NOAA/National Weather Service

The National Weather Service (NWS) provides weather, hydrologic, and climate forecasts and warnings for the United States, its territories, adjacent waters and ocean areas, for the protection of life and property and the enhancement of the national economy. NWS data and products form a national information database and infrastructure which can be used by other governmental agencies, the private sector, the public, and the global community.

The following resources and information are provided by John Cannon, Senior Meteorologist of the National ​Weather Service in Gray, ME. For further information, he may be contacted at John.W.Cannon@noaa.gov

• Coastal Safety Material available at http://www.weather.gov/om/marine/home.htm
• Educational Rip Current Safety Material (including ideas for children to visualize rip currents while at the beach)
  http://www.weather.gov/ripcurrents/
• Printable handouts and brochures on Rip Currents: http://www.ripcurrents.noaa.gov/signs-brochures.shtml
• Cold Water Safety Information: http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/hypothermia.htm
• Hurricane Information: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/outreach/prepared_week.shtml
• Thunderstorm Safety: http://www.weather.gov/os/severeweather/resources/ttl6-10.pdf
• Lightning Safety: http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/
• Flood Safety: http://www.floodsafety.noaa.gov/
• Tsunami Safety: http://www.tsunami.noaa.gov/
• Want to take and view daily weather observations? You can volunteer as a “Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS) observer at http://www.cocorahs.org/
• For local forecasts and warnings: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/gyx/ and http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/box/
• Additional buoy wave information located at http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/maps/Northeast.shtml