{"id":80974,"date":"2018-06-14T13:27:10","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T23:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=80974"},"modified":"2020-01-09T12:51:31","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T22:51:31","slug":"pacific-island-atmospheric-forecasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/06\/14\/pacific-island-atmospheric-forecasts\/","title":{"rendered":"Grant will enhance atmospheric and wave forecasts in Pacific Island territories"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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The Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System<\/a> (PacIOOS<\/abbr>) at the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at M\u0101noa<\/a> has been awarded nearly $500,000 in grant funding to enhance public safety through atmospheric and wave forecasts for the Pacific Island territories of Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI<\/abbr>) and American Samoa.<\/p>\n

During the three-year project funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Insular Affairs’ Technical Assistance Program, PacIOOS<\/abbr> will improve and validate the existing suite of atmospheric forecasts for the three territories. It will also develop new high-resolution wave forecasts for Saipan, Tinian and Rota in the CNMI<\/abbr> and for the Manuʻa<\/span> Islands in American Samoa.<\/p>\n

Impacts from the most recent tropical cyclones in American Samoa and typhoons in Guam and CNMI<\/abbr> are stark reminders of the importance of near-term wind, rain and wave forecasts for these island communities. Providing NOAA<\/abbr><\/a>‘s National Weather Service field offices with additional tools increases forecasting capabilities and results in more accurate forecasts, advisories and warnings for residents and visitors of Guam, CNMI<\/abbr> and American Samoa.<\/p>\n

“We are extremely grateful for the support from the Office of Insular Affairs to improve PacIOOS<\/abbr>‘ forecasts for the territories,” said Director Melissa Iwamoto<\/strong>. “Reliable forecasts are essential to empower insular communities to make proactive decisions. Increased preparedness helps increase public safety.”<\/p>\n

For more information on the grant, see the PacIOOS<\/abbr> website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

—By Fiona Langenberger<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Atmospheric and wave forecasts will improve public safety for the people of Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[745,470,238,9,704],"class_list":["post-80974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","tag-atmospheric-sciences","tag-pacific-islands","tag-pacific-islands-ocean-observing-system","tag-uh-manoa","tag-weather","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t