Meteotsunamis are created by transitory weather disturbances moving over water, have a long history of impacting the United States (U.S.) and have resulted in loss of life and property. Many of these events have been historically mischaracterized as seiches, anomalous weather-related waves, or ignored altogether. In this paper, we review meteotsunami generation mechanisms common in the U.S. and highlight several classic historical cases of U.S. meteotsunami formation and impact. We then describe recent advances in sensing and understanding that led to the establishment of initial, rudimentary alerting capabilities for the U.S. Great Lakes and U.S. East Coast. Finally, we describe the major challenges and gaps that must be overcome to move the U.S. toward a comprehensive meteotsunami forecast and warning capability. We also discuss how we envision the various relevant offices of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration (NOAA) working together to achieve this vision. These offices include the NOAA research laboratories, national weather service (NWS) Weather Forecast Offices and National Centers, National Ocean Service Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services and NWS Tsunami Warning Centers.

气象海啸是由短暂的天气扰动在水上移动造成的，影响美国的历史由来已久，并导致生命和财产损失。这些事件中有许多在历史上被误认为是塞歇斯，与天气有关的异常波浪，或者完全被忽略了。在本文中，我们回顾了美国常见的气象海啸产生机制，并重点介绍了美国气象海啸形成和影响的几个经典历史案例。然后，我们描述了感知和理解方面的最新进展，这些进展导致为美国大湖区和美国东海岸地区建立了初步的基本警报功能。最后，我们描述了要使美国迈向全面的气象海啸预报和预警能力所必须克服的主要挑战和差距。我们还将讨论如何设想国家海洋和大气管理局（NOAA）的各个相关部门共同努力实现这一愿景。这些办公室包括NOAA研究实验室，国家气象局（NWS）天气预报办公室和国家中心，国家海洋服务中心海洋业务产品和服务中心以及NWS海啸预警中心。