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Secret City Weather has new website

Posted at 11:54 am July 1, 2019
By Brandon Bonds Leave a Comment

Secret City Weather launched a new website on Sunday evening, which is now available at www.SecretCityWeather.com.

The new website replaces the former SecretCityWx.weebly.com, which will remain active for the foreseeable future, a press release said.

“The new website makes it easier to find local weather content for the East Tennessee area and adds to our growing portfolio of social media platforms that we use to publish local weather conditions, forecasting, and analysis,” said Brandon Bonds, owner of Secret City Weather. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Weather Tagged With: Brandon Bonds, East Tennessee, Secret City Weather, weather, weather forecasting

Oak Ridge, Anderson County schools closed Tuesday due to weather

Posted at 7:57 pm January 28, 2019
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Oak Ridge and Anderson County schools will be closed Tuesday due to weather.

Snow is possible, and temperatures are expected to plunge in the Oak Ridge area on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the seven-day forecast by the National Weather Service in Morristown.

The snow is expected starting overnight Monday and continuing into Tuesday morning. The low on Wednesday night is forecast at 9 degrees Fahrenheit. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, Front Page News, K-12 Tagged With: Anderson County, National Weather Service, Oak Ridge, schools, snow, weather, winter storm, winter weather

Neighborhood Watch Banquet rescheduled due to weather

Posted at 4:06 pm January 28, 2019
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

The Oak Ridge Police Department has rescheduled the Neighborhood Watch Program Banquet that had been scheduled for Tuesday.

The banquet has been rescheduled due to weather, the ORPD said in a post published on Twitter.

It is now scheduled for 6 p.m. February 12 at Central Baptist Church. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire Tagged With: Neighborhood Watch Program Banquet, Oak Ridge Police Department, snow, weather

UCOR closed Tuesday due to weather

Posted at 4:01 pm January 28, 2019
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

UCOR, the federal government’s cleanup contractor in Oak Ridge, will be closed Tuesday because of the weather.

“Only essential personnel should report,” UCOR said in a post published on Twitter.

The closure applies to UCOR employees at the East Tennessee Technology Park, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Y-12 National Security Complex, and “offsite locations,” UCOR said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, East Tennessee Technology Park, Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: snow, UCOR, weather

Air Force, ORNL partner in high-performance computing & weather modeling system

Posted at 12:50 pm September 5, 2018
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To extend its weather modeling capabilities, the U.S. Air Force has joined the computing experts at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory in a strategic collaboration that includes procurement and operation of a new high-performance weather modeling computer system. Key members of the Air Force and ORNL teams gathered on July 10, 2018, to kick off the project and tour the facilities supporting the new system. (Photo courtesy ORNL)

To extend its weather modeling capabilities, the U.S. Air Force has joined the computing experts at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory in a strategic collaboration that includes procurement and operation of a new high-performance weather modeling computer system. Key members of the Air Force and ORNL teams gathered on July 10, 2018, to kick off the project and tour the facilities supporting the new system. (Photo courtesy ORNL)

 

For the U.S. military, accurate weather prediction is vital to both the planning and execution of worldwide missions. To extend its weather modeling capabilities, the U.S. Air Force has joined the computing experts at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory in a strategic collaboration that includes procurement and operation of a new high-performance weather modeling computer system. Key members of the Air Force and ORNL teams, including computing and global security team members, gathered on July 10 to kick off this project and tour the facilities supporting the new system, according to a story posted by ORNL.

The Air Force 557th Weather Wing provides the Air Force and Army with global- and regional-level numerical weather model forecasts. With the increasing scale of the requirements for the new system, the Air Force and ORNL identified an opportunity to take advantage of the capabilities of ORNL’s National Center for Computational Sciences—including expertise in high-performance computing facilities and infrastructure, systems administration, computing procurement and acquisition, and system operations, the story said.

“We learned about the Air Force’s needs, and it was immediately clear that ORNL could help them solve their problems,” said Jim Rogers, NCCS director of computing and facilities. “We can integrate the Air Force weather team’s needs into our facilities in a cost-effective way, leveraging our capabilities to deliver exceedingly high availability to support their mission.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal, Government, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, Slider, U.S. Department of Energy, Weather Tagged With: Air Force 557th Weather Wing, Air Force Weather, DOE, Earth system modeling, GALWEM, Global Air-Land Weather Exploitation Model, high-performance computing, high-performance weather modeling, Jeff Nichols, Jim Rogers, Kate Evans, machine learning, National Center for Computational Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, Ralph Stoffler, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Department of Energy, weather, weather model, weather modeling

UT, NOAA to collaborate on atmospheric sciences research

Posted at 1:07 pm February 21, 2017
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Taylor Eighmy, UT vice chancellor for research and engagement, left, and Bruce Baker, director of NOAA’s Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division, headquartered in Oak Ridge, right, sign a memorandum of agreement in Oak Ridge on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. (Photo courtesy University of Tennessee)

Taylor Eighmy, left, UT vice chancellor for research and engagement, and Bruce Baker, right, director of NOAA’s Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division, which has headquarters in Oak Ridge, sign a memorandum of agreement in Oak Ridge on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. (Photo courtesy University of Tennessee)

 

The University of Tennessee in Knoxville has signed a memorandum of agreement with the Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division, or ATDD, of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Air Resources Laboratory to advance collaborative research in atmospheric sciences. ATDD has headquarters in Oak Ridge.

The agreement was signed Wednesday, February 15, at ATDD headquarters in Oak Ridge, and it will help with joint efforts to advance understanding of air pollution, atmospheric transport processes, and weather on a regional and national level, a press release said. It also will create educational opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to collect scientific data, develop models and simulations, and transition research to applications and commercial use.

