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Pflug Receives 2025 Early Career Achievement Award

June 16, 2025

Congratulations to Justin Pflug, a recipient of a 2025 NASA Agency Honor Award. Pflugreceived an Early Career Achievement award, a prestigious honor that recognizes “unusual

Figure 3: OSPO bTPW Percent of Normal imagery from ~1400 UTC 10 June to ~1900 UTC 11 June 2025. This animation was created in AWIPS, and display files can be shared upon request.

Deadly Flooding Strikes Southern, Eastern U.S.

June 18, 2025

Pflug Receives 2025 Early Career Achievement Award

June 16, 2025

Figure 4. GRACE-based drought analysis for early June 2025 (https://nasagrace.unl.edu/)

Global Precipitation Summary for May 2025

June 16, 2025

Figure 5: NWS OPC Surface Analysis valid at 1200 UTC 16 May 2025, overlaid on GOES-East Channel 02 Visible imagery. This image was exported from AWIPS.

Late-Season Atlantic Hurricane-Force Low

May 21, 2025

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