Here are some examples: Weather balloon technology has helped firefighters with its short-range radios ; aluminized Mylar in satellites has made sports equipment more insulated ; laser optics systems have transformed the camera industry and life detection missions on other planets help scientists find bacteria in contaminated food.

Personal two-way radios are also sometimes combined with other electronic devices ; Garmin's Rino series combine a GPS receiver in the same package as an FRS / GMRS walkie-talkie ( allowing Rino users to transmit digital location data to each other ) Some personal radios also include receivers for AM and FM broadcast radio and, where applicable, NOAA Weather Radio and similar systems broadcasting on the same frequencies.

The Weather Cast was discontinued in anticipation of a Weatherscan-based service that would provide local weather information for Dish Network customers.

During significant weather or other events the normal schedules can be altered to provide coverage requested by the National Weather Service and other agencies.

Weather satellite systems provide information about terrestrial weather.

Yahoo partners with numerous content providers in products such as Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Music, Yahoo Movies, Yahoo Weather, Yahoo News, Yahoo Answers and Yahoo Games to provide news and related content.

On 16 March 2010 the Brocken Weather Station became a climate reference station to provide uninterrupted, long-term climatic observations.

On October 13, 2008, WGN-TV began providing weather forecasts for WGN Radio through a partnership between the two stations ; this came as WGN Radio ended a ten-year partnership with The Weather Channel to provide local forecasts for the station.

Weather satellites furnish the data necessary to provide early warnings of severe storms.

Operational use from the airfield began in February 1947 when the 347th Fighter Group ( All Weather ) began operating P-61 Black Widow interceptor aircraft, which were used to provide air defense for Japan.

In 1870 the Weather Bureau was established through a joint resolution of Congress signed by President Ulysses S. Grant with the mission " to provide for taking meteorological observations at the military stations in the interior of the continent and at other points in the States and Territories ... and for giving notice on the northern ( Great ) Lakes and on the seacoast by magnetic telegraph and marine signals, of the approach and force of storms.

EMWIN is the Emergency Managers Weather Information Network, a system designed to provide the emergency management community with access to a set of NWS warnings, watches, forecasts, and other products at no recurring cost.

In 2005, Senator Rick Santorum ( R-PA ) introduced the National Weather Service Duties Act of 2005, a bill intended to limit the NWS's ability to provide data that could be given by commercial outlets, but at a cost to generate private profit.

Sometimes referred to by some stations as a " Regional Weather Discussion " or the " NOW-Cast " depending on the region, and as a " Local Update " when used by The Weather Channel during their local forecasts on cable systems using the WeatherStar 4000 system in the mid-late 1990s, this is a localized, event-driven product used to provide the public with detailed weather information during significant and / or fast-changing hydrometeorological conditions during the next six hours.

In 2000 John left the Met Office to join commercial weather company British Weather Services, and continues to provide forecasts across a range of media outlets and sporting concerns including the Football Association, Twickenham and leading UK racecourses such as Newbury, Cheltenham, Haydock Park, Newmarket

In October 2008, after a ten year partnership with The Weather Channel to provide the station's weather forecasts, the station began to air forecasts prepared by Tom Skilling and other members of WGN-TV's weather staff.

The 53d WRS works closely with the National Hurricane Center ( NHC ), a division of the National Weather Service located in Miami, Florida, that tracks hurricanes to provide early warning service for Atlantic basin storms.

Weather derivatives provide a pure non-correlated alternative to traditional financial markets.

Pagano and Metro Weather now provide on-air weather forecasts in Columbus for WODB 107. 9 FM.

Weather instruments such as this device installed upon Iceberg B-15A provide scientists a better understanding of Antarctica's impact upon global climate.

Vic High hosts an active weather station as part of the School-Based Weather Station Network, operated as a partnership between the University of Victoria and several school districts to provide state of the art interactive technologies as part of the school's science program.

