National Weather Service Cheyenne Office Virtual Tour
Pictures and captions courtesy of Steve Rubin
Welcome to your National Weather Service Cheyenne office virtual tour. Pictured above is National Weather Service Cheyenne along with the WSR-88D radome, which houses the radar antenna. NWS Cheyenne is open 24/7, and is staffed by 21 dedicated people, who are here to serve you, our customers in southeast Wyoming and western Nebraska.
This is a picture of the WSR-88D radome, which houses the doppler radar antenna, and protects the antenna from weather elements.
Here is a picture of the Wyoming wind sock, which is situated to the left of the front entrance. Wyoming is indeed a wonderful windy place.
You are looking at the front entrance to NWS Cheyenne. NWS Cheyenne is one of the offices in the Central Region of the National Weather Service. The National Weather Service is in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which is part of the Department of Commerce.
Mike Sowko and Lyn Kleiner warmly welcome you into your National Weather Service office. Mike and Lyn were working on staff timecards. As you can see, this picture was taken around Halloween.
Another picture of Mike Sowko and Lyn Kleiner.
Scott Carpenter doing a television interview.
Another picture of Scott Carpenter performing a television interview.
John Eise in his office.
John Eise in the operations area.
After entering the front door, to your left is the hallway leading towards the operations area. The first door on your left is the break room. In the background is Mike Weiland at an Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) console.
You are now looking at the operations area. Pictured, from left to right, are Mike Weiland, Jim Robinson and Dan Deal. Mike, Jim and Dan are each at one of the AWIPS consoles.
Another view of the operations area. Pictured from left to right are Mike Weiland and Jim Robinson.
Pictured above is Brian Chapman.
Dan Deal working on a Nowcast.
Jim House. In the background, just to the right of Jim’s head, you can see the Enhanced Graphical Nowcast (EGN), that Jim prepared earlier. The EGN is displayed on the main page of the National Weather Service Cheyenne webpage.
Mike Weiland is pictured above.
Rich Emanuel at an Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) console.
In the picture above, Jim Hatten and Brian Chapman are conferring in front of an Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS).
In the picture above, you are looking at an Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) graphics console. AWIPS is used to display, analyze and produce a wide variety of weather information. The system is quite user friendly and interactive.
Here is a picture of an Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) alphanumeric monitor, in which a lot of alphanumeric weather information can be displayed, analyzed and processed.
You are looking at an AWIPS graphics terminal displaying a visible satellite image. The four small screens can be used to store other images, which can easily and quickly be swapped with the larger image.
In this picture, you are looking at the Graphical Forecast Editor (GFE), which is used to graphically predict numerous weather elements for the next seven day period. Elements forecasted include temperature, dewpoint, maximum and minimum temperatures, wind chill temperatures, wind speed and direction, wind gusts, sky cover, expected weather, probability of precipitation (POP), quantitative precipitation forecast (QPF), snow amount and hazard grids, such as winter storm warnings, watches and advisories.
Pictured above, you are looking at an AWIPS graphics display. This is a four panel display of model information. Staff can develop their own procedures, or macros, for use in displaying and analyzing weather information.
Here is a picture of Buzz Hutcheon sitting at an AWIPS terminal.
Buzz Hutcheon in his office.
Buzz Hutcheon at an AWIPS terminal.
This is an image showing the various National Weather Services offices County Warning Areas (CWA) throughout the United States. National Weather Service Cheyenne covers southeast Wyoming and western Nebraska.
The image above shows a view of an AWIPS graphics monitor. You are looking at a radar image from the NWS Cheyenne WSR-88D as well as Warngen (in the rectangular box on the left side). Warngen is used to quickly produce warnings, such as severe thunderstorm, tornado and flash flood warnings as well as followup statements.
Pictured above are Jim Hatten and Wilson Sellner, who is the leader of the HAM radio group. Wilson Sellner and the rest of the HAM operators are an invaluable resource for receiving and relaying important weather information to the staff, especially during critical and severe weather operations.
This is Jim Robinson
Mike Sowko
Another picture of Mike Sowko.
Rich Emanuel and Ray Gomez having a discussion in Ray’s office.
Pictured above is the training room, in which staff continue their professional development.
Here is a picture of the office library and meeting room.
Another picture of the office library and meeting room.
This is the break room, which includes a refrigerator, microwave, coffee maker, various food and drink items, staff lockers and mailboxes.
Pictured above is Ray Gomez.
Another picture of Ray Gomez at an AWIPS terminal.
Wilson Sellner, leader of the HAM radio group.
Pictured above are the NOAA weather radio consoles also known as the Console Replacement System (CRS). National Weather Service Cheyenne operates six NOAA weather radio stations.
Here is a picture of the computer and monitor used to adjust and change various parameters on the WSR-88D radar.
Pictured above is the readout screen of the Cheyenne Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS). ASOS monitors and produces information related to temperature, dewpoint, cloud cover and cloud height, wind speed, wind direction, weather type, visibility, pressure and precipitation type and amount.
This is what an actual ASOS (Automated Surface Observing System) looks like. There are many ASOS’s across the United States, including southeast Wyoming and western Nebraska. ASOS measures temperature, dewpoint, wind speed, wind direction, barometric pressure, precipitation type, precipitation intensity, precipitation amount, cloud height and cloud cover. Pictured is Mike Gillen at the Sidney, Nebraska ASOS.
Here is a picture of the various staff awards and also the television used to monitor the Weather Channel. Staff monitor the Weather Channel to see that various National Weather Service products are successfully disseminated to the public.
Steve Rubin.
Thank you for taking the time to view the virtual tour of National Weather Service Cheyenne. Please email comments or suggestions to John Eise or Steve Rubin.
