The National Weather Service Gray/Portland, Maine (GYX) is a local office of the

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responsible for monitoring weather conditions over western

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and all of

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. It is situated in Gray, Maine, in the metropolitan area of

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, in a rural setting.

Mission

The National Weather Service in Gray provides weather, hydrologic, and climate forecasts and warnings for western Maine, New Hampshire, and adjacent waters for the protection of life and property and the enhancement of the national economy.

Observation network

The National Weather Service in Gray is responsible for observing equipment at Portland, Augusta, Wiscasset, and Fryeburg in Maine; and

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, Rochester,

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, Jaffrey, and Whitefield in New Hampshire. The FAA or other organizations maintain the equipment in Lewiston- Auburn, Rockland, Waterville, Sanford, and Rangeley in Maine; and

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, Keene, Nashua, and

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in New Hampshire. The site in Gray has a WSR-88D

weather radar A weather radar, also called weather surveillance radar (WSR) and Doppler weather radar, is a type of radar used to locate precipitation (meteorology), precipitation, calculate its motion, and estimate its type (rain, snow, hail etc.). Modern w ...

, part of the

NEXRAD NEXRAD or Nexrad (Next-Generation Radar) is a network of 159 high-resolution S-band pulse-Doppler radar, Doppler weather radars operated by the National Weather Service (NWS), an agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ...

network, which Reflectivity/Doppler/dual polarization high resolution data cover an area of about around the station, or roughly the area of responsibility of the NWS Forecasting Office in Gray (long range reflectivity data cover about double of this). Colocated is a

radiosonde A radiosonde is a battery-powered telemetry instrument carried into the atmosphere usually by a weather balloon that measures various atmospheric parameters and transmits them by radio to a ground receiver. Modern radiosondes measure or calculat ...

facility from which a

weather balloon A weather balloon, also known as a sounding balloon, is a balloon (specifically a type of high-altitude balloon) that carries instruments to the stratosphere to send back information on atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity and wind spe ...

is released twice daily to obtain temperature, humidity and winds in the

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above Maine. It is part of a network of such facilities across United States, run by the NWS, which in turn is part of the World Weather Watch.

Photos

File:NWS Forecast Office Gray ME board.jpg, National Weather Service Office in Gray File:NWS Forecast Office Gray ME NEXRAD.jpg,

radome near the office File:NWS Forecast Office Gray ME radiosound shed.jpg, Radiosounding shed near the office

References

External links

NWS Gray/Portland's website

Facebook page of the office
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