PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT…PACK MONADNOCK NOAA WEATHER RADIO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
350 PM EST FRI JAN 31 2003
…NEW NOAA WEATHER RADIO TRANSMITTER SERVING SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS NOW ON THE AIR…A BRAND NEW NOAA WEATHER RADIO TRANSMITTER IS NOW ON THE AIR. IT IS LOCATED ATOP PACK MONADNOCK IN PETERBOROUGH NEW HAMPSHIRE AND IS BROADCASTING AT A FREQUENCY OF 162.525 MEGAHERTZ. IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE SIGNAL YOU NEED A 7-CHANNEL WEATHER RADIO OR A SCANNER. THE BROADCASTS ORIGINATE AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS.
THE SIGNAL IS QUITE STRONG AND HAS BEEN HEARD CLEARLY THROUGHOUT MUCH OF CHESHIRE AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE…AND IN MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. THIS WILL IMPROVE THE SERVICE IN AREAS THAT HAVE HAD RECEPTION DIFFICULTIES IN THE PAST…SUCH AS IN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND MUCH OFSOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE.
COMPLETE HOURLY OBSERVATIONS ARE GIVEN FOR BOTH MANCHESTER AND JAFFREY…WITH SKY AND TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS FOR MANY SURROUNDING SITES. LOCAL FORECASTS FOR SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE…THE MERRIMACK VALLEY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE…AND THE MERRIMACK VALLEY OF NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS ARE BROADCAST. SHORT FUSED WARNINGS…SUCH AS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS…TORNADOES…AND FLASH FLOODS…WILL BE BROADCAST FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…
IN VERMONT…
WINDHAM
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE…
SULLIVAN
MERRIMACK
CHESHIRE
HILLSBOROUGH
ROCKINGHAM
IN MASSACHUSETTS…
FRANKLIN
WORCESTER
MIDDLESEX
ESSEX