the satellite component of noaa.nd launch of these satellites with high-resolution advanced baseline imagers. the smoke observations that come from them with incredibly high-resolution has been phenomenal. another aspect of those is being able to spot the fires. it has become one of the earliest indicators that you have a fire in your neighborhood is what we are seeing on one of these images. we are there in providing the observations. with air quality forecast, whatever we produce we provide to the states and the local communities that make the air quality assessments and related protections. so but we do have the tools -- improved tools to get to them. are they good enough from the health vector perspective? that's an interesting question. it's probably another basis for an extensive research effort to be able to have more exact quantification of the smoke, the nature of the smoke, the size of the particles, et cetera, to be able to relate those to health. that's certainly an interest in the larger community, the m

weather ready nations are noaa's boots on the ground. with mitigation in the community through national noaa weather service partnerships. this includes high visibility public education events like the eye of the storm, and successful businesses that discover in science in fort lauderdale and at the hurricane website, fiu.edu, would speak to the changing dem or graphic and partnering with the national hurricane center, on the hurricane awareness tool. in our k through 12 program, they are our youngest and next generation of weather right field basts. including a pursuit for degree by challenging to develop innovative and mitigation concepts which are then tested. now many [ inaudible ] like fiu are weather ready nation ambassadors an we literally take our science to the people. at fiu, our research has a purpose. either we reduce risk or risk will reduce us. through nhc through the testing, the model is helping with forecasts and we're collaborating to develop a coastal forecast system in the caribbean region. we are work with the resear

we have our engineers that serve with noaa. and noaa leads this wind speed standard estimation committee. as i mention the -- mentioned previously, one of our lead investigators is very prominent in actively supporting that committee to develop recommendations and to develop science that can be used for national tornado designs, for infrastructure and for other critical facilities. that's how we partner with them on the tornadoes. mr. lucas: in my remaining time, can you discuss, how do you ensure it meets its work force demands especially as windstorm hazards are increasing. how do you get enough people there? do you have enough people there? mr. grimm: thank you. certainly the amount of work that fema has in front of us every year is a tremendous amount of work whether it's responding to disasters or mitigating disasters or preparing for disasters. we have an outstanding cadre of resources to respond to disasters. through, give you an example, throughout the pandemic fema has had to really change its posture on how we do busi

i represent noaa, and we're part of the office of national sanctuaries. the monitor of one of 15 sanctuary system. this system encompassed more than 600,000 square miles of great lakes waters from washington state to the florida keys and from lake heron to american samoa and we represent the sanctuary which is off the coast of north carolina. that i could see here with the arrow. again, here is some other representations of our sanctuary. but we are located about 16 miles off the coast of cape hatteras, north carolina. and we're 240 feet of water with a labrador and a gulf stream currents collide so it is a very challenging environment, we have one of the most important and significant ship wrecks in the world that we are interpreting. so we're proud to tell the story of the uss monitor. it is a strange basically cheese box on a raft that was union ironclad that was the first of its kind it is a prototype and designed forestuary harbor warfare to fight the south during the civil war. you could see it is a strange looking vessel. but this is the days of ca

i'm with noaa's monitored national marine sanctuary. we'll be talking about world war ii on america's doorstep, u boats, i represent noaa, the federal agencies earrings national oceanic administration. and the monitor is just one of 15 national sanctuaries, and of sanctuaries in the system. it covers waters from florida state to the florida keys and from america to samoa. we represent the north sanctuary off the coast of california which you can see with the arrow. we are located about 16 miles off the cape of coast hatteras, north carolina, and we're 240 feet of water with-- where the labrador and gulf stream coasts collide. we're very proud to be working to tell the story of the uss monitor. what is the uss monitor? it's a basically strange cheese box in a raft that was the first of its kind of a prototype and was designed specifically for warfare to fight the css virginia in the civil war. you can see it is a strange-looking vessel, but this is the days of cannonballs and cannon fire. it was purposely very low to the water, not givin

