Articles tagged Noaa

From Texas to both corners of the North, the National Weather Service (NWS) now expects above-average summer heat across the vast majority of the country this summer – a welcome development for natural gas bulls.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting expanded drought conditions for much of the Lower 48 this spring, foreshadowing significant implications for natural gas producers and consumers.

Another above-normal Atlantic hurricane season is predicted this year, with 13-20 named storms, but experts do not anticipate the historic level of activity seen last year.

The Alaska liquefied natural gas (LNG) project cleared its final federal regulatory hurdle this week after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) authorized the incidental take of marine mammals. 

A fading El Nino -- warmer-than-normal water temperatures in the Pacific Ocean near the equator -- signals an increased chance for more tropical storms in the Atlantic Basin this year, according to forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Conditions in the ocean and the atmosphere, including an El Nino event in the Pacific Ocean, are conspiring to produce a less active 2018 Atlantic hurricane season than previously expected, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, which officially begins June 1, is likely to have above-normal activity, according to forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center.

The El Nino event that has been helping to dull the worst of the U.S. winter weather won't dissipate for several more months, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center (CPC), potentially bad news for anyone hoping for higher natural gas prices.

The El Nino event in the Pacific Ocean this year could be one of the strongest ever recorded and influence weather patterns across the United States well into 2016, according to forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center.

While the unconventional rig count for the week ending June 19 showed a small gain in the number of oil and natural gas rigs on the job (see related story), the overall U.S. rig picture still showed a two rig decline to 857, according to Baker Hughes data.