4-12 INCHES OF SNOW COULD HIT WESTERN WASHINGTON TODAY.(News)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  December 26, 1996 ;     683 words ......snaking through Western Washington threatens today...The National Weather Service issued a warning...holiday travelers. Western Washington could receive...different areas, the weather service said. The heaviest...today across Western Washington includes ...

Budget Confusion, Dismissal Leave Weather Service Uneasy; Director's...

The Washington Post;  July 14, 1997 ;     700+ words ......of the popular head of the National Weather Service, opened a window on budgetary confusion...trying to maintain credible services. Weather Service director Elbert W. "Joe" Friday Jr...conflicting information" provided by the Weather Service had prompted the move. The dismissal...

The Daley Forecast: Better Weather Service; Sun Comes Out After Stormy...

The Washington Post;  July 28, 1999 ;     587 words ......officials will go to the National Weather Service's Northern Virginia office this morning...said yesterday he has no doubt the Weather Service will deliver. Today's ceremony at...tortuous 10-year effort to modernize the Weather Service, a Commerce agency. It has been a...

Forecast at U.S. Weather Service: Shortage of Funds for...

The Washington Post;  March 14, 1988 ;     700+ words ......forecasts are wrong. But the National Weather Service is having trouble trying to do something about it. The weather service, once the world's premier meteorological...ideological battle to "privatize" the weather service, is refusing to invest more money...

Weather Service at Center of Storm

AP Online;  July 10, 2000 ;     680 words ......Writer AP Online 07-10-2000 Weather Service at Center of Storm WASHINGTON (AP) -- From the National Weather Service, the forecast for the New York...competition -- an attempt by the weather service to provide for free the information...

A FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON.(News)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  January 23, 1998 ;     97 words ......flood watch has been issued for Western Washington, where a combination of rain...rivers today, the National Weather Service said. In the 24-hour period ending at 4 p.m. today, the weather service predicts that more than 1 3...

The Weather Service Forecast: New Limits; Private Firms Fear Rising...

The Washington Post;  July 18, 2000 ;     510 words ...From the National Weather Service, the forecast for the New York Mets...unwelcome competition--an attempt by the weather service to provide for free the information they sell. The weather service acknowledged that the "site-specific...

Excitement in the air. (use of Doppler radars at National Weather Service)

Weatherwise;  June 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......American weather history, and National Weather Service director Joe Friday readily recalls...more powerful Doppler radars the Weather Service is installing see those hidden storm...place and 53 more on the way, the Weather Service (with the Federal Aviation Administration...

National Weather Service Nervously Awaits Forecast on Its Future

The Washington Post;  October 14, 1997 ;     665 words ...The National Weather Service is struggling through a storm...director of the Air Force Air Weather Service was asked to evaluate the civilian...Friday's departure "has left the Weather Service in shambles and the morale of...

High wind in western Washington state cuts power, closes major bridge

AP Worldstream;  February 4, 2006 ;     217 words ......cut power to homes and businesses in western Washington on Saturday, forced the closure of...than 50 mph (80 kph), the National Weather Service said. More than 60 mph (96 kph) gusts...the day, said Danny Mercer of the weather service. Copyright 2006, AP News All Rights...

Budget Shortfall Prompts Forecasts of Turbulence at Weather Service

The Washington Post;  April 6, 1997 ;     700+ words ......million budget shortfall at the National Weather Service, four senior weather officials and...obtained and released by the National Weather Service Employees Organization, the union...could be harmed. "We have given the Weather Service guidelines on how to take the reductions...

HIGH WINDS SLAM NORTHWEST STORM ACCIDENTS KILL 2 MEN 300,000 LOSE POWER...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  January 17, 2000 ;     700+ words ...A furious windstorm whipped through Western Washington yesterday, toppling trees, knocking out power to...said Allen Kam, meteorologist for the National Weather Service. He noted sustained winds of 40 mph and gusts up to 60 mph in Western Washington. The weather service ...

BUDGET CUTS SQUEEZE WEATHER SERVICE.(FRONT)

The Virginian Pilot;  April 24, 1997 ;     700+ words ......HOUSTON -- The director of the National Weather Service warned Wednesday that his agency may...I cannot continue to operate the Weather Service next year unless we do drastic things...We certainly cannot operate the Weather Service we had planned.'' A former head of...

National Weather Service hit by political, economic storms Forecasting...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  October 15, 1997 ;     453 words ...The National Weather Service is struggling through a storm...director of the Air Force Air Weather Service, was asked to evaluate the civilian...Friday's departure "has left the weather service in shambles and the morale of...

Savanna's record a mistake, weather service says

Courier-News (Elgin, IL);  January 7, 1999 ;     288 words ...Savanna's record a mistake, weather service says THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Savanna...turned out to be brief. The National Weather Service reported Wednesday that an employee...certified equipment, and was put on the weather service's information wire in error, said...