National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington

The Baltimore/Washington NWS Office

The National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington is a local office of the National Weather Service responsible for monitoring weather conditions in 44 counties in eastern West Virginia, northern and central Virginia, the majority of the state of Maryland, as well as the city of Washington, D.C.. Although labeled as the NWS Baltimore/Washington, its actual location is off Old Ox Road (Virginia State Route 606) in the Dulles section of Sterling, Virginia, adjacent to Washington Dulles International Airport.

Service map for the National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington.

The NWS Baltimore/Washington currently employs about 25 people including meteorologists, support personnel, and management staff, working rotating shifts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Jurisdictions served

District of Columbia

Maryland

Counties

Independent city

Virginia

Counties

Independent cities

West Virginia

Aviation weather services locations

First-order/climate sites

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References

  1. ↑ "Local Climatology Reporting Locations". National Weather Service Sterling, VA. Retrieved 2014-06-12.

External links

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