• Isabel Moving Westward and Strengthening; Henri Moving Northeast into the Atlantic; Fabian Continues to Head into the North Atlantic
• Fabian Heading for the Open Atlantic; Henri Weakens to a Tropical Depression
• Hurricane Fabian Lashing Bermuda with Sustained Winds near 115 Mph, Strongest Hurricane There in Decades; Tropical Storm Henri Moving Erratically East-northeast
• Fringes of Hurricane Fabian Affecting Bermuda—Worse Still to Come; Rains from Tropical Storm Henri Affecting the Florida Gulf Coast
• Powerful Hurricane Fabian Taking Aim at Bermuda; Tropical Depression Twelve Getting a Little Better Organized
• Rainy Tropical Depression Heading for Florida Gulf Coast; Dangerous Hurricane Fabian Heading for Bermuda
• Emergency Beacon Registration Now Available Online
• Tropical Depression Twelve Drifting Northeastward, Rains Moving Inland; Severe Hurricane Fabian Forecast to Pass Very near Bermuda
• Tropical Depression Twelve Forms in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, Remains Stationary Well South of the Florida Panhandle; Hurricane Fabian Strengthens Slightly Well South of Bermuda
• Dangerous Hurricane Fabian Moving Slowly Toward the Northwest
• Fabian Weakening Slightly but Still a Powerful Category 4 Hurricane
• Hurricane Fabian Bypassing the Leeward Islands
• Hurricane Fabian Bypassing the Leeward Islands
• Fabian Remains a Strong Category 4 Hurricane

August

• Category 4 Hurricane Fabian Strengthening Well East of the Northern Leeward Islands
• Grace at the Texas Coast; Fabian Expected to Pass Well North of the Leeward Islands in a Day or Two
• Tropical Storm Grace Closing in on Texas Coast; Hurricane Fabian Continues to Intensify
• Tropical Storm Grace Forms in the Western Gulf of Mexico
• Tropical Depression Eleven Nearing Tropical Storm Strength in Gulf of Mexico
• Fabian Becomes the Third Hurricane of the Atlantic Season
• NOAA Fisheries Reminds Public of the Dangers of Swimming With, Feeding and Harassing Wild Dolphins and Other Marine Mammals
• Tropical Storm Fabian Moving Westward
• Tropical Depression Becomes Fabian—The Sixth Tropical Storm of the 2003 Atlantic Hurricane Season—And Getting Stronger
• Depression Ten Very near Tropical Storm Strength
• New Study Shows Ozone-depleting Bromine Now on Decline
• Ignacio Weakens to a Depression; Heavy Rains Continue
• Ignacio Weakening but Still Producing Heavy Rains
• Hurricane Ignacio Moving Very Slowly; Heavy Rains Continue
• Tropical Depression Nine Degenerates into a Tropical Wave
• Tropical Depression Nine a Little Better Organized
• Tropical Depression Forms in the Eastern Caribbean Sea
• Landmark Agreement Signed Between Federal Agencies and Atmospheric Research Community; Detailed Meteorology System Holds Promise of Better Forecasts
• NOAA Begins Elevation Survey of Louisiana Hurricane Evacuation Route
• Sun Sends a Powerful Geomagnetic Storm
• Erika Dissipating over the Mountains of Northeastern Mexico; Threat of Heavy Rains Continues
• Erika Continuing Westward and Strengthening; Landfall Forecast in South Texas and Northeastern Mexico as a Hurricane Before Daybreak
• Erika Expected to Make Landfall in South Texas and Northeastern Mexico as a Hurricane
• NOAA and Ocean Exploration Partners Find Life Is Hard for Scientists and Sea Creatures on the Charleston Bump; Daily Mission Logs Chronicled Exploration for Students and Scientists
• NOAA Posts Images Online of Northeast Blackout
• Tropical Storm Erika a Little Stronger and Racing Westward
• Erika—The Fifth Tropical Storm of the Season—Forms in the Gulf of Mexico
• Clive Cussler to Serve as Spokesperson for New Public Service Campaign to Promote Personal Locator Beacons; NOAA Unveils New Campaign at Outdoor Retailer Summer Market in Salt Lake City, Utah
• NOAA Reports July Cooler, Wetter than Average in the East, Hot in the West
• No La Niña Brings Challenge to Forecasters
• NOAA Forecasters Reiterate Above-normal Atlantic Hurricane Season
• Central Plains Storm Produced Largest Hailstone in U.S. History
• May-June-July Storms Set Rainfall Records in Southeast U.S.

