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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 ...
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.
National Climatic Data Center. The United States National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), previously known as the National Weather Records Center (NWRC), in Asheville, North Carolina, was the world's largest active archive of weather data. In 2015, the NCDC merged with two other federal environmental records agencies to become the National Centers ...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 130.58 sq mi (338.20 km 2), of which 127.09 sq mi (329.16 km 2) is land and 3.49 sq mi (9.04 km 2) is water. [87] Situated in the Midwestern United States on the bank of the Missouri River in eastern Nebraska, much of Omaha is built in the Missouri River Valley.
The U.S. Signal Service, a predecessor to the Weather Bureau, occupied the summit and kept records from 1870 to 1892. Starting in 1932, the current observatory began keeping records. On April 12, 1934, the observatory staff recorded a wind gust of 231 mph [ 1 ] that at the time was the highest recorded wind speed in the world, a record that was ...
605. FIPS code. 46-63620. GNIS feature ID. 1267600 [3] Website. www.timberlakesouthdakota.com. Timber Lake (Lakota: blečháŋ; [5] "Tree Lake") is a city in and the county seat of Dewey County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 509 at the 2020 census.
Vice Admiral H. Arnold Karo was Deputy Administrator of ESSA from 1965 to 1967. The Environmental Science Services Administration (ESSA) was a United States Federal executive agency created in 1965 as part of a reorganization of the United States Department of Commerce. [1] Its mission was to unify and oversee the meteorological, climatological ...
Public Welfare Medal (1916) Signature. Cleveland Abbe (December 3, 1838 – October 28, 1916) was an American meteorologist and advocate of time zones. [1][2] While director of the Cincinnati Observatory in Cincinnati, Ohio from 1871-1916, he developed a system of telegraphic weather reports, daily weather maps, and weather forecasts.