Weather Machine
This was installed in 1988, and was designed by Richard Ponzi, Ray Grimm, Jere Grimm, and Roger Sheppard. Every day at noon it is updated (with music, lights, and mist) to indicate what the next day's weather will be with a symbol at the top of the globe. The three symbols are a silver blue heron (which is shown here and which is the city bird of Portland) indicating changing weather, Helia the sun goddess which indicates sunny weather, and a copper dragon which indicates approaching storms. The Weather Machine also indicates the temperature and air quality for the area.
Weather Machine
This was installed in 1988, and was designed by Richard Ponzi, Ray Grimm, Jere Grimm, and Roger Sheppard. Every day at noon it is updated (with music, lights, and mist) to indicate what the next day's weather will be with a symbol at the top of the globe. The three symbols are a silver blue heron (which is shown here and which is the city bird of Portland) indicating changing weather, Helia the sun goddess which indicates sunny weather, and a copper dragon which indicates approaching storms. The Weather Machine also indicates the temperature and air quality for the area.