In the early 1970s, the forecast office moved from the University of Chicago to a location on west Pershing Rd.
The NWS is currently conducting operational tests of the index at five forecast offices:
The criteria are set by the local forecast offices.
The number of forecast offices, including one in Winnipeg, expanded in the late 1930s to support Trans-Canada Airlines which was established in 1937.
These criteria are defined by the local forecast office.
And the huge computers in use at our forecast offices have less capacity than the smallest of I.B.M.'s personal computers.
The product is mainly used by forecast offices located in the National Weather Service's Southern Region Headquarters.
This particular tornado was photographed by meteorologists as it came near their forecast office in North Webster.
The NWS has asked its forecast offices to refrain from using the TWC names.
"This is their rainy time of year," said James Belville, head meteorologist at the National Weather Service's forecast office in Washington.