National Weather Service


noun
  1. an agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that is responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasts, storm and flood warnings, etc.Abbreviation: NWS

  • Formerly Weath·er Bu·reau .

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How to use National Weather Service in a sentence

  • Every team in Rosewater was bespoken for the distinguished occasion, and the reports of the weather bureau were consulted daily.

    Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
  • So he plugged in with his head phones and listened for the hourly report of the Airways Weather Bureau.

    The Flying Reporter | Lewis E. (Lewis Edwin) Theiss
  • The air had a nip in it—more like October than June, Burckhardt thought, in spite of the weather bureau.

  • The Weather Bureau records show that the city averages 294 sunshiny days a year.

    The Road of a Thousand Wonders | Passenger Dept. Southern Pacific Co
  • They learned to plant better seed and to pay attention to the Weather Bureau.

    The Romance of the Reaper | Herbert Newton Casson