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The National Hurricane Center’s operational 2026 graphic adds inland tropical-storm and hurricane watches and warnings. The cone itself still represents only the probable track of the storm’s center, not its size or complete hazard footprint.
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Google Cloud will support the agency’s high-performance forecast computing as NOAA seeks a system that is easier to update and scale.
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The Aug. 13–19 outlook carries a moderate extreme-heat risk in the Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley, a heavy-rain signal in the Southwest and rapid-onset drought risk between them.
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The agency would add Atlantic and Pacific basin products at 00 and 12 UTC while discontinuing eight regional wind-and-wave analyses; comments close Aug. 31.
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NASA’s GEOS analysis shows air temperatures near or above 113°F, while Miles City broke its previous record by four degrees and Deseret reached 115°F.