>> yes i believe you said with noaa? thank you for thehe clarification. we serve online windspeed estimation committee and they lead the committee and as we mentioned previously one of the leading investigators is actively supporting that committee to developop recommendations that could be used for national all tornado design for infrastructure and other critical facilities. >> can you discuss how are you sure it meets the workforce demand especially with the windstorm hazard? do you have enough people? >> yes. thank you certainly the amount of work in front of us every year is a tremendous amount of work whether responding to disasters or mitigating disasters or preparing for disasters. we have an outstanding cadre of resources to respond to disasters so throughout the pandemic we really had to change her posture how w we did business including how we respond to disasters and how we run programs like the windstorm so across the board sohi for example finding technology enables us to assistance weer have programs young people who are excited and outstand

noaa experts are concerned about habitats, and if confirmed, we want to know how you will help with noaa expertise to support this culvert grant program, if you could help us with that. >> lots to talk about. my colleagues did a great job of bringing up lots of issues which i'm very happy about. you can see we have a very active committee. very large and active committee. and lots to do. so i'll start with you, commissioner rosenworcel. we talked about a lot of questions about the mapping. starting with my colleague, senator wicker, down to the last person who asked questions, senator sinema. so i think the key thing i'm looking for here is current mapping available by the fcc. what flaws do you see in it? >> what flaws do i see in the current map? a whole lot. for more than a decade, the fcc practice has been to assume if there was a single subscriber in a census block, service was available throughout. so it systematically overstated service, and as a result, there are areas in the country where we just assumed service was, but people on the ground will tell you, no, it's not here. so

i believe these experiences have prepared me well to advance noaa's mission. never has that mission been more critical to the future of our nation. just in the last summer alone, our country experienced devastating heat waves in the normally temperate northwest which wreaked havoc on salmon and other important fisheries. hurricane ida which wreaked havoc and an historic multiyear drought in the west. i would deploy services to support local state and tribal governments, private sector, and federal agency partners to better plan for a changing climate. i would ensure noaa advances opportunity to unlock new jobs and forest growth while transforming to a clean energy economy and conserving our natural resources. i would work to restore habitat and strengthen the nation's cost lines to protect ecosystems and infrastructure from disruptive and often devastating climate impacts. finally, i would focus on recruiting the next generation of scientists and environmentalists so they reflect the diversity of ow country. in closing, thank you for your consideration and opp

i represent noaa. the mantra is just one of 15 sanctuaries in the national marine system. this is 600,000 square miles from washington state to the florida keys and from lake huron to american samoa. the monitor national marine sanctuary is off the coast. here's other representations of our sanctuary is located 16 miles a coast of cape hatteras and north carolina and 230 feet of water with the labrador in the -- current collide so it's not only challenging to it environment to work in it's the most -- so we are proud to be working with the uss monitor. basically the union ironclad was the first of its kind prototype designed specifically for estuary harbor warfare to fight the uss virginia during the civil war concedes a strange looking vessel. these are the days of cannonball and canon fire and it would stay low to the water not giving much for the enemy to hit. that strange square box that you see to the right side and that rotating gun turret n gun turret is the first working gun turret in the history of the world and the first time it was employed. here it is in the wa

noaa began tracking extreme weather events in 1980. since then they have visited more than $1.975 trillion in damages on the country. between 1990 and 1999, the average number of billion-dollar extreme weather events was five per year. in the last five years, between 2016 and 2020, that number has jumped to 16 per year. the number of extreme weather events has tripled in the last two decades. you made climate risk one of your top priorities, what is fema actually doing now to measure our progress in efforts [indiscernible] >> congressman, that is an important graph you showed. it demonstrates how we are now in the crisis of our generation, that the climate crisis is going to continue to get worse. i think we will continue to see that number of billion-dollar disasters increase as we go further. we are investing in mitigating, reducing the impacts. the president has authorized close to $5 billion this year to help communities reduce the impacts they are seeing from climate change. we have to continue on that path forward. it takes a lon

