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Severe Thunderstorm Areas This Saturday; Excessive Heat in the Southern U.S.

Damaging thunderstorm winds and a few tornadoes with areas of excessive rainfall are possible today over parts of the lower Great Lakes to upper Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic, the Ozarks, and south-central High Plains. Excessive heat will continue over the southern U.S. this weekend before another round of heat arrives Monday through the central and southern U.S. spreading into the East by midweek. Read More >

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 Program Support Division (PSD)

                                                           

The Western Region Program Support Division (PSD) provides an avenue for field offices to carry out the NWS Strategic Plan objectives. PSD supports the efforts of field offices and other divisions to provide environmental decision support by:

  • Providing information, structure, prioritization, and guidance to enable WR offices to meet stakeholder requirements
  • Removing barriers and impediments to progress
  • Fostering new services and innovation to move the agency forward
  • Taking a leadership role in workgroups to ensure field offices are provided with the highest level of support and responsiveness
  • Evaluating field performance in meeting the NWS Strategic Plan objectives
  • Ensuring field needs are met through appropriate training and tools
  • Anticipating future direction and preparing the field for upcoming changes


Program Areas

  • Aviation
  • Climate
  • Digital Services
  • Dissemination
  • Fire Weather
  • Future Products and Services
  • Hydrology
  • Marine
  • Public
  • Space Weather
  • Tsunami
  • Verification
  • Warning Coordination