National Safe Boating Week is May 22 to 28!

Heat Expands for Center of the Nation; Severe Thunderstorms for Plains and Upper Midwest

Dangerous heat expands across the Desert Southwest, Plains, Mississippi Valley and Midwest. Critical fire weather for portions of the Intermountain West. Risk for severe thunderstorms and flash flooding across the Upper Midwest/Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, and portions of the mid-Atlantic. Active monsoonal moisture fuels thunderstorms over the Southwest. Hurricane Fausto in the Pacific, should weaken Read More >

...National Safe Boating Week is May 22 through May 28... The National Weather Service (NWS) has partnered with the National Safe Boating Council, a NOAA Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador to help promote safe boating practices. The Council offers a wealth of free resources such as infographics, videos, audio clips, fact sheets, social media and much more. These resources can be found at: https://www.safeboatingcouncil.org and https://safeboatingcampaign.com During Safe Boating Week, NWS Caribou will produce daily Facebook and Twitter posts. Saturday will focus on Cold Water Safety. Sunday`s topic will be fire extinguishers as well as rip current safety. Monday will feature life jackets. Tuesday`s posts will discuss fog. Wednesday`s subject will be marine thunderstorms and Thursday`s focus will be on hurricane preparedness. Friday`s topic will be marine forecasts and what to do before you go out. In addition to these social media posts, links from NWS, http://www.weather.gov/safety/safeboating-week will take you to various videos and web sites each day, highlighting additional weather and safe boating information.