Columbia Weather Systems

With the start of National Hispanic Heritage Month this week, we are highlighting NOAA Meteorologist Isha Renta. Born in Puerto Rico, Isha became fascinated with meteorology at the age of eight, when Category 5 Hurricane Hugo caused widespread damage to the island. "I remember asking myself, at such a young age, what I could do to help my people and reduce the damage," Renta told a NSWC reporter. Isha went on to graduate with a Master’s Degree in Atmospheric Science from Howard University, and currently works for NOAA in the Washington, D.C. metro area. “I really enjoy supporting people outside of the office with information by briefing the public, emergency managers, decision makers, other government offices, and the media about the weather and how it is going to impact them,” Isha says in her weather.gov profile. “That is when I see how valuable our job is and that many people depend on and trust our work.” In 2014, Isha founded Semilla Cultural , a non-profit organiz...

⛈  A massive thunderstorm rolled through this past Tuesday and was captured on the Weather Master™ trend graph screen, which revealed over an inch of rainfall in a 30-minute time period. While Oregon is known for its rain, this amount is pretty unusual for us! Click here more information on Weather Master software .

🗓️  September is  National Preparedness Month . Watch this video and share for important reminders on how to be prepared for natural disasters and emergencies. Do you find it difficult to set aside time to prepare? Start with what you could accomplish in just 5 minutes  at this link .  Don't see the video? Click here .