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| The National Weather Service modernized in the
1990s, with great technological advances. To see some of the new technology, look below. |
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CRS |
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| NOAA (National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration)
Weather Radio is an excellent source for weather information...24 hours a day from the
National Weather Service. The system has recently been upgraded with WRSAME (Weather
Radio Specific Area
Message Encoder) now available.
With WRSAME, a county code is plugged into the system...with the radio alarming if
a warning is issued for that county. There is more information on
WRSAME here. Now NOAA
Weather Radio has been taken one step further with CRS (Console
Replacement System). |
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CRS is NOAA Weather Radio with computer generated voices. National Weather Service products are sent to CRS...with the system
automatically reading the products to listeners. With CRS, important warning
information reaches listeners immediately...which is the main benefit of the
system. |
| The system has to be programmed to pronounce words
a certain way (as shown to right). Admittedly, some of the more difficult words may
not sound familiar during the broadcast...and it may take some time for listeners to get
used to the new voices. |
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