Upcoming Portales NOAA Weather Radio Downtime

...PORTALES NOAA WEATHER RADIO TRANSMITTER SCHEDULED FOR MAINTENANCE ON NOVEMBER 4TH AND 5TH...

The Portales NOAA Weather Radio transmitter that is programmed by the Albuquerque National Weather Service office is scheduled for maintenance and may periodically be offline Tuesday, November 4th and Wednesday, November 5th. A system upgrade will be performed, and weather observations, forecasts, watches, advisories, and warnings may not be broadcast for periods of time.

This includes the following NOAA Weather Radio transmitters:

Portales (WXJ-35 on 162.475 MHz)

Therefore, it is important to ensure you have multiple ways to receive important weather information. Be sure you have Wireless Emergency Alerts activated on your smartphone, periodically visit weather.gov/abq online, and stay tuned to reliable radio, tv, and other trustworthy media outlets. NOAA Weather Radio programming is expected to resume on Thursday, November 6th.