National Weather Service Raleigh, North Carolina Explained

The National Weather Service Raleigh, North Carolina (RAH) is a local Weather Forecast Office for central North Carolina. The NWS in Raleigh serves 31 counties in NC and these 31 counties have a population of 7.74 million people, including the cities of Raleigh, Durham, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Description

The NWS In Raleigh began in January 1887. In 1896, NWS Raleigh moved to the Fisher Building, and remained there until 1908, when the office moved to the fourth floor of the Masonic Temple in Raleigh. It would remain here until December 1940. In December 1940, the office moved to the Administration Building at Raleigh-Durham International Airport (called Raleigh Municipal Airport at the time), and would move a few times on the airport grounds over the years. In November 1979, NWS Raleigh moved to the Cargo Building at RDU, and would remain there until 1994. On January 19, 1994, NWS Raleigh moved to the Centennial Campus at North Carolina State University, though a skeleton staff remained at RDU to take observations and man the WSR-74 radar until June 30, 1996.

NWS Raleigh Operates 8 NOAA Weather Radio transmitters throughout central North Carolina.[1]

Call signCityFrequencySAME CODE
WWF60Buck Mountain, NC162.500 MHz037007 (Anson County)
WXL58Chapel Hill, NC162.550 MHz037183 (Wake County)
WNG597Ellerbe, NC162.400 MHz037123 (Montgomery County)
WXL50St. Pauls, NC162.475 MHz037051 (Cumberland County)
WNG706Garner, NC162.450 MHz037101 (Johnston County)
WNG586Henderson, NC162.500 MHz037069 (Franklin County)
WXL59Tarboro, NC162.475 MHz037015 (Bertie County)
WXL42Winston-Salem, NC162.400 MHz037081 (Guilford County)

NWS Raleigh Also operates a WSR-88D Doppler weather radar with the Callsign, KRAX and also operates a TDWR With the callsign TRDU.

References

https://www.weather.gov/rah/https://www.weather.gov/rah/virtualtourwherehttps://www.weather.gov/nwr/sites?site=WWF60https://www.weather.gov/nwr/sites?site=WXL58 https://www.weather.gov/nwr/sites?site=WNG597https://www.weather.gov/nwr/sites?site=WXL50https://www.weather.gov/nwr/sites?site=WNG706https://www.weather.gov/nwr/sites?site=WNG586 https://www.weather.gov/nwr/sites?site=WXL59 https://www.weather.gov/nwr/sites?site=WXL42

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.weather.gov/rah/nwr#stations NOAA Weather Radio