U. S. Seasonal Drought Outlook from NOAA NCEP Climate Prediction Center. An annual product.

Winter temperature outlook from NOAA NCEP Climate Prediction Center. An annual product. Issued November 15, 2007.

Solar image showing sunspot activity from NOAA NCEP Space Weather Prediction Center.

NOAA Tsunami buoys at the National Data Buoy Center prior to deployment.

Solar-powered automated weather observing station.

Fog covering Kachemak Bay and the town of Homer.

Clouds at Homer obscure the coastline as seen from Kachemak Bay.

Shrimp boat on fuel dock following Hurricane Rita.

Salvaging a sunken vessel following Hurricane Katrina.

Crab pot on road after passage of Hurricane Rita.

Destruction of Folly Beach by Hurricane Rita.

Sailboats wrecked by Hurricane Katrina.

Orographic lift of moist air coming off ocean produces clouds along the Santa Lucia Mountains south of Monterey.

Crepuscular rays illuminate oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.

A large ship appears out of the fog heading up the Mississippi River.

A heart shape cloud over Newport, Oregon - gives rise to an "I love Newport" sentiment. At the Oregon State University dock.

Sun and cloud patterns over Miami.

Marine mammal surfacing and illuminated by the setting sun.

A windmill standing alone against a supercell thunderstorm.

A rainbox arching over the WSR-88D test radar.

Cirrus clouds.

A magnificent supercell thunderstorm cloud formation.

Fair weather cumulus bands.

NOAA Employee Dan Borsum takes his own picture while writing a forecast for the Sun River Prescribed Burn. Dan served as an Incident Meteorologist on this fire and with no electricity of facilities to work out of utilized a Chevy Tahoe as a makeshift office.

Juneau AK Warning Coordination Meteorologist and Incident Meteorologist Joel Curtis explains the changing winds to a fire fighter on the Derby Fire.

Traveling to wildfires often involves miles of travel on unimproved roads with very dusty conditions. In the background a portion of the Derby Fire in southern Montana exhibits column behavior.

A Sikorsky Helitanker uses a siphon to fill its tank from a phosphate retardant tank while fighting the Derby Fire in Southern Montana.

A hotshot crew conducts burnout operations on the Derby Fire. Severe drought conditions contributed to extreme fire behavior.

The Derby Fire continues unabated growth on its way to consuming 200,000 acres. 45 miles of Interstate 90 was closed during this fire.

Incident Meteorologist Joel Curtis (second from left) watches the Derby Fire with some local firefighters monitoring the fire.

A tree erupts into flames along Interstate 90 during nighttime burnout operations to keep the Derby Fire from crossing the highway.

During an afternoon of extreme fire behavior, a firewhirl is observed along the flaming front. Observed during Jackson Canyon Fire.

Kip Watson, a BLM RAWS technician sets up a portable weather station during the Jackson Canyon Fire near Casper Wyoming.

Incident Meteorologists Jim Wallman and Chris Jordan track a PIBAL using a theodolite allowing them to monitor winds in the Reilly Complex Fire in Southern Utah.

NOAA National Weather Service Incident Meteorologists demonstrate flexibility as they can carry all the equipment they need in a vehicle and then use the vehicle as a mobile office. In the picture are a satellite dish for communications and equipment used to track PIBALs.

Incident Meteorologist Chris Jordan prepares a PIBAL for launch to monitor winds on the Reilly Fire in southern Utah. Other equipment Chris used on the incident has been deployed with just the vehicle being used for a facility and power.

PIBALs are used by Incident Meteorologists to monitor local winds aloft around a fire. Here Chris Jordan has a full PIBAL and is prepared to launch it and observe its trajectory for the next 20 minutes until it reaches a height of 10000 feet.

National Weather Service IMET Brent Wachter aiming/positioning the Direcway satellite dish. Once positioned correctly, the IMET can then download much needed weather data. Smoke from the Ojo Felix Fire is seen in the background.

A cooperative observer's cotton region shelter, precipitation gauge, evaporation pan, and etc. are seen in the foreground with a large smoke plume from the Bear Fire.

National Weather Service IMET trainee Valerie Myers positioning the Direcway satellite dish while smoke from the Bear Fire is seen in the distance.

National Weather Service IMET trainee Valerie Myers positioning the Direcway satellite dish. Plume from the Martinez Fire rises in the distance. Coincidently a larger dish was set up to provide internet access to the whole camp. This large dish was set up by a private contractor, Lyman Brothers from Salt Lake City.

A fire weather briefing for firefighters.

Hitting close to home. Firemen mopping up after grass fire at the Rapid City National Weather Service Forecast Office.

Hitting close to home. Aftermath of grass fire at the Rapid City National Weather Service Forecast Office.

Hitting close to home. Firemen mopping up after grass fire at the Rapid City National Weather Service Forecast Office as seen from inside the office.

Dust devil making its way across a cleared field.

The Friant Dam, north of Fresno, filled to the top. Downstream flooding ensued.

George Cline, meteorological technician, photo documenting flood damage from a helicopter along the San Joaquin River.

Flooding of farmlands along the San Joaquin River.

Flooding of farmlands along the San Joaquin River.