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U.S. tornado activity below normal for 2014

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• Bitterly cold temperatures and snow spreading into Midwest and Great Lakes
• November 2014 was seventh warmest on record for globe; Year-to-date still on track for record warmest
  
• November was 16^th coldest on record for the contiguous United States; eastern U.S. was cold, while Southwest was warm
  

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• NOAA announces significant investment in next generation of supercomputers
• NOAA establishes ‘tipping points’ for sea level rise related flooding
• New NOAA spacecraft readies for launch next month
• Rising air and sea temperatures continue to trigger changes in the Arctic
• NOAA RESTORE Act Science Program issues funding call for Gulf projects

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