The old National Weather Service building at 1923 N. Classen Blvd. had seen better days by the time trial lawyer Howard K. Berry III acquired it with his father for their law practice some 30 years ago. It was never a very elegant building," Berry said. "It was in pretty rough shape when we got it.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Large scale communication problems at the National Weather Service are hampering the agency's ability to relay information to emergency responders, the media, and the general public. The National Weather Service is experiencing catastrophic failures concerning internet Decision Support Services at a time when the mission of protecting lives and property is most needed," said Dan Sobien, President of the National Weather Service Employees Organization (NWSEO) and lead forecaster at the Weather Forecast Office in Tampa, Florida. "All eyes are on this blizzard, but the NWS is facing another emergency as it struggles to get its warnings and forecasts out.
Storm season" is a term that Rick Smith and many of his peers in the weather business don't like. But they try to prepare for it just the same. "There's really no time of the year that we're not susceptible to weather impacts and interruptions," said Smith, the warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Norman. "The atmosphere and weather don't have a calendar or clock. They don't care what month it is.
As meteorologists go, Alan Rezek is a self-described oddball. Most people in his shoes have had love for weather since an early age, he said. Probably 80 to 85 percent of people who are meteorologists, from the time they are that big, they love weather," Rezek said. "If you go out there and ask any of them, that's what they're going to tell you.
The National Weather Service warned Tuesday that high temperatures will scorch the Southland for much of the week. A ridge of high pressure kept temperatures near 100 for much of Tuesday. Temperatures are expected to climb Wednesday above the century mark, according to Stuart Seto, a spokesman for the National Weather Service in Oxnard.
Officials at the National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky., confirmed that an F2 tornado went through Haubstadt, Ind., on Wednesday night. Meteorologist Dave Purdy said the twister had a peak wind speed of 125 mph, traveled 13 miles and caused extensive damage in and around the southern Gibson County town.
The National Weather Service predicted rain and freezing drizzle overnight with a 50 percent chance of snow by this morning. Then it will all be gone by noon," said forecaster Marlene Mickelson.
As a massive blizzard coalesced to sweep across a third of the country, meteorologists at the National Weather Service in Norman were nonplused, never quite reaching a thrilling movie moment of historic pronouncement and anxiety. This stuff happens," Erin Maxwell said. "After all, it's why a lot of us got into this career.
Triple-digit temperatures forecast for this week prompted a warning Monday about excessive heat and raised concerns about how seniors will cope over the next few days. The National Weather Service issued the heat warning - upgraded from an excessive heat "watch" earlier Monday - for today and Wednesday.
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