National Weather Service, Los Angeles–Oxnard
- Mark Jackson, Meteorologist in Charge
- John Dumas, Science Operations Officer
- Eric Boldt, Warning Coordination Meteorologist
The National Weather Service Los Angeles is a local office of the National Weather Service responsible for monitoring weather conditions in Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo counties, as well as adjacent coastal waters out 60 nautical miles.[1] The NWS Los Angeles office serves the third-most populous district in the nation, after NWS New York City and NWS Philadelphia.[2]
History
The Signal Service established an office at Los Angeles in 1877, at the corner of Main and Commercial Streets, with the Weather Bureau assuming responsibility in 1890. During the 1940s, the city office moved to the Los Angeles Civic Center district. The Civic Center office closed in 1964, and the main forecast office was relocated at the Wilshire Federal Building where it remained until the current Oxnard location opened in 1993.[3]
An airport station was established at Mines Field (now LAX) in 1931, with a District Forecast Office established there on April 7, 1947, having relocated from Burbank. This satellite office was open until in 1997 when it was redesignated a NWS Contract Meteorological Observatory. In 2002 this observatory was transferred to the Federal Aviation Administration.[3]
A regional headquarters of the National Weather Service was located in Los Angeles from 1943 to 1949.[3]
NOAA Weather Radio
The National Weather Service Los Angeles forecast office provides programming for eight NOAA Weather Radio stations.[4]
City of license | Call sign | Frequency (MHz) | Power | Service area of transmitter |
---|---|---|---|---|
San Luis Obispo | KIH31 | 162.550 MHz | 330 watts | Los Angeles CA |
Santa Barbara | KIH34 | 162.400 MHz | 330 watts | Los Angeles CA |
Malibu Marine | KWL22 | 162.425 MHz | 300 watts | Los Angeles CA |
Los Angeles | KWO37 | 162.550 MHz | 300 watts | Los Angeles CA |
Avalon | WNG584 | 162.525 MHz | 100 watts | Los Angeles CA |
San Simeon | WNG592 | 162.525 MHz | 100 watts | Los Angeles CA |
Santa Barbara Marine | WWF62 | 162.475 MHz | 100 watts | Los Angeles CA |
Sandberg | WZ2505 | 162.425 MHz | 100 watts | Los Angeles CA |
References
- ^ US Department of Commerce, NOAA. "Oxnard Weather Office". www.weather.gov. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
- ^ Covarrubias, Amanda (2016-06-22). "In a quiet Oxnard office, National Weather Service meteorologists are calm before the storm". Ventura County Star. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
- ^ a b c "Weather Bureau/National Weather Service History in California" (PDF). weather.gov. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
- ^ "NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio". NOAA.
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