noaa noaa a debt of gra. [applause] as a florida resident, i am acutely aware of the tremendous tax that hurricanes can have on lives, properties and businesses. we had an extremely busy hurricane season. as you may remember at one point last year, for m forming the sts were enacted simultaneously. like slings and arrows of outrageous fortune it cost $40 billion in damages and retired to the notorious name michael and florence. the bottom-line o bottom line o9 outlook is really about being prepared as much as it is about the number of storms. with many strong tropical storms especially those that consist install the greatest destruction occurs beyond the coast. it was severe and life-threatening. the impacted by deep tropical depressions to stay and be ready to heed the warnings and two emergency management community. the department stands ready to serve the nation before, during and after any storm. so again, thank you for being here and congratulations for all of your activities. the primary goal of today's outlook is to encourage the public to take steps to prepare for the hurricane season which begins on june 1. preparing means reviewing and creating emergency evacuation plans and gathering supplies now in case your area is hit by a hurricane. we will hear more about prepared us shortly. before i announce the hurricane season outlook i would like to discuss how noaa is prepared to keep the public safe and informed this season. we strive to deliver timely and accurate forecasts supported by the weather models which are incredible amounts of data from sources such as the noaa satellites and drops on deploy deployed. the turboprop which is over here is vital to the hurricane response assistance and is used to conduct low altitude surveys of the coastline damag damaged l to emergency managers and homeowners who have evacuated. the rapid response teams deploy after they passed to survey the waterways to ensure they are free of debris and safe for shipping. advanced polar orbiting satellites that provide vital microwave data that drives the forecast models used to predict hurricane track and intensity this season the national weather service will update the american model. this will mark the first revolutionary upgrade to the dynamic core indicates it represent the first step in the forecast system to provide the best possible science predictions of th

noaa is prepared to keep the public informed and safe this season. at noaa we strive to deliver timely and accurate forecasts supported by sophisticated weather models fed incredible amounts of data from sources such as noaa satellites as well as drop sons from the gulf stream 4 you see behind me. the king air turbo prop which you see here inspect vital to noaa hurricane response resistance, used to conduct low altitude survey of coastline damage helpful to emergency managers and home owners who have evacuated. noaa vessels and rapid response teams deploy after storms bass to survey waterways to ensure they are free of debris and safe for shipping. noaa operates a fleet of earth observing satellites, including stationary gos east and west and advance polar oshting satellites providing microwave sounder data that drive the forecast model used to predict hurricane track and intensity. the this season the national weather service to ungrade the daupg core to the gfs known ohs the american model rk ma being the first rufrlgsary upgrade to the core in decades and represent the first step in reengineering noaa's groebl forecast system to enable the best possible science based predictions to the nation. and of c

noaa's prepared to keep the public informed and safe this season. at noaa we strive to deliver timely and accurate forecasts supported by sophisticated weather models which are fed incredible amounts of data from sources such as noaa's satellites, as well as drops deployed. the king air turbo prop, which is over here, is vital to noaa's posthurricane response assistance, it's used to conduct low-altitude aerial surveys of coast line damage, helpful to emergency management -- managers and homeowners, who have evacuated. noaa vessels and rapid response teams deploy after storms pass to survey waterways to ensure they are free of debris and safe for shipping. noaa operates a fleet of earth-owning -- earth-observing satellites, including stationary gos east and west and advanced polar orbiting satellites which provide vital microwave sounder data that drive our forecast models used to predict hurricane track and intensity. the season -- this season the national weather service will upgrade the dynamic core to the g.f.s. known as the american model. this will mark the first revolutionary upgrade to the dynamic core in decades and represents a first step in re-engineering noaa's global forecast system to provide the best

noaa model exist a near normal hurricane season running from june 1st to november 30th. commerce secretary wilbur ross delivered remarks before turning the press conference over to the noaa scientists. this is 35 minutes. >> doctor jacob black i welcome you to the podium. >> dr. jacobs, i welcome you to the podium. >> at this time it's

ago noaa reclassified that storm from a category 4 to category 5 with wind speeds greater than 157 miles-an-hour. at today's press conference in front of one of the hurricane hunter airplanes, noaaed that a near normal forecast is not to be taken lightly. >> 9 to 15 nasmed storms is a lot -- named storms is a lot. 4 to 8 hurricanes is a lot. 2 to 4 major hurricanes is a lot. so the key message is we're expecting a near normal season, but regardless, that's a lot of activity. you need to start getting prepared for the hurricane season now. >> september's hurricane florence weakened and stalled out as it approached the carolina's coastline, but that led to record rainfall and massive flooding. in total, the 2018 hurricane season caused about 50 billion dollars in damage. and even though we're not officially in hurricane season, we've already had our very first named storm. andrea came and went quickly monday and tuesday, south of bermuda. liz? elizabeth: phil keating, thank you very much. we're following other big and developing stories for you tonight. reuters reported a short time ago that the faa announced that it expects to lift the grounding of boeing 737 max airplanes in the