July

• U.S.-hosted Summit Brings Nations Together to Take the Pulse of Planet Earth
• NOAA Revisits Historic Hurricanes
• NOAA, Louisiana Scientists Issue First-ever “Dead Zone” Forecast
• Historic Federal Climate Change Initiatives Announced; Advances Understanding of Climate Variability, Potential Responses and Options
• High-tech Meteorology Helps NOAA Forecast Fire Weather
• Tropical Depression Six Weakens to a Tropical Wave
• Tropical Depression Six Approaching Central Lesser Antilles
• NOAA Search and Rescue Satellite Saves Fishermen’s Lives
• NOAA Lake Level Forecast for Lake Michigan Right on Target
• June Wetter and Cooler than Average in Much of Nation; Drought Persists in West
• Claudette Weakening as it Moves Inland; Coastal Warnings Discontinued
• Claudette Weakens to a Tropical Storm over Southern Texas
• Claudette Beginning to Weaken as it Moves Inland over Southern Texas
• Hurricane Claudette Makes Landfall at Matagorda Bay on the Middle Texas Coast
• Eye of Hurricane Claudette Moves onto the Middle Texas Coast
• Claudette Turns West; Nearing Hurricane Strength
• Claudette Continuing Slowly North-northwest; Hurricane Warnings Extended
• NOAA Establishes National Center for Research on Aquatic Invasive Species
• Claudette Continuing to Move North-northwest; Hurricane Warnings Issued
• Tropical Storm Claudette Barely Moving; A Little Stronger
• Claudette Begins to Strengthen; Hurricane Watches Issued; Claudette Wobbling Slowly West-Northwest
• Claudette Moving Westward with Little Change in Strength
• Claudette Maintaining Course and Strength in the Central Gulf
• Tropical Storm Claudette Remains Poorly Organized as it Heads for the Central Gulf of Mexico
• Disorganized Claudette Moving Northwest Across the Southern Gulf of Mexico
• La Niña Plays Possum
• Tropical Storm Claudette near the Northeastern Coast of the Yucatan Peninsula
• Tropical Storm Claudette Weakens as Quickly as it Intensifies
• Tropical Storm Claudette Moving Northwest and Becoming Somewhat Disorganized
• Tropical Storm Claudette Strengthens; Hurricane Warnings Issued for the Yucatan Peninsula
• Tropical Storm Claudette Remains Poorly Organized
• Tropical Storm Claudette Continues Rapidly Westward with Little Change in Strength; Tropical Storm Warning for the Eastern Yucatan Peninsula
• Tropical Storm Claudette Weakens Slightly
• Tropical Storm Claudette Found to Be Stronger
• Strong Tropical Wave over the Central Caribbean Sea Spawns Tropical Storm Claudette, the Third Named Storm of the Atlantic Hurricane Season
• Former Naval Ship Littlehales Becomes NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson in Ceremony Combining Commissioning with Change of Command
• Teacher to Get Hands-on Research Experience Aboard NOAA Ship; What I Did on My Summer Vacation
• The Remnants of Tropical Depression Bill Continue to Track Northeastward; Severe Weather Persists
• Emergency Personal Locator Beacon System Becomes Operational Nationwide
• Tropical Depression Bill Poses Rain and Flooding Threat along its Track Across the Southeastern States

June

• Bill at the Coast; Dangerous Flood Threat Continues from Heavy Rain and Storm Surge
• Tropical Storm Bill Approaching the Louisiana Coast; Dangerous Flood Threat from Rainfall and Storm Surge
• As Spring Fades, NOAA Offers Outlook for Summer
• Historic Tornado Warning Conference Launched Nation’s First Weather Radar Network
• NOAA Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Navigational Safety Data
• “Lightning Kills, Play it Safe”; NOAA and WUSA’s Washington Freedom Campaign to Alert Public
• NOAA National Weather Service Says La Niña Conditions Continue to Develop
• NOAA Issues First Experimental Eastern Pacific Hurricane Outlook; Below Average Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season Expected
• NOAA’s Ocean Explorer Web Site Wins Scientific American’s 2003 Sci/Tech Web Award
• NOAA and Air Force Kick off Awareness Campaign for New Emergency Personal Locator Beacons
• New Weather & Climate Supercomputer Helps Advance NOAA Weather Service Forecasts
• Study Shows How Adjustments in Gear, Fishing Practice Can Reduce Sea Turtle Bycatch in Longline Fishery

May

• NOAA Space Weather Operations Predicts Solar Storm for Early Friday
• NOAA Ocean Service Creates New Chart Update Web Site
• Hearst Castle Area Gets New Weather Warning System
• Scientists to Measure Greenhouse Gas Emissions over North America
• NOAA National Weather Service, Partners Launch Flood Safety Awareness Campaign
• NOAA Decommissions Research Ship McArthur; Commissions McArthur II
• NOAA Expects near Average Central Pacific Hurricane Season; Hawaii Observes Hurricane Awareness Week
• Adios a El Niño, Hola a La Niña
• NOAA Forecasters Say Six to Nine Hurricanes Could Threaten in 2003; NOAA and FEMA Stress Preparedness for Residents in Hurricane Prone Areas
• NOAA Reports Drought Conditions Improving in Parts of U.S. with Wetter-than-average February-April
• Record Number of Tornadoes, NOAA Reports
• NOAA Marks Another Year of Success in Rebuilding America’s Marine Fish Stocks; Releases Annual Report to Congress
• NOAA Hosts Symposium on Commercial Satellite Remote Sensing
• Another Round of Tornadoes Batters Plains States
• Public / Private Coordination Helps Provide Timely Warnings of Severe Weather
• Severe Weather Strikes Nation’s Heartland for Third Day in a Row
• Experts Assess Storm Damage as Severe Weather Threatens Anew
• NOAA and EPA Join Forces to Enhance and Extend Air Quality Forecasts; Nationwide Forecasting Model Will Assist State, Local Air Quality Forecasters; Effort Commemorates World Asthma Day
• Cold Front Spawns Super-cell Storms, Deadly Tornadoes in Central Plains States
• NOAA Marks 50th Anniversary of Third Deadliest Year for Tornadoes
• NOAA Oil Responders Help in Buzzards Bay, Mass., Spill
• NOAA Establishes First Cooperative Institute for Satellite Oceanography at Oregon State University; OSU Receives Five-Year Award of $2.5 Million

