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Lumino kinetic bronze sculpture and weather beacon in Portland, Oregon

For information related to artificial manipulation of the weather, see [Weather modification](/source/Weather_modification).

Monument in Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland, Oregon

Weather Machine The sculpture predicting a clear day in Portland, Oregon in 2007 Interactive map of Weather Machine Location Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland, Oregon Coordinates 45°31′08″N 122°40′45″W / 45.5190°N 122.6793°W / 45.5190; -122.6793 Designer Omen Design Group Inc. Type Bronze sculpture Material Bronze, stainless steel Height 25 to 33 ft (7.6 to 10.1 m) Beginning date c. 1983 Completion date August 1988 Opening date August 24, 1988

***Weather Machine*** is a [lumino kinetic](/source/Lumino_kinetic_art) [bronze sculpture](/source/Bronze_sculpture) and columnar machine that serves as a [weather beacon](/source/Weather_beacon), displaying a [weather prediction](/source/Weather_prediction) each day at noon. Designed and constructed by Omen Design Group Inc., the approximately 30-foot-tall (9 m) sculpture was installed in 1988 in a corner of [Pioneer Courthouse Square](/source/Pioneer_Courthouse_Square) in [Portland, Oregon](/source/Portland%2C_Oregon), United States. Two thousand people attended its dedication, which was broadcast live nationally from the square by *[Today](/source/Today_(U.S._TV_program))* weatherman [Willard Scott](/source/Willard_Scott). The machine costs $60,000.

During its daily two-minute sequence, which includes a trumpet [fanfare](/source/Fanfare), mist, and flashing lights, the machine displays one of three metal symbols as a prediction of the weather for the following 24-hour period: a sun for clear and sunny weather, a [blue heron](/source/Great_Blue_Heron) for [drizzle](/source/Drizzle) and transitional weather, or a [dragon](/source/Dragon) and mist for rainy or stormy weather. The sculpture includes two [bronze](/source/Bronze) [wind scoops](/source/Wind_scoop) and displays the temperature via colored lights along its stem. The [air quality index](/source/Air_quality_index) is also displayed by a light system below the [stainless steel](/source/Stainless_steel) globe. Weather predictions are made based on information obtained by employees of Pioneer Courthouse Square from the [National Weather Service](/source/National_Weather_Service) and the Department of Environmental Quality. Considered a tourist attraction, *Weather Machine* has been praised for its quirkiness, and has been compared to a giant [scepter](/source/Sceptre).

## Description and history

*Weather Machine* is a [lumino kinetic](/source/Lumino_kinetic_art) [bronze sculpture](/source/Bronze_sculpture) that serves as a [weather beacon](/source/Weather_beacon), designed and constructed by Omen Design Group Inc.[1][2][3] Contributors included Jere and Ray Grimm,[4] [Dick Ponzi](/source/Dick_Ponzi), who won a 40-entry international competition to design the machine for [Pioneer Courthouse Square](/source/Pioneer_Courthouse_Square) (1984),[5][6] and Roger Patrick Sheppard.[7] The group described their efforts as "collaborative", but Sheppard considered Ponzi the "maestro" of the project.[5] Ponzi did the engineering and hydraulics, and the machine was assembled at his vineyard near [Beaverton](/source/Beaverton%2C_Oregon).[5] The sculpture was inspired by Portland-born-and-based writer [Terence O'Donnell](/source/Terence_O'Donnell), who suffered from [osteomyelitis](/source/Osteomyelitis) during his childhood,[8] and his "funny Irish jig".[9][10] *Weather Machine*, which took five years to plan and build[5] and cost $60,000,[11][12] was installed in the square in August 1988.[13][14] *[Today](/source/Today_(U.S._TV_program))* weatherman [Willard Scott](/source/Willard_Scott) broadcast live from the square to dedicate the sculpture on its August 24 opening.[15][16] Two thousand people were present as early as 4 a.m. for the dedication.[16] Financial contributors included Pete and Mary Mark, the [AT&T](/source/AT%26T) Foundation, Alyce R. Cheatham, Alexandra MacColl, E. Kimbark MacColl, [Meier & Frank](/source/Meier_%26_Frank), the [Oregon Department of Environmental Quality](/source/Oregon_Department_of_Environmental_Quality), David Pugh and [Standard Insurance Company](/source/Standard_Insurance_Company).[5] Information about the donors was included on a plaque added to the sculpture's stem in the weeks following the dedication.[17][18]

The sculpture includes two bronze [wind scoops](/source/Wind_scoop). Pictured is the blue heron symbol, which indicates transitional weather.

