Wave clouds over eastern Wisconsin

Wave clouds over eastern Wisconsin

Wave clouds over eastern Wisconsin

Rainfall totals for Baltimore-Washington area for rain event of October 1 2010.

Rainfall totals integrated from Doppler Radar observations showing over 12 inches of rain on the western side of Chesapeake Bay.

Sunset on the Gulf Stream

A windmill at the Kohala wind generating farm at the NW tip of Hawaii.

Wind generators at the Kohala wind generating farm at the NW tip of Hawaii.

Wind generators at the Kohala wind generating farm at the NW tip of Hawaii.

Plaque honoring the Keeling Curve of global carbon dioxide rise at the Keeling Building at the Mauna Loa Observatory.

Mauna Kea as seen from the Mauna Loa atmospheric observatory

Looking NW from the Mauna Loa atmospheric observatory in the late afternoon.

Some of the buildings at the Mauna Loa Observatory.

A tower used for above ground atmospheric sampling at the Mauna Loa Observatory. The tower is 120 feet high.

Looking NW from the Mauna Loa atmospheric observatory at sunset.

Looking NW from the Mauna Loa atmospheric observatory at sunset.

Looking NW from the Mauna Loa atmospheric observatory at sunset.

Instrumentation at the Mauna Loa Observatory.

The green laser used for aerosol content determination at the Mauna Loa Observatory.

Final shades of daylight as night falls at the Mauna Loa Observatory.

A green laser shooting into the night sky monitors various aerosols and particulate matter such as volcanic dust and various forms of air pollution in the atmosphere.

The carbon dioxide curve continues marching in an upward direction as shown by the observations of the Mauna Loa Observatory.

A blazing sunset at sea as the NOAA Ship HI'IALAKAI is seemingly led to the west by a booby flying over the jackstaff.

A tropical rain squall enveloping Palmyra Island.

A tropical rain squall over Palmyra Island.

A partial rainbow over the tropical Pacific Ocean.

A sunset over Bering Sea crab fishing vessels.

A Bering Sea sunset

A Bering Sea sunset

Fog enveloping an Aleutian Island.

Allen Shimada enjoying the weather at Portage Glacier.

Plowing into the swells of the Northwest Pacific Ocean aboard a Japanese fisheries training vessel.

Tide rips in Unimak Pass.

Outward bound from San Francisco. The north pier of the Golden Gate Bridge is shrouded in fog.

Looking back as leaving San Francisco Bay. The north pier of the Golden Gate Bridge is shrouded in fog.

A view of the north pier of the Golden Gate Bridge.

A common view in the vicinity of the Aleutian Islands. Gales, storms, and rough seas are the normal situation throughout much of the year.

A DART II tsunami-warning buoy

A DART II tsunami-warning buoy

A DART II tsunami-warning buoy

Servicing a DART II tsunami-warning buoy with crew from the OSCAR ELTON SETTE.

A DART II tsunami-warning buoy with the NOAA Ship OSCAR ELTON SETTE in the background.

Servicing a DART II tsunami-warning buoy with crew from the OSCAR ELTON SETTE.

Beautiful cumulus clouds offshore of a Hawaiian island.

Shadow bands and light bands during a tropical sunset

Shadow bands and light bands during a tropical sunset

Shadow bands and light bands during a tropical sunset

Sun, light, clouds, and ocean

Fog and bongo nets

Rainbow over a small cargo ship