Tracking Major Hurricane Erin; Hot in the Mid-Mississippi Valley

Major Hurricane Erin is tracking just north of the lower Bahamas today. Dangerous surf and rip current threats increase this week for most of the Atlantic coastline. Erin's outerbands may impact the Outer Banks later this week. Hot to extremely hot temperatures are forecast today and Tuesday from a part of the southern Plains into the central to lower Mississippi River Valley. Read More >

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1972. Plenty of maps and bulletins printed out and hung on the back walls.

December 1973. A meteorologist is sitting in front of a large console with numerous meteorological instrument dials, gauges, and charts.

April 7, 1978. A view of the old "74C" weather radar.

April 7, 1978. A meteorologist records weather information on NOAA Weather Radio. This system used tapes similar to 8-tracks, which were inserted in the slots for play. When a new message was to be recorded on a tape, the tape first needed to be erased with a large magnet.

January 1981. A meteorologist takes and records a weather observation.