Each day at noon,[19] the columnar machine performs a two-minute sequence that begins with a trumpet [fanfare](/source/Fanfare) of the opening bars of [Aaron Copland](/source/Aaron_Copland)'s *[Fanfare for the Common Man](/source/Fanfare_for_the_Common_Man)*,[20] and produces [mist](/source/Mist) and flashing lights. It eventually reveals one of three metal symbols: a stylized golden sun ("helia") for clear and sunny weather, a [blue heron](/source/Great_Blue_Heron) (Portland's official bird)[21][22] for [drizzle](/source/Drizzle) and transitional weather, or mist and a "fierce, open-mouthed"[23] dragon for heavy rain or stormy weather.[3][13] The fanciful symbols change at the same time every day,[24][25] representing weather predictions for the following 24-hour period.[26][27] "Helia", described as "gleaming",[5] was designed by Jere Grimm; her design would later be applied to one of her husband's pots, exhibited in 1989.[28] The trumpets are allowed to play at noon due to a waiver of Portland's noise ordinance for that time period.[18] Ray Grimm constructed the blue heron symbol, and the group collaborated on the dragon symbol based on his drawings.[5] In order for the machine to display an accurate weather prediction, as reported by *The Oregonian* in 1988, employees of Pioneer Courthouse Square contact the [National Weather Service](/source/National_Weather_Service) each morning at 10:30 a.m. for the forecast, and then enter information into the machine's computer, located behind a nearby door.[18]

The machine, whose height is reported to be between 25 and 33 feet (7.6 and 10.1 m),[29][21][18] includes two bronze [wind scoops](/source/Wind_scoop) that turn in opposite directions.[5][18] It also indicates the temperature (when 20 °F (−7 °C) or above)[25] via vertical colored lights along the sculpture's stem.[2][18][23] Measured by an internal gauge, the machine displays blue lights for temperatures below freezing, white lights for above freezing and red lights to mark every ten degrees (°F).[18] Referring to an additional light system (below the [stainless steel](/source/Stainless_steel) globe) that indicates air quality, *The Oregonian* reported in 1988 that a green light indicates good air quality, amber reflects "semismoggy"[5] air and a red light indicates poor air quality.[18] However, in 1998, one writer for *The Oregonian* warned: "you don't want to breathe so much when the white light is on".[2][*[clarification needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify)*] Pioneer Courthouse Square employees enter air quality information into the machine's computer following routine checks with the Department of Environmental Quality.[18]

In addition to its pre-dawn dedication on national television, *Weather Machine* had a public dedication at noon on August 24, attended by Mayor [Bud Clark](/source/Bud_Clark_(politician)) and other city officials.[11][12] On that day, the machine displayed the sun symbol and a green light for good air quality, and indicated a temperature of 82 °F (28 °C). Following the fanfare, known officially as "Fanfare for Weather Machine with Four Trumpets", jazz singer Shirley Nanette led the crowd in a rendition of "[You Are My Sunshine](/source/You_Are_My_Sunshine)".[12] Portland had good weather in the days following its dedication, preventing visitors from seeing all three symbols for an extended length of time (though all three symbols are displayed briefly during the daily two-minute sequence). This prompted the executive director of Pioneer Courthouse Square to consider altering the machine's schedule so that the public would have a chance to see all three symbols.[18] The sculpture maintained good operation until winter 1995, when its mechanical performance temporarily began deviating away from noon and the temperature gauge had difficulties working properly.[30] In 2012, the machine malfunctioned and stopped operating for about a week.[13]

## Reception

The sculpture, from the north, during an [Occupy Portland](/source/Occupy_Portland) protest in 2011

In the weeks following *Weather Machine*'s dedication, an estimated 300 to 400 people gathered at the square daily to witness the noon sequence.[18] Following the dedication, *The Oregonian* wrote: "It takes nothing from its fascination to know that a human on the staff of the square will be making the daily phone calls to the Weather Service and the Department of Environmental Quality, and pushing the necessary buttons to cue the pillar's performance ... They have given Portland an attraction no other city has. We're going to like it."[12]

