New Super Weather Center Announced.

[vbhoutex]

I recieved this in my Weather Matrix email. Interesting!! Ought to be awesome when completed!!!

"Norman, Okla., March 27 -- Officials from NOAA and the University of
Oklahoma have announced the completion of a lease agreement for the
National Weather Center, a $67 million, 244,000-square-foot building to be
built on OU's Norman campus that will combine the five NOAA organizations
in Norman with several key weather organizations at the university.

The NOAA Weather Partners to be located in the building are the
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov National Severe Storms Laboratory,
[url]<http://www.spc.noaa.gov[/url] Storm Prediction Center, National Weather Service
http://www.srh.noaa.govNorman Forecast Office,
http://www.wdtb.noaa.govWarning Decision Training Branch and
http://www.roc.noaa.govRadar Operations Center's
http://www.roc.noaa.gov/app/app1.aspApplication Branch.

The OU units to be housed in the building are the
http://weather.ou.edu School of Meteorology,
http://www.caps.ou.eduCenter for Analysis and Prediction of Storms,
http://www.cimms.ou.edu Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale
Meteorological Studies, http://www.evac.ou.eduEnvironmental Verification
and Analysis Center, http://www.ocs.ou.edu Oklahoma Climatological
Survey, http://nhdr.ou.edu/main.htmInternational Center for Natural
Hazards and Disaster Research, and http://csa.ou.eduCenter for Spatial
Analysis."

http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/relea ... 3r240.html

I hope these urls work. They were kind of screwy in the email.

[weatherwunder]

Wow, this should give access to very important and interesting weather information. Thanks for the info.

[ColdFront77]

Great sites! I am aware of most of them. They are worthwhile to check from time to time. It sure should give us access to important and interesting information, Eric.

[pojo]

Geez, no wonder why OU is such a powerhouse met school!! All wx orgs on campus!

[wx247]

:o Wow! Sounds great! :o