Air Force Weather, organized as the Air Weather Service from 1947 to 1991, continued to provide environmental awareness for both the Air Force and the Army.

In April 1991, the Office of the Director of Weather was created on the Air Staff to provide policy and guidance for Air Force Weather.

The preceding signal was a test of the warning alarm system of National Weather Service radio station ( call sign of station ) in ( location ).

") This concludes the test of the warning alarm system of NOAA Weather Radio ( call sign ).

Exceptions to the Radio Quiet Zone restrictions are usually determined on a case-by-case basis, with preference given to public safety concerns, such as remote alarm systems, repeaters for first responders, and NOAA Weather Radio.

His first wife, Betsy Blair, was suspected of being a Communist sympathizer and when MGM, who had offered Blair a part in Marty ( 1955 ), were considering withdrawing her under pressure from the American Legion, Kelly successfully threatened MGM with a pullout from It's Always Fair Weather unless his wife was restored to the part.

* The radio program Marketplace uses " Stormy Weather " as background music when the major stock market indices are down for the day.

* A UK version of the Weather Channel ran from September 1, 1996 to January 30, 1998, when it was closed due to low viewership.

The controversy further escalated on April 30, 2010, when The Weather Channel went ahead with airing the 1992 film Wind ( a film about yachting that had little to do with weather, contrary to its name ) at the same time a tornado outbreak was occurring in Missouri and Arkansas.

Weather can vary greatly across a large area such as when rain or winter storms impact voter participation in affected states.

According to the National Weather Service, the warmest month at Big Bear is July, when the average high is 80. 7 ° F ( 27. 1 ° C ) and the average low is 47. 1 ° F ( 8. 4 ° C ).

The 1964 National Day parade was struck by tragedy when a low flying airforce F-104 Starfighter fighter aircraft struck a Broadcasting Corporation of China tower, causing the plane's fuel tank to fall and kill three people including a woman and her baby in front of the Central Weather Bureau building in downtown Taipei.

Local folklore has it that when heavy snow storms hit the county, Wetherby does not get as much because the Weather Goes By.

Fornost was first attacked by the forces of the Witch-king in 1409, when the border defence system collapsed with the storming of the Forts of the Weather Hills.

Zawinul and Shorter's continued dominance of the American jazz scene was emphasized when Tale Spinnin won the Down Beat best album award for 1975 ( the third Weather Report album to do so ) and Native Dancer was the runner-up.

The Citizen Weather Observer Program ( CWOP ) is one such, and the data submitted through use of software, a personal computer, and internet connection ( or amateur radio ) are utilized by the National Weather Service when generating forecast models, and by many other entities as well.

The site was brought into the public eye by The Washington Post, when the government facility was mentioned while reporting on the December 1, 1974, crash into Mount Weather of TWA Flight 514, a Boeing 727 jetliner.

In the United States, local National Weather Service forecast offices, particularly those in the Great Plains or Southeastern U. S., sometimes include the wording " Severe thunderstorms can produce tornadoes with no advance warning ..." or a similar reference in their severe thunderstorm warning products, usually when there is a tornado threat or especially when a tornado watch is in effect, though sometimes the wording is included even if the threat of severe weather does not include a threat of tornadic activity.

Special Weather Statement – A special weather statement is issued when something rare or unusual is occurring.

The National Weather Service issues heat advisories and excessive heat warnings when unusual periods of hot weather are expected.

Most cable systems and some television stations also simulcast a local NOAA Weather Radio station's programming when the Emergency Alert System is activated in the event of a severe weather or civil defense emergency, normally with the issuance of a tornado warning or tornado emergency, especially in tornado-prone areas of the country.

Weather Radio stations will carry alerts when dangerous weather threatens a location within their listening area.

the 347th Fighter Wing, All Weather, was established at Itazuke in August 1948 when the unit was reformed under the new United States Air Force " Base-Wing " reorganization.

Weather is always a factor when going to a location.