April

• NOAA Unveils New Experimental Radar Technology
• NOAA Ocean Service Creates New User-friendly Web Site
• NOAA Recognizes 2003 Environmental Heroes
• NOAA Launches Re-designed Home Page
• NOAA-LSU Study: Portions of Gulf Coast Sinking at Significant Rate; Increased Attention Given to Address Public’s Vulnerability to Severe Weather
• NOAA, GSA Break Ground for New Weather Satellite Center; Suitland, Md. Facility Will House $50 Million in High-tech Equipment, Control $3 Billion Worth of Satellites
• NOAA and NASA Collaborate Through Teacher at Sea
• Quiet Beginning Heralded Nation’s Worst Flood in 1993
• The World's First Operational Solar Imager Goes on Line as NOAA Activates New Satellite above East Coast, Atlantic Ocean

March

• NOAA Researcher Unveils Climate Time Line Web Site


• NOAA Satellite Captures ‘Hots Spots' Near Baghdad


• NOAA Satellite Shows Massive Dust Storm in Iraq Moving Southward


• NOAA Satellite Captures Iraq Sand and Dust Storms


• Iceberg C-21 Breaks off Shackleton Ice Shelf


• NOAA Satellite Captures Middle East Sand Storms


• NOAA Satellite Captures Hot Spots in Baghdad


• Smoke Plumes from Burning Oil Fields in Iraq Seen by NOAA Satellites


• NOAA Satellite Captures Smoke Plume from Burning Oil Fields in Iraq


• NOAA Satellites Capture Burning Oil Fields in Iraq


• U.S. Winter Unusually Cold in the East, Warm in the West; December-February Global Average Surface Temperature 6th Warmest in Recorded History


• NOAA Says El Niño's Departure Leaves Some Western Drought this Spring, and Flooding in the South and East Possible


• NOAA Home Page among Top 100 Sites Chosen by PC Magazine


• Drought in Horn of Africa Prompts NOAA Concerns; Satellites Play Key Role in Detecting Dangerous Conditions


• NOAA and Partners Study Sequoias of the Sea


• NOAA Extends Hurricane Forecasts from Three to Five Days; Additional Planning Time Critical for U.S. Navy and Others


• NOAA Activates High-tech Web Sites for River Forecasts


• NOAA Releases First Ever Detailed Maps of Coral Reefs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands


• Mobile Homes and Vehicles Deadly in Tornadoes

February

• NOAA Using Satellite Data to Monitor Heat Stresses on Coral Reefs


• Old Man Winter Shows No Signs of Letting Up


• NOAA Hurricane Hunter Remote Sensing Device Gets High Marks for Measuring Hurricane Sea Surface Wind


• NOAA Photos of Staten Island Gasoline Barge Explosion


• Winter Conditions in the U.S.—Unusual Warmth in the West, Cold in the East; January Global Average Temperature Third Warmest on Record


• Heaviest Rains Head for the South, NOAA Reports


• Forecasters Warn of Flood Potential Through Sunday


• Winter Weather Strikes Again; U.S. Feels Pinch of 2003 Winter Weather


• Climate and Rural Poverty Connected, NOAA Announces


• El Niño Influence Not over for Southern California; Rains May Yet Provide Some Drought Relief


• Drought Conditions Intensify in Some Western States with Little Chance of Major Relief


• NOAA Unveils New Web Site for Monitoring and Tracking Sea Level Changes


• NOAA and NASA Scientists in the Snow: Improving Water, Weather and Climate Forecasts


• El Niño Effects Expected to Linger into Spring


• NOAA Tracks Columbia's Breakup


• President's Budget for NOAA Maximizes Resources to Benefit the Environment, Public Safety, Homeland Security and the Economy

January

• NOAA Scientists Attribute Recent Droughts to Ocean Influence


• New Solar Storm Detector Sending Real-time Images Used to Warn of Sun's Damaging Storms; Solar X-ray Imager Onboard GOES-12 Environmental Satellite


• Third Annual National Severe Weather Workshop to Be Held Feb. 27 - March 1


• North Atlantic - Asian Monsoons Influence Each Other's Patterns, NOAA Reports


• Most of Nation Feeling the Big Chill


• Western Drought, Outlook Prompt Forecasters' Concerns


• 171 People Rescued in the U.S. in 2002 with Help from NOAA Satellites


• NOAA Scientist and Colleagues Find Hot Springs in Cold Waters


• Mature El Niño Conditions in Place, NOAA Forecasters Report