it's substantial funding for noaa to increase climate resiliency and restore and improve coastal habitats. it is very excitingly permanent authorization for the minority business development agency at $1.6 billion to that agency, mbda in the commerce department is the only federal agency solely focused on promoting the growth, development and resiliency of minority owned businesses, so it's pretty incredible. today i'm going to focus particularly on broadband as was said. president biden has set a very ambitious goal for his administration that we must connect all americans, all americans regardless of where they live to high speed affordable internet. and thanks to the passage of the bill, we will be able to accomplish just that. the infrastructure investment act allocates $65 billion to expand broadband in communities all across america to create low cost options and subsidize the cost of service for those who need it. of that $65 billion, about $45 billion will be coming to the commerce department at ntia to administer that program. this is an area that i'm particularly passionate abou

here's the latest outlook from the weather prediction center, a branch of noaa, through early next week .4 the santa clara valley, and inland parts of the east bay, 0.5 inches to 1 inch of rain. higher points, san francisco, down the peninsula, with 1 to 2 inches falling total. 2 to 2.5 inches for the north bay, with the higher elevations in santa cruz mountains picking up 2.5 to 3 inches, maybe more than that as we go through monday, monday night, and tuesday. these numbers are still in flux. we are talking about days 4 and 5 in the forecast. this could change as we moved into the weekend. it does look like we will get some more much-needed rainfall for the long-range forecast dries out for several consecutive days beginning wednesday next week. right now, temperatures in the upper 50s across the board. no variation to speak of. we drop down into the upper 40s and low 50s. this is pretty normal. temperatures tomorrow, 3 to 4 degrees below average. were clouds and sunshine even if we stay dry. temperatures dropping out in the low 60s, and santa rosa low 60s with a chance of a passing sh

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drought appears to be headed more interest the third year, and that's the finding for federal experts at noaain the latest assessment. even if the wet weather pattern does return it likely will not be enough to make up the current deficit. >>> 6:10 for you this morning as we get started with the day. let's take a live look outside. where are we going? >> you got to stay here for a little while. >> yeah, only for a little while. meteorologist, kari hall, is tracking -- kari, you remember the other da -- >> yes, if you could hear them in the commercial breaks, and laura joins him -- >> yes, i do. >> it's harmony. we are going to see this moving through and clearing out, and walnut creek, temperatures are cool to start. we will talk about a nice and sunny weekend ahead. mike, you are starting with a look at the bay bridge. >> yeah, there's a backup. we knew the metering lights were turned on, and we expect that as most folks traveling later in the day and heading out. there was a disabled vehicle and turned to the scene of a crash now, and it's slow already at the bay bridge. the biggest issue w

locals got a heads up from noaa.rchers issued a geomagnetic storm watch alert ahead of the aurora borealis. kumasi: the christmas tree at the u.s. capitol will make two stops today in the bay area. this is from the facebook page. the tree left the six rivers national forest in northern california yesterday afternoon and it will take three weeks to get across the country. today's stops include the sausalito side of the golden gate bridge, and the terminal. as the tree makes it stop at the vallejo family terminal, there will be a coat drive for one warm coat, and organization that provides codes for children and adults in need. for every clean and conditioned coat you donate, you will get a ticket to the park's holiday at the park event. it will also be a drop off location until january 2. reggie: all signs are pointing to christmas. kumasi: mhmm. reggie: not ready? kumasi: not ready yet. i am excited for thanksgiving. reggie: did you get a schedule yet? kumasi: mike, please go. [laughter] mike: i have been gone a week

i represent noaa, and we're part of the office of national sanctuaries. the monitor of one of 15 sanctuary system. this system encompassed more than 600,000 square miles of great las

now moving over the north central region of the u.s., as this image from our friends at noaa show us. correspondent miguel has more on this storm and its damage left behind in washington state. >> this deadly and devastating deluge delivered unrelenting -- to the pacific northwest. a quadruple catastrophe. record rain, fierce flooding, whipping winds in multiple mudslides. >> it's a very bad way out they, are a lot of water. with northern washington state in the storms bull's-eye, more than 500 people have been forced from their homes as daily rescues unfold near the canadian border. >> -- >> the coast guard clutching a baby, and saving adults from fast rising waters. in just hours, six inches of rain swept the region, a state of emergency amid these deadly conditions. >> it's bad, it's pretty deep. >> sara ivan ho and her 15 year old son waited through freezing water until fishing boats could rescue them. >> it was up to our ankles, up to our waist in some parts. >> facing peril on both sides of the border, massive helicopters lifted 700 to safety. many tracked trapped overnight and

