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NOAA Weather
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NOAA
Weather Online
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NOAA
Streamers Network
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NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) is a nationwide network of radio stations broadcasting continuous weather information direct from a nearby
National Weather Service
office. NWR broadcasts National Weather Service warnings, watches, forecasts and other hazard information 24 hours a day.
Working with the Federal Communication Commission's (FCC)
Emergency Alert
System, NWR is an "all hazards" radio network, making it your single source for comprehensive weather and emergency information. NWR also broadcasts warning and post-event information for all types of hazards--both natural (such as earthquakes and volcano activity) and environmental (such as chemical releases or oil spills).
Known as the "Voice of NOAA's National Weather Service," NWR is provided as a public service by the
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA), part of the Department of Commerce. NWR includes more than
900
transmitters, covering all 50 states, adjacent coastal waters, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the U.S. Pacific Territories. NWR requires a
special radio receiver or scanner capable of picking up the signal. Broadcasts are found in the public service band at these seven frequencies (MHz):
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162.400
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162.425
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162.450
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162.475
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162.500
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162.525
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162.550
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**NOTE - NOAA Weather Radio uses a computer-generated voice for most of the programming schedule. An actual human operator,
will only be used in rare circumstances, such as live broadcasting of severe weather warnings
Q: What is NOAA Weather Radio?
A: For information on this subject, please visit our NOAA
Weather Radio information page; the page you are viewing is designed to help you tune into the Internet broadcasts.
Q: How can I listen in to the products in the NWR broadcast cycle?
A: First of all, you'll need a Media Player installed on your PC. Examples of these are Windows Media Player or RealAudio
Player or WinAmp. Most Windows 98 or later computers already have one or both already installed, so you may not have to download any special software. Second of all, you'll need to be connected to the Internet at 14.4 Kbps or faster; we recommend a 28.8 Kbps connection or better for best results. Click on the link for the
NWR
product you wish to listen to, and your default Media Player will load and play the MP3 clip. If you click on a link and nothing happens, or the clip does not play normally, rebooting (restarting) your PC will most likely clear up the problem.
Q: Is this a live broadcast?
A: The audio MP3 files you are listening to on the Internet are a direct representation of what is being transmitted live from
that weather office transmitter; each product in the broadcast cycle has been encoded as an MP3 file and placed onto our web server so that you may listen to it. Each time the a product in the broadcast cycle is updated, a new MP3 file is encoded, so that whatever you are listening to is always current.
Also we will have NOAA Streamers (individuals who will stream their
local area NOAA
Weather Radio broadcast during a severe weather event) these are
also converted to MP3 format but their source is directly from a NOAA
Weather Radio.
Q: How can I tell
if Radio NHCWX is streaming a NOAA Weather Radio Broadcast?
A: Simple, just look on the front page
and you will see a block in both the left and right sides of the page,
it will be titled NOAA Stream 7032.If the On Air Image is visible
then we are streaming. However during multiple events you will have to
access this page to hear more streams. We could have multiple NOAA
Streamers broadcasting on Radio NHCWX or you could access the NOAA
Radio Online link.
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