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The National Weather Service ( NWS) is an agency of the United States federal government that is tasked with providing weather forecasts, warnings of hazardous weather, and other weather-related products to organizations and the public for the purposes of protection, safety, and general information. It is a part of the National Oceanic and ...
The National Weather Service operates 122 weather forecast offices in six regions. [1] [2] Each weather forecast office (WFO or NWSFO) has a geographic area of responsibility, also known as a county warning area , for issuing local public, marine, aviation, fire, and hydrology forecasts.
The National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington is a local office of the National Weather Service responsible for monitoring weather conditions in 44 counties in eastern West Virginia, northern and central Virginia, the majority of the state of Maryland, as well as the city of Washington, D.C. Although labeled as the NWS Baltimore/Washington ...
3 min read. April 23, 2024 – The National Weather Service will now issue heat warnings in a new way using a system called HeatRisk. The weeklong forecasting system will help people make plans ...
The National Weather Service has determined that the observed damage on Friday was not along a clear path indicative of a tornado and was attributed to straight-line winds of less than 75 mph.
National Weather Service Chicago, currently based in Romeoville, Illinois, is a weather forecast office responsible for monitoring weather conditions for 23 counties in Northern Illinois, the Chicago metropolitan area and Northwest Indiana. [1] The Army Signal Service established the first federal weather office in the region in Chicago on ...
Temperatures today will peak at 84 degrees this afternoon. There's a 30% chance of a shower between noon and 5 p.m., according to National Weather Service. Overnight temperatures will be 61 ...
The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory for several regions in New Mexico and El Paso County. Leading into Sunday evening, wind speeds of 35 to 45 mph with gusts of 50 to 70 mph ...