sometimes the data will go to outside agencies like noaa.cameras behind at the ground are helping to develop an algorithm to reduce turnaround time. about one third have been deployed, including this distinctive split wing left that leads to greater fuel efficiency. the eco-demonstrator is making the rounds. this is the first time it's been to san francisco and it leaves here tonight and heads to dubai. it is also the focus of a field trip for middle school students. david lui, abc 7 news. kristen: can a technology change what some consider bias and technology? we put the new google phone to the test. dan: and how about the future an official message from medicare. did you try it yet? comparing plans? oh yeah. they sure can change year to year. i found lower premiums and lower prescription costs. that'll save you money. so uh, mark? on medicare.gov now. open enrollment ends december 7th use the plan finder at medicare.gov to compare medicare health and prescription plans. comparing plans really pays. paid for by the u.s. department of health

it's substantial funding for noaa to increase climate resiliency and restore and improve coastal habitats. it is very excitingly permanent authorization for the minority business development agency at $1.6 billion to that agency, mbda in the commerce department is the only federal agency solely focused on promoting the growth, development and resiliency of minority owned businesses, so it's pretty incredible. today i'm going to focus particularly on broadband as was said. president biden has set a very ambitious goal for his administration that we must connect all americans, all americans regardless of where they live to high speed affordable internet. and thanks to the passage of the bill, we will be able to accomplish just that. the infrastructure investment act allocates $65 billion to expand broadband in communities all across america to create low cost options and subsidize the cost of service for those who need it. of that $65 billion, about $45 billion will be coming to the commerce department at ntia to administer that program. this is an area that i'm particularly passionate abou

. >> but as the months slowly past noaa began to get a little stronger bit by bit was finally discharged last week sent home. his doctors are hopeful that he will regain much of his former strength but could take time. we're all hopeful that continue to make improvements in terms of standing in. we don't know what the future holds, reeve walking and maybe being able to get to a point where he could eventually be out of a wheelchair with ongoing therapy. noah hopes to walk again and breathe normally things. he says he used to take for granted. he's also thankful for the hard work of his nurses and doctors can you know, just. >> i'm amazed been. they treat me like human being. they treat me like i was, you know, part of the family and they want to make sure i prepared. >> all right. back live now now. when no got sick back in february. there are no vaccines available for him. he has since been vaccinated with 2 doses of the pfizer vaccine saying you'll do whatever it takes to have to avoid having this happen again. but for now in the south bay, charles clifford kron 4 news. what a story. t

noaa has now received 2 doses of the pfizer vaccine.to do everything you can to make sure it doesn't come down with covid ever again. >> 41. and coming up after a strong win over the rams. the niners are getting ready for the jaguars will have an update from head coach kyle the classic hollywood story. we meet the hero, the all-new nissan frontier hero faces seemingly impossible challenge. tension builds... the plot twist the hero prevails in hollywood, this would be the end. but our here, we are just getting started. introducing the all-new nissan frontier. working on. get your stuff to you. worst to stores ahead of the busy holiday season with this supply chain back up the state and federal leaders are now taking action trying to get goods moving. here's what they're doing. the governor announced the state is going to issue temporary permits to allow trucks to carry more cargo and then also they're working on identifying some property. so they can temporarily store containers to speed up the unloading process. well, that might. >> not

i'm especially grateful to the secretary of commerce and the noaa administrator for their support of my nomination. i also want to thank members of the committee f and staff for taking time to meet with me to share their perspectives. finally, my family including my and a sister who are here today, and my partner and daughter who stayed back in new york. i've spent 20 years to bolster the resilience of communities infrastructure and economies to withstand the impact of extreme weather and rising seas, which are both amplified by climate change. ... >> informing from day today response operations economic recovery and long-term restoration. about the importance of communicating in the accessible way when it became clear that the enemies american fishermen and mississippi were not receiving information of closures due to the spell it was my job to make sure it was translated and distributed so that the fishermen could continue their livelihood. i later moved to honolulu i lead a nonprofit initiative with partnerships between government and thed private sector to scale innovativeri appr