National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration

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A NOAA satellite image taken on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011, at 12 a.m. EDT shows Tropical Storm Irene in the lower right corner. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)

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This image provided by NOAA-NASA GOES Project shows Hurricane Adrian on June 8, 2011, at 5:15 a.m. EDT. (Associated Press/NOAA-NASA GOES)

This undated handout photo provided by the journal Science shows mature Atlantic tomcod at a NOAA rearing facility in Sandy Hook, New Jersey. Most people think of evolution occurring gradually over thousands of years, but apparently no one told the Atlantic Tomcod. Over the last half-century or so the Hudson River fish has evolved to become resistant to toxic PCB that polluted the river, researchers reported Thursday. (AP Photo/Science)

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This satellite image from NOAA shows the breadth of the weather system. In the aftermath of the snow and ice, the storm will leave temperatures in the single digits or lower. (Associated Press)

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This satellite image provided by NOAA shows the winter storm covering the United States on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011. Layers of dangerous ice and blowing snow closed roads and airports from Texas to Rhode Island on Tuesday as the monster storm began bearing down on the nation and those in its frigid path started to believe it would live up to its hype. (AP Photo/NOAA)

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This NOAA satellite image taken on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011, at 12:45 a.m. EST shows cloud cover and precipitation developing in the Northern Plains, ahead of disturbances in the West. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)

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This NOAA satellite image taken Tuesday, October 12, 2010, at 1:00 a.m. EDT shows Tropical Storm Paula in the Caribbean Sea. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)

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This NOAA satellite image taken Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010, at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows widespread cloud cover over the Eastern Seaboard as an elongated low pressure trough over the East and the remnants of Tropical Storm Nicole usher significant tropical moisture northward, into the region. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)

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In this still image taken from video, Erin Heydenreich, left, of the Center for Whale Research, and Brad Hanson, a NOAA wildlife biologist, right, view killer whales from the air aboard the Zeppelin airship "Eureka," near San Juan Island, Wash., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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In this still image taken from video, Brad Hanson, a NOAA wildlife biologist, views killer whales from the air aboard the Zeppelin airship "Eureka," near San Juan Island, Wash., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite image taken on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010, at 4:45 a.m. EDT shows a swirl of clouds in the Atlantic Ocean associated with Hurricane Igor as it moves toward Bermuda as a Category 1 storm. (AP Photo/NOAA)

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This Monday Sept. 13, 2010, satellite image provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Igor, left, east of the Northern Leeward Islands and Tropical Storm Julia, right, south-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands. Igor threatened to become a Category 5 storm Monday as it churned far out over the Atlantic Ocean. (AP Photo/NOAA)

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A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite image taken on Monday, Sept. 06, 2010, at 10:45 a.m. EDT shows clouds associated with Tropical Storm Hermine spinning in the western Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)

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This satellite image provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Earl taken at 3:15 a.m. EDT on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. National Weather Service meterologist Jeremy Schulz said early Friday morning that rain bands stretched about 140 miles inland in North Carolina and up to the southern tip of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia. Sustained winds of about 30 mph were whipping the North Carolina coast. (AP Photo/NOAA)

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A NOAA satellite image taken on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010, at 3 a.m. EDT shows clouds associated with Hurricane Danielle on the right side of the image as the storm moves northeastward away from any major land masses. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)

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This image provided by NOAA shows a close look one of the many interesting images collected by the Little Hercules ROV during the INDEX 2010 Exploration of the Sangihe Talaud Region off Indonesia in July. Scientists using cutting-edge technology to explore waters off Indonesia were wowed by colorful and diverse images of marine life on the ocean floor _ including plate-sized sea spiders and flower-like sponges that appear to be carnivorous. They predicted Thursday Aug. 26, 2010 that as many as 40 new plant and animal species may have been discovered during the three-week expedition that ended Aug. 14. (AP Photo/NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program)

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This image provided by NOAA shows a close look one of the many interesting images collected by the Little Hercules ROV during the INDEX 2010 Exploration of the Sangihe Talaud Region off Indonesia in July. Scientists using cutting-edge technology to explore waters off Indonesia were wowed by colorful and diverse images of marine life on the ocean floor _ including plate-sized sea spiders and flower-like sponges that appear to be carnivorous. They predicted Thursday Aug. 26, 2010 that as many as 40 new plant and animal species may have been discovered during the three-week expedition that ended Aug. 14. (AP Photo/NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program)

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A false color satellite image provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Danielle at right at 6:15 a.m. EDT Tuesday Aug. 24, 2010. Hurricane Danille, about 1110 miles east of the Lesser Antilles, has strengthened to a category 2 storm. (AP Photo/NOAA)

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Retired U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen (right), the national incident commander for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, helps load a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration boat with rehabilitated Kemp's Ridley sea turtles to be released off the coast of Cedar Key, Fla., on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)

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This NOAA satellite image taken on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010, at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows clouds associated with Tropical Depression 5 spreading across the eastern Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)