This weekend, meteorologists and aviators from HRD/AOML/NOAA and NOAA Aircraft Operations Center took to the skies aboard the P3-Orion “Kermit” to fly into Tropical Storm Debby. 🌀 For more information about Tropical Storm Debby, visit noaa.gov/debby

Earlier this year, a NOAA ship embarked on a 90+ day journey into international waters and successfully completed its mission in support of a key tropical Atlantic observing system known as the PIRATA Northeast Extension. Read more about this cruise: aoml.noaa.gov/noaa-research-…

We're hiring! AOML seeks applications for the role as Director overseeing laboratory research across divisions on issues such as climate variability and change, hurricane and ocean forecasting, and coastal ecosystem assessment among other duties. usajobs.gov/job/802504500

AOML is hiring! AOML's Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division (OCED) seeks applications for a new Division Director providing technical scientific leadership with respect to research involving oceanography, chemistry, geophysics, ecology, and hydrology. usajobs.gov/job/802994300

Scientists with AOML's Coral Program recently returned to collect coral spawning and tissue samples at the urban coral monitoring site in the Port of Miami using tents and extended time-lapse cameras to assess the fecundity of corals. Learn more: aoml.noaa.gov/urban-corals/

Our researchers have been deployed to Barbados to investigate Tropical Storm Ernesto! 🌀 These flights will gather real-time data from inside the storm to improve forecasts and hurricane models! For more information and updates on Ernesto, visit nhc.noaa.gov

#DYK AOML develops weekly Sargassum Inundation Risk (SIR) maps? #SIR maps show the current conditions of Sargassum density in the open ocean & identifies coastal areas where it is within 30 miles & may potentially be impacted in the following days/weeks. bit.ly/SargassumFAQ

As the threat for rip currents increases across most of the East Coast due to #Ernesto, NHC Meteorologist Cassie Mora explains what a rip current means and some safety tips in case you get caught in a rip current. Weather.gov/beaches #NOAA #ripcurrents NOAA's Ocean Service

NOAA's Global Drifter Program reached a significant milestone: the 30,000th drifter deployment since the start of the program in 1979! Observations from drifters are used to improve weather forecasts, ocean state estimation, satellite measurements of SST, and more!

NOAA WP-3D Orion #NOAA43 "Miss Piggy" is on the move! The crew traveled from Barbados to Wilmington, N.C. to track Hurricane #Ernesto. These missions collect data to improve forecasts and support hurricane research. #FlyNOAA

.NOAA's #GOESEast 🛰️ is closely monitoring #HurricaneErnesto as it tracks toward Bermuda, where a Hurricane Warning is in effect. With 100 mph sustained winds, #Ernesto is currently a Category 2 storm. Latest updates: hurricanes.gov

Our team of researchers and aviators from @flynoaa @noaaomao and AOML’s HRD broke records with the launch of the Black Swift S0 drones into Hurricane Ernesto! 🌀 The Black Swift Tech. drones set a new maximum communications range between a NOAA P-3 and sUAS of 143 nautical miles!

(1 of 4) JUST IN: International report, issued by the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS), confirms record-high global: Temperature, greenhouse gases, sea level & ocean heat in 2023. Details: bit.ly/4cxJSxX #BulletinAMS

(2 of 4) The annual #StateOfClimate2023 report from American Meteorological Society & led by NOAA NCEI scientists is out. Heatwaves & droughts contributed to massive wildfires around the globe: bit.ly/4cxJSxX #BulletinAMS

(3 of 4) Se publicó hoy el informe anual del #EstadoDelClimate2023 de American Meteorological Society y dirigido por científicos de NOAA NCEI bit.ly/4cxJSxX

(4 of 4) Global sea level was the highest on record for the 12th straight year in 2023 per #StateOfClimate2023 report. Learn more about global climate events & extremes: bit.ly/4cxJSxX NOAA NCEI American Meteorological Society #BulletinAMS

This animation shows a the @flynoaa flight missions into Ernesto. Throughout these flights, HRD/AOML/NOAA researchers used dropsondes, Black Swift Tech. drones, Saildrone, and gliders to gain a better understanding of storm processes and improve hurricane forecasting 🌀

Scientists at AOML with the Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (IEA) group consistently collect water samples throughout Biscayne Bay to better characterize the water quality and overall status across a variety of essential ecosystems. Learn more here: aoml.noaa.gov/iea/

Just in! NOAA’s Adopt a Drifter Program created a web game - Ocean Odyssey: Tracking Marine Debris! The game uses drifter data to help middle school audiences understand how ocean currents transport marine debris. NOAA SciJinks Check it out: bit.ly/3XyiDy3

New publication! Florida Current transport observations reveal four decades of steady state Learn more: aoml.noaa.gov/reassessing-th…