Weather Program Office

Next week, the American Meteorological Society (AMS) is hosting its 105th annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.This year, the meeting will focus on the theme, "Towards a Thriving Planet: Charting the Course Across Scales." The theme focuses on providing “actionable science for society-at-large to chart a future course for a more hopeful and thriving planet” in the context of global

To understand fire risk and provide warnings for floods, Alabama natural resource managers are looking to data buried in the soil. Data collected from a growing network of soil moisture sensors are helping forest managers in Alabama determine if they can safely conduct prescribed burns and flood managers enhance flood warning systems. In August 2023, the Alabama Forestry Commission called