Your Local Forecast Office in pictures...

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Your local National Weather Service Office on Route 231 in Gray.   Life in the country.....

 

The hollow dome contains a nearly 4000 pound antenna !!!   The 88D radar antenna nestled among the trees at our office site...



Steve monitors the progress of a storm system with our Doppler Radar.    Monitoring the latest information from our 88D Doppler Radar...

 


Art working with the new automated NOAA Weather Radio console.   Monitoring the new computerized NOAA Weather Radio system...  

 

The main operations room from three different perspectives...  

The OPS area is where forecasts are prepared.               Butch preparing a statement on his state of the art AWIPS workstation!               Eric preparing the afternoon forecast.

 

 

We launch a balloon twice each day to monitor wind, temperature, and moisture above the surface.    Preparing the balloon and instrument package (radiosonde) for launch...

 

The Radiosonde is attached by a string to the weather balloon.    Up Up and away.... the radiosonde transmits back valuable weather information...

Updated by ES
11/01
 

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