“The mission of the collaboration will be to train the next generation of scientists and engineers and provide the best available atmospheric data and scientific analysis to the global scientific community, to local and national decision makers, and to the general public,” said Bruce Baker, director of the ATDD. [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, Federal, Front Page News, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: air pollution, Air Resources Laboratory, air-surface exchange measurements, airborne remote sensing, ATDD, atmospheric data, atmospheric science, atmospheric sciences, atmospheric sciences research, atmospheric transport processes, Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division, Bruce Baker, David Millhorn, forest canopy studies, Joshua Fu, memorandum of agreement, meteorological research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, severe weather research, Taylor Eighmy, University of Tennessee, UT, weather

JMS-RMS basketball games postponed due to weather

Posted at 2:10 pm January 7, 2017
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Basketball games between Jefferson Middle School and Robertsville Middle School have been postponed due to possible hazardous driving conditions tonight (Saturday, January 7).

A possible new date for the games hasn’t been announced yet.

More information will be added as it becomes available.

Filed Under: Middle School, Sports, Weather Tagged With: basketball, Jefferson Middle School, JMS, RMS, Robertsville Middle School, weather

ORAU, University of Oklahoma win $8.4 million NOAA award for weather, climate change research

Posted at 1:04 am August 31, 2016
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

ORAU Satellite Photo

Photo via ORAU on Twitter

 

The University of Oklahoma and Oak Ridge Associated Universities were recently awarded $8.4 million over three years from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to conduct weather and climate change monitoring research. The funding provides OU with the opportunity to expand its Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies’ research capabilities through a partnership with NOAA’s ORAU-managed Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division, or ATDD, program, a press release said.

“CIMMS is one of OU’s treasures as it has played a significant role in advancing our understanding of the atmosphere as well as provided valuable technologies and tools for operational forecasters,” said Kelvin Droegemeier, OU vice president for research. “This new award will build upon these historical strengths to address some of today’s most compelling challenges in weather and climate.”

The award will help further OU’s key research in areas such as boundary layer characterization, which is the atmospheric layer closest to Earth’s surface, and climate observations and analyses. This research will directly support NOAA’s goal to improve prediction of severe weather near the earth’s surface and will provide funding for a research position at the ATDD location in Oak Ridge. [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, Oak Ridge Associated Universities Tagged With: air quality, Andy Page, ATDD, Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division, Atomic Energy Commission, boundary layer characterization, CIMMS, climate change, climate change monitoring, climate observations, climate studies, contaminant dispersion, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, lower atmosphere research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, ORAU, OU, University of Oklahoma, weather

Oak Ridge Schools closed due to weather

Posted at 9:25 am February 15, 2016
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Oak Ridge Schools will be closed today (Monday, February 15) due to the weather.

The schools had earlier planned to open two hours late.

More information will be added as it becomes available.

Copyright 2016 Oak Ridge Today. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

 

Filed Under: Education, Front Page News, K-12, Meetings and Events, Weather Tagged With: closed, Oak Ridge Schools, weather

Weather: Oak Ridge-Anderson County football game canceled, rescheduled to Monday

Posted at 9:32 pm September 11, 2015
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Joe Gaddis

Joe Gaddis, head coach of the Oak Ridge Wildcats football team

The Oak Ridge-Anderson County football game has been canceled tonight (Friday, September 11) due to weather and rescheduled for Monday, September 14. The rescheduled game will start at 7:30 p.m.

The Wildcats led 7-0 when the game was canceled with 1:28 left in the first quarter Friday.

There have been a few cancellations and other delays across East Tennessee due to weather. For example, the Kingston and Rockwood game kicked off a little before 9:30 p.m. Friday.

The Clinton and Rhea County game in Rhea County, set to resume at about 9:15 p.m., was under way again as of 9:40 p.m.

More information will be added as it becomes available.

Copyright 2015 Oak Ridge Today. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Filed Under: Front Page News, High School, Sports, Weather Tagged With: Anderson County, Clinton, East Tennessee, football, Kingston, Oak Ridge, Rhea County, Rockwood, weather

WVLT-TV meteorologist Haley to discuss ET weather on Saturday

Posted at 11:33 pm March 19, 2015
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Heather Haley

Heather Haley

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Are you interested in our ever-changing weather in East Tennessee? Do you often wonder what contributes to some of our extreme weather?

Bring your questions and learn more from meteorologist Heather Haley of WVLT-TV Local 8 Now on Saturday. She will talk about our interesting weather phenomena and explain how she delivers her message to viewers at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 21, in the City Room at Roane State Community College in Oak Ridge, a press release said. Sponsored by the University of Tennessee Arboretum Society, this talk is open to people of all ages. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Meetings and Events, Nonprofits, Top Stories, Weather Tagged With: East Tennessee, Heather Haley, meteorology, National Weather Service, Roane State Community College, University of Tennessee Arboretum Society, UT Arboretum Society, weather, WVLT, WVLT-TV

DOE re-opening Clark Center Park after cleanup

Posted at 10:44 pm March 12, 2015
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Clark Center Park Water View

A view of Melton Hill Lake near a boat ramp and between two picnic areas at Clark Center Park in south Oak Ridge.

 

Federal officials have finished significant cleanup work at Clark Center Park after the winter weather a few weeks ago, and they are re-opening the park.

John Shewairy, assistant manager for administration in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office, said workers have roped off one area of the 80-acre park where a large tree fell. They won’t be able to clear that area until the ground dries up. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge Office, Recreation, Sports, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Clark Center Park, DOE, John Shewairy, Oak Ridge Office, U.S. Department of Energy, weather

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