Well above normal temperatures are forecast to shift from the northern Plains through the Northeast U.S. over the long holiday weekend. A few strong to severe thunderstorm will be possible as well along with a potential for excessive rainfall. A tropical or subtropical depression could form off the Southeast U.S. coast over the weekend while drifting northward to northeastward. Read More >
Grand Junction, CO
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The objectives of the National Weather Service Hydrology Program are to:
As a result, the country was divided into 8 hydrologic districts during the 1940s. In 1946, the first River Forecast Centers were created for these districts, which would eventually expand to 13.
The authority of the NWS to make river forecasts is documented in the Department of Commerce Organization Order 10-15. The statutes for the criminal code (15 U.S.C. 313, June 25, 1948) specified that the (then) Weather Bureau "/gjt.shall have charge of forecasting the weather, the issue of storm warnings, and the display of weather and flood [warnings]/gjt."
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