Hurricane Katrina making landfall near Southwest Pass, Louisiana.

Hurricane Katrina making landfall near Southwest Pass, Louisiana.

Hurricane Rita churning in the Gulf of Mexico south of Lake Charles, Louisiana.

The western bands of Hurricane Rita churning in the Gulf of Mexico.

Hurricane Rita as seen from Miami radar.

Hurricane Rita as seen from Key West radar.

The outer rainband from Hurricane Rita as seen from the Mobile radar.

Hurricane Rita approaching landfall along the Texas-Louisiana border.

Hurricane Rita making landfall near Beaumont, Texas.

Is it a giant soccer ball? No, this is the Salt Lake City radar dome seen from a vantage point below a rock outcrop.

NWS Radar Tower & Radome

NWS Radar Tower & Radome

Bottom of the radome (part of pedestal structure) with many barn swallow nests.

NWS Radar Tower & Radome

The United States Weather Bureau Building in Washington, D.C. Frontispiece of "Meteorology" by Willis Milham, 1912

A Weather Bureau office - location and date unknown

The Weather Bureau Forecast Office

Unidentified station chief and colleague at a local forecast office

The local forecast office at Buffalo, New York

Unidentified personnel at a Weather Bureau office

Hard at work in the teletype center - note teletype machines behind personnel Women's first opportunities in meteorology occurred as a result of WWII.

Plotting upper-air maps Women's first opportunities in meteorology occurred as a result of WWII

Hard at work in an unidentified Weather Bureau office.

At work in an unidentified Weather Bureau office.

Weather Bureau employees discussing some weather theory. Left unidentified, Fred Schumann center, George Cressman on right. Cressman was the first director of the National Meteorological Center and later headed the National Weather Service.

Regional office training for new Weather Bureau employees Women's first opportunities in meteorology occurred as a result of WWII

United States Weather Bureau Headquarters in Washington, D. C.

Left: Exterior view of the Headquarters Building of the U. S. Meteorological Service of the United States Signal Service. Right: A meteorologist reading a barometer. In: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, N. Y. , Vol. 50, Supplement, May 1, 1880. Call Number M/0203 U 58m.

The instrument room on the top floor of the U. S. Meteorological Service of the United States Signal Service. In: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, N. Y. , Vol. 50, Supplement, May 1, 1880. Call Number M/0203 U 58m.

Left: Arranging the arrows on the map. Right: Photographing the temperature by lamp light. At the headquarters of the Meteorological Service of the United States Signal Service. In: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, N. Y. , Vol. 50, Supplement, May 1, 1880. Call Number M/0203 U 58m.

Arrangement of the wind instruments on the roof of the Headquarters Building of the Meteorological Service of the United States Signal Service. In: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, N. Y. , Vol. 50, Supplement, May 1, 1880. Call Number M/0203 U 58m.

Duluth Weather Bureau Building.

Duluth Weather Bureau Building.

The Weather Bureau produced forecasts for the Air Mail Service.

An old-fashioned desk at the Weather Bureau Office at Madison.

Instruments on the roof of the Weather Bureau Office at Madison.

Airmail aircraft Hamilton NC879H, probably at Madison.

The Northwest Airlines terminal at Madison (?).

Alfred Lorenz, probably at Madison, waiting to take-off with an Airmail Pilot.

The pilot of the Airmail aircraft. The Weather Bureau produced forecasts for the Air Mail Service.

The pilot of an Airmail aircraft making contact prior to taking off.

Weather Bureau Chief, Francis W. Reichelderfer, at the laying of the cornerstone of a new weather service building in 1940.

Laying of the cornerstone of the new Weather Bureau Building.

Laying of the cornerstone of the new Weather Bureau Building.

Laying of the cornerstone of the new Weather Bureau Building.

Laying of the cornerstone of the new Weather Bureau Building. Chief of the Weather Bureau Francis Reichelderfer seen beneath left flag.

Laying of the cornerstone of the new Weather Bureau Building. Chief of the Weather Bureau Francis Reichelderfer seen beneath left flag.

Weather Bureau map maker J.A. Haidle draws isobars on the weather map. In: The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C. Gravure Section. October 31, 1937.

M.A. Robinson reads information from the triple register, a device that automatically recorded wind velocity, wind direction and precipitation. In: The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C. Gravure Section. October 31, 1937.

"The weather man says cold and the be-prepared housewife fetches out the blankets." In: The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C. Gravure Section. October 31, 1937.