Water vapor imagery from NOAA's GOES West is tracking the Atmospheric River that continues to bring gusty winds and locally heavy precipitation to the western U.S. today. Flood Watches are in place for much of Southern California, with Winter Storm Warnings in effect for higher elevations. Latest: weather.gov | NOAA Satellite and Information Service

Here's our final SWPC walk-through video to give you the latest space weather info about this past few days of activity. Thanks for your comments, it's quite clear you appreciate these & want to see them again for future significant events. We'll do our best to make that happen. | NOAA NWS Space Weather Prediction Center

NOAA 2020 Hurricane Forecast has been updated & it's a busy one

September 2020 global land and ocean surface temperature was the warmest on record for the month at 1.75°F (0.97°C) above average. January-to-September 2020 global land and ocean surface temperature was the second warmest such period on record: 1.84°F (1.02°C) above average. September Arctic sea ice extent was 38.8% below average—the second smallest on record for September. September 2020 Antarctic sea ice extent was above average. Learn more: http://bit.ly/Global092020 | NOAA National Centers f