The Weather Channel
The
Weather Channel is a
cable TV network that revolutionized the reporting of weather-related news by being on 24 hours a day. The Weather Channel went on the air in
1982 and reports the
weather and other
meteorological information for the
United States as well as other countries and regions of the
world. The Weather Channel does not gather its forecasts directly from the
National Weather Service, a
U.S. government agency that is part of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Forecasting is done in-house, however current weather data does come from NOAA and NWS, and the ultraviolet index from the
EPA.
The Weather Channel also uses special decoding equipment that inserts NOAA/NWS local weather forecast and warning information if it is viewed on a cable TV system. Satellite viewers see a roundup of local TWC forecasts for major cities across the U.S., as well as satellite/radar images and occasionally severe weather watch and warning maps.
TWC's sister channel in Canada is The Weather Network in english and MétéoMédia in french, and uses the same technology.
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