WNG584

WNG584 - Avalon All Hazards
City of license Avalon, California
Broadcast area Santa Catalina Island
Branding NOAA All Hazards Radio
Slogan The Voice Of The National Weather Service
Frequency 162.525 MHz
Format Weather/Civil Emergency
Language(s) English
Power 146 Watts
Class C
Owner NOAA/National Weather Service
Website www.wrh.noaa.gov/lox

WNG584 (sometimes referred to as Avalon All Hazards) is a NOAA Weather Radio station that is programmed from the National Weather Service forecast office in Los Angeles/Oxnard, California with its transmitter located in Avalon, California serving the Santa Catalina Island. It broadcasts marine weather and hazard information only for Los Angeles County as well as its coastal waters.

The station's forecast cycle includes marine forecasts for the inner coastal waters from Pont Mugu to San Mateo Point, outer waters from Santa Cruz Island to San Clemente Island, and inner waters from San Mateo Point to the Mexican border inside San Clemente Island at 20 minute intervals; and the offshore waters forecast from Point Conception to Guadalupe Island extending 60 to 250 nautical miles offshore. Weather conditions are updated hourly for Avalon Airport, Long Beach Airport, Los Angeles Airport, Santa Ana John Wayne Airport, Oceanside and Carlsbad along with coastal conditions from the east Santa Barbara Channel to the Mexican Border.

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