Visiting NSSL
Your interest in the research we do at NSSL gives us a shared opportunity to exchange ideas, to learn and to teach. For security reasons our guests are required to register in advance, sign in at the front desk, and wear a visitor's badge.
- Public tours
- Local maps and directions
- Area
lodging and visitor information
- Norman
Chamber of Commerce
- Oklahoma
Weather Roundup
- Local
weather
NOAA/Norman Weather Partners
NSSL is one of five Department of Commerce/NOAA weather organizations located in Norman. The NOAA/Norman Weather Partners are involved in weather research, forecasting and support. These federally funded agencies are:
- The National Severe Storms Laboratory
- The
National Weather Service Forecast Office, Norman
- The
Radar Operations Center
- The Storm Prediction Center
- The Warning Decision Training
Branch
NSSL's
primary research partner is the Cooperative
Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS) . CIMMS is
a NOAA Joint Institute funded by NOAA and the University
of Oklahoma.
The Norman weather community
NSSL is an integral part of a larger weather community
in the Norman, Oklahoma area comprised of government and academic research
agencies and private sector companies that share resources, interests,
and activities. Many of these organizations, including NSSL, work
side-by-side in the new National
Weather Center .
