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National Weather Service in Romeoville Holding an Open House
Bring along nonperishable food items to benefit the Northern Illinois Food Bank.
The National Weather Service in Romeoville is holding an open house Sept. 21, and coupling it with a food drive to help the Northern Illinois Food Bank.
The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 333 W. University Drive, and will feature these activities:
- NWS surface and upper air weather observations
- Volunteer weather observing including the Coop program, CoCoRaHS, and the Chicago-Rockford Area Snowfall Teams
- The NOAA and NWS organization, the Chicago Weather Forecast Office area of responsibility, and programs
- An overview of NWS web pages and NOAA Weather Radio
- Displays of satellite, Doppler radar, and weather maps
- Forecast operations and the warning decision process
- A look at the Doppler radar data acquisition building (sorry, visitors are not permitted inside the radar dome)
- An overview of computer systems and communications
- Hazards of flooding with an interactive floodplain model demonstration
- How river levels and flows are measured by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
- Amateur radio operations for severe weather
- Will County Emergency Management Agency incident command vehicle on display
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