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Heat Builds in the West; Extremely Critical Fire Weather in the Northwest

A heat wave over the Southwest will intensify this week, peaking and expanding into the Intermountain West and northern High Plains this weekend. Critical to extremely critical fire weather conditions are forecast from the Northwest and the northern Great Basin this weekend. Particularly Dangerous Situation Red Flag Warnings have been issued. Read More >

Facility

 

Our main facility consists of the two buildings pictured below. The buildings are used by meteorologists,

administrative personnel and technicians to support our mission.

 

WFOPHI main building
This building is where the forecasts and warnings are issued from.
Office space for the administrative and electronics staff is here as well.
WFOPHI Mount Holly West
This building is utilized for Cooperative Observer Program work, staff training, back-up operations,
and it provides extra space for technicians to work on weather instrumentation.