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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 >

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.