WWF64

WWF64 - Monterey Marine All-Hazards
City Monterey, California (Mount Umunhum)
Broadcast area Monterey/Santa Cruz/Salinas, California
Branding NOAA All Hazards Radio
Slogan The Voice Of The National Weather Service
Frequency 162.450 MHz
Format Weather/Civil Emergency (Marine)
Language(s) English
Power 100 Watts
HAAT 49 M
Class C
Owner NOAA/National Weather Service
Website www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr

WWF64 (sometimes referred to as Monterey Marine All Hazards) is a NOAA Weather Radio station that serves Monterey, California and vicinity including some parts of the San Francisco Bay Area and can be heard 40 miles into the Pacific Ocean. It is programmed from the National Weather Service forecast office in Monterey with its transmitter located in Mount Umunhum. Unlike its general weather radio counterpart station KEC49, this transmitter broadcasts marine forecasts and hazardous marine alerts for the following counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz.


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