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The U.S. Weather Bureau first began broadcasting marine weather information in Chicago and New York City on two VHF radio stations in 1960 as an experiment. [1] [2] Proving to be successful, the broadcasts expanded to serve the general public in coastal regions in the 1960s and early 1970s. [3]
Map of regions covered by the 122 Weather Forecast Offices. The National Weather Service operates 122 weather forecast offices. [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.
Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) is a protocol used for framing and classification of broadcasting emergency warning messages. It was developed by the United States National Weather Service for use on its NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) network, and was later adopted by the Federal Communications Commission for the Emergency Alert System, then subsequently by Environment Canada for use on its ...
The NOAA broadcasts weather warnings and forecasts as the National Weather Radio (NWR) across seven public radio frequencies: 62.400 megahertz, 162.425 MHz, 162.450 MHz, 162.475 MHz, 162.500 MHz ...
Frequency Power Service area of transmitter San Luis Obispo: KIH31: 162.550 MHz: 330 watts: Los Angeles CA Santa Barbara: KIH34: 162.400 MHz: 330 watts: Los Angeles CA Malibu Marine: KWL22: 162.425 MHz: 300 watts: Los Angeles CA Los Angeles: KWO37: 162.550 MHz: 300 watts: Los Angeles CA Avalon: WNG584: 162.525 MHz: 100 watts: Los Angeles CA San ...
The original "weather" frequency was 162.550 MHz, with 163.275 MHz initially recommended as a backup and later dropped due to interference problems with other federal agencies. NOAA Weather Radio, Weatheradio Canada and SARMEX all refer to the seven stations by their frequencies: 162.400, 162.425, 162.450, 162.475, 162.500, 162.525 and 162.550 MHz.
NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards (NWR), promoted as "The Voice of the National Weather Service", is a special radio system that transmits uninterrupted weather watches, warnings and forecasts 24 hours a day directly from a nearby NWS office, with the broadcasts covering across 95–97% of the United States' population.
Station Frequency () City of license Transmitter power KEB-98 162.550 Buffalo, New York: 600 Watts WNG-541 162.525 Frewsburg, New York: 175 watts WWG-32