As the "Voice
of the National Weather Service,"
NOAA Weather Radio provides a continuous
broadcast of the latest weather information
from the National Weather Service Forecast
Office (NWSFO) in Sacramento. Personnel
at NWSO Sacramento are responsible for
three separate NOAA Weather Radios - one
for the Northern Sacramento Valley area,
one for the Southern Sacramento Valley
and Northern San Joaquin Valley area,
and one for Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.
Listeners up north
can tune in WXL88 at 162.55
MHz for broadcasts transmitted from
a tower on top of South Fork Mountain
in Shasta County. Listeners in the Southern
Sacramento Valley, the Northern San
Joaquin Valley and surrounding areas
can choose between two frequencies.
People residing in the Sacramento area
northward to Oroville can tune in WWF67
at 162.40 MHz,
which is transmitted from Wolf Mountain
in Nevada County. A simulcast transmission
on KEC57 at 162.55
MHz is broadcast from Jackson
in Amador County, and can be heard from
Sacramento southward to Modesto. Listeners
in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties
and the West Delta can tune to KZZ75
on 162.425 MHz
which is broadcast from Mt Diablo in
Contra Costa County.
Broadcasts for all
three NOAA Weather Radios include hourly
observations, forecasts, climate information,
and any warnings or advisories currently
in effect. The majority of the program
on all three broadcasts is automated
using computer generated text-to-speach
technology. Tests of the warning device
are conducted Wednesday each week between
11:00 am and Noon, weather permitting.
Any comments?
Please email...
nwr.sto@noaa.gov
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