Talk:Forecast region

Major sourcing problems

Maybe I’m nuts, but y’all have an entire section on here that isn’t sourced at all. Furthermore, the only three citations that you do have are from Environment Canada; that is a single source for all three citations. So maybe I’m nuts but you all have got some major sourcing issues. What on earth does the Canadian government have to do with NWS forecast zones? I’m pretty sure the National Weather Service has a page somewhere on forecast zones. Whoever reads this should probably look at it. West Virginia WXeditor (talk) 04:43, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

And furthermore, maybe the fact that no one has touched this article in two years probably explains why it’s in such bad shape. I’m surprised someone hasn’t nominated this for deletion yet. Not that it should be, it’s easily fixable. West Virginia WXeditor (talk) 04:45, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

And something else; your links to the forecast regions pages on weather.gc.ca go to an error page. West Virginia WXeditor (talk) 17:10, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

You are correct. Environment Canada has removed the Canadian Location Codes (CLC) from its website. And for many years prior to them being removed there was a large banner at the top of the page saying "We have archived this page and will not be updating it." I could not find an explanation for this. This Wikipedia page together with the Wayback Machine are the only places we can find the CLCs. I have written to Environment Canada, I'll update if they answer. Gentleman wiki (talk) 20:10, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

I am the user who originally placed the @WestVirginiaWX comments (I WP:CHU’ed my username back in August), and here is that page that I was referring to from the National Weather Service: https://alerts-v2.weather.gov/ has a list of zones for each state. Hurricane Clyde 🌀^{my talk page!} 20:05, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

To further give information; there is a section called “land areas with zones”, you click that and it gives you links to lists of zones in each state and territory (except the CNMI). There is also a link that says “marine regions/areas with zones” that brings up a list of basins and links to marine forecast zones in each basin, plus the Great Lakes. Hurricane Clyde 🌀^{my talk page!} 20:12, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

@Gentleman wiki, they do seem to have revived the CLC list website, but that may be moot because Weatheradio Canada shut down. Hurricane Clyde 🌀^{my talk page!} 16:58, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

Canada centric

I’ve just tagged the article; because it seems to give undue weight to the Canadian forecast regions; and only has a small section on the United States. There are forecast regions in other countries. Hurricane Clyde 🌀^{my talk page!} 22:00, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

I would suggest also splitting the list of CLCs into a separate article; and also adding (a third article) that lists American forecast zones from the National Weather Service. I would also suggest looking for sources that prove the existence of forecast zones/regions in other countries, such as Germany or Australia for instance. Hurricane Clyde 🌀^{my talk page!} 19:20, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

New problem

Weatheradio Canada has been permanently shut down. Which also means the CLCs no longer serve any purpose. That said, I have also raised the concern about this giving undue weight to Canada; I think American NWS forecast zones could be listed here or on a sub-article; and perhaps a mention of the SAME location codes used by NOAA Weather Radio (NWR is still in service as of this writing). Hurricane Clyde 🌀^{my talk page!} 16:56, 20 June 2026 (UTC)