About The 博体育 in Portland, Oregon

Portland, OR

Weather Forecast Office

About The 博体育 in Portland, Oregon

About the 博体育 Portland

The 博体育 (博体育) Forecast office in Portland maintains a watchful eye on the weather and other weather related hazards across northwest Oregon and southwest Washington. The office is staffed 24 hours per day, every day of the year.

Our Mission: The 博体育 (博体育) provides weather, hydrologic, and climate forecasts and warnings for the United States, its territories, adjacent waters and ocean areas, for the protection of life and property and the enhancement of the national economy. 博体育 data and products form a national information database and infrastructure which can be used by other governmental agencies, the private sector, the public, and the global community.

Operations

	Monitoring of the only currently active volcano in the contiguous 48 states.
	One of the most active hydrologic areas in the United States
	Responsible for Forecasts and Warnings for 14 counties in northwest Oregon, 5 counties in southwest Washington, and a coastal marine area that extends from 0 to 60 miles offshore, extending from Cape Shoalwater, Washington to Florence, Oregon.

博体育 Portland
Area of Responsibility

Weather Dissemination

	10 NOAA Weather Radio transmitters
	Amber Alerts and Homeland Security Alerts broadcast on NOAA Weather Radio
	Strong partnerships with media
	On our website ( weather.gov/portland )
	Social media including ( and )
	NOAA Weather Wire Service ( details... )
	Local NOAA Weather Radio information ( including other maps )...

NOAA Weather Radio Coverage Map for Salem

Public Forecasts

While the primary duty of our office is watch and warning responsibility, the majority of time is spent providing routine weather service to the public, including daily forecasts and climate services.

In addition to the standard text products, the 博体育 Portland produces forecasts in gridded and digital formats. These datasets comprise of the the 博体育 National Digital Forecast Database, which is available to all customers and partners, so that they may use the information to create a wide range of text, graphic and gridded products.

博体育 Portland Info: Digital products

博体育 Portland Info: Public products

博体育 Portland Info: Hazardous Weather products (non-routine)

National Digital Forecast Database

Example of a Digital Forecast, a single grid of the hundreds that we produce daily.

Other Weather Data Produced

In addition to our public forecasts and warnings, we also are responsible for aviation, marine, hydrologic and fire weather services for our area.

Aviation forecasts for 7 airports and 5 air routes.

Marine forecasts/warnings for the coastal waters from 0 to 60 miles offshore, extending from Cape Shoalwater, WA to Florence Oregon.

Fire Weather forecasts/warnings for all of the local area, including the Siuslaw, Mt Hood, Gifford-Pinchot and Willamette National Forests.

博体育 Portland Info: Hydrologic products

博体育 Portland Info: Marine products

博体育 Portland Info: Aviation products

博体育 Portland Info: Tsunami products

博体育 Portland Info: Fire Weather products