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The revival of telephone weather forecasts in Washington, D.C.
Hat tip, DCist: Go Home Already: A Day's Work
The revival of telephone weather forecasts in Washington, D.C.
Capital Weather Gang
By Jason Samenow June 4 at 1:04 PM
@capitalweather
You may have thought the days of dialing your phone to get a weather forecast were dead. But this old-fashioned way of knowing whether it will rain or snow is experiencing somewhat of a renaissance.
“Telephone weather has rebounded,” says Howard Phoebus, a forecaster with D.C. Weather Services, a group of local meteorologists and weather hobbyists that has provided phone-based predictions since late the 1980s. They begun offering forecasts on the memorable number WE6-1212 (936-1212) and now can be heard at 202-589-1212.
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Telecompute, a local company that provides recorded telephone information in markets around the country, adopted it. Once again featuring forecasts from the likes of Phoebus of D.C. Weather Services, Telecompute has been continuously broadcasting recorded weather forecasts at 202-589-1212.
The Metropolitan Council of Governments and Clean Air Partners have sponsored the phone forecasts, which lead off with information about today’s air quality and then feature the weather outlook for the next several days.
By Jason Samenow June 4 at 1:04 PM
@capitalweather
You may have thought the days of dialing your phone to get a weather forecast were dead. But this old-fashioned way of knowing whether it will rain or snow is experiencing somewhat of a renaissance.
“Telephone weather has rebounded,” says Howard Phoebus, a forecaster with D.C. Weather Services, a group of local meteorologists and weather hobbyists that has provided phone-based predictions since late the 1980s. They begun offering forecasts on the memorable number WE6-1212 (936-1212) and now can be heard at 202-589-1212.
....
Telecompute, a local company that provides recorded telephone information in markets around the country, adopted it. Once again featuring forecasts from the likes of Phoebus of D.C. Weather Services, Telecompute has been continuously broadcasting recorded weather forecasts at 202-589-1212.
The Metropolitan Council of Governments and Clean Air Partners have sponsored the phone forecasts, which lead off with information about today’s air quality and then feature the weather outlook for the next several days.
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I was very frustrated when it ended. Now, when I'm visiting Silver Spring, I'll know a thing or two; won't help me in southern MD, tho!