Ponzi described the machine as "light-hearted ... active, distinctive—and fun".[5] O'Donnell, who inspired the sculpture, called it a "gentle spectacle" and described the work as "a cartoon contraption, an odd little thingamajig. It has bells and whistles and other mechanized wonders that confirm rain sometime after the downpour and proudly announce sunshine in the bright light of day."[9] In 1994, *The Oregonian* reported that O'Donnell regarded *Weather Machine* with a "mixture of wonder and embarrassment" and stated that he "[didn't] think it [was] all that attractive".[31] The publication's Vivian McInerny said of O'Donnell and the machine: "Practical people may wonder why the square needs such a silly weather machine when a glance out the window works as well .... And these practical people may be the very ones who make the world go 'round. But it is the less practical people, the dreamers like O'Donnell, who make it worth going 'round."[8][9]

In 1995, *The Oregonian*'s Jonathan Nicholas wrote, "To this day, nobody is exactly sure what happens when the thing sounds off each day at noon. It's like having a [governor in blue jeans](/source/John_Kitzhaber). We can't really explain it: It just happens."[6] Grant Butler of *The Oregonian* gave the machine's trumpet fanfare as one of three examples of ways in which people could be certain it was noon in Portland.[32]

The machine is considered a [tourist attraction](/source/Tourist_attraction), recommended in visitor guides for Portland[33] and included in [walking tours](/source/Walking_tour).[34] One travel contributor recommended a visit to the sculpture for people with children seeking a "perfect family day".[35] *Weather Machine* has been compared to a giant [scepter](/source/Sceptre)[21][5] and has been called "bizarre",[29] "eccentric",[14] "playful",[21] "unique",[36] "wacky",[8] "whimsical",[23] "zany",[30] and a "piece of wizardry".[12]

## See also

- [1988 in art](/source/1988_in_art)

- [*Allow Me* (Portland, Oregon)](/source/Allow_Me_(Portland%2C_Oregon)), a bronze sculpture also located in Pioneer Courthouse Square

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## External links

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- [*Weather Machine*, (sculpture).](http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=14118431M2Y5O.1669&profile=ariall&uri=link=3100009~!1566485~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=22&source=~!siartinventories&term=Weather+Machine%2C&index=ALTIT), [Smithsonian Institution](/source/Smithsonian_Institution)

- [Grounds map](https://web.archive.org/web/20120618130657/http://www.thesquarepdx.org/pdf/PCS_GroundsMap.pdf) (PDF), Pioneer Courthouse Square

- [Image showing "helia" symbol](https://web.archive.org/web/20130911064622/http://americansforthearts.org/pdf/about_us/2003AmericansForTheArtsAnnualReport.pdf), Americans for the Arts (PDF, p. 7)

- [Summer at the Square](https://web.archive.org/web/20131214125550/http://www.thesquarepdx.org/documents/PCS-Summer09-Brochure.pdf) (PDF), Pioneer Courthouse Square (2009)

v t e Public art in Portland, Oregon Sculptures 118 Modules Ainu and Native American power boards Allow Me Alluvial Wall Along These Lines Artwall Ascension Awning Bell Circles II Broken Wall Memorial Brushstrokes Burls Will Be Burls The Burnside Nest Bust of York† Cairns Capitalism Cat in Repose Chinatown Gateway City Reflections Constellation Continuation Contact II Coraline's Curious Cat Trail† Da Tung and Xi'an Bao Bao Daddy Long Legs David Campbell Memorial Dog Bowl Driver's Seat Echo Gate Electronic Poet Facing the Crowd Farewell to Orpheus Festival Lanterns† Floribunda Folly Bollards Friendship Circle From Within Shalom Garden Wreath Ghost Ship The Green Man of Portland Heart Beacon Holon Host Analog Howard's Way Ideals In Honor of a Lifetime of Sexual Assault† In the Shadow of the Elm Interlocking Forms Inversion: Plus Minus John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial Kerf Korean Temple Bell Kvinneakt Leland I Lewis and Clark Memorial Column Liberty Bell Little Prince Mago Hermano (Brother Wizard or Magician) Memory 99 Mimir Nash Nepenthes Nightmare Elk† O Cruceiro Oregon Landscape Oregon Holocaust Memorial Oregon Irish Famine Memorial Passage Peace Chant People's Bike Library of Portland Perpetuity Pod Portland Immigrant Statue Portlandia The Promised Land† The Quest The Responsibility of Raising a Child Ring of Time The Rippling Wall River Legend Royal Rosarian Running Horses Salmon Cycle Marker The Scout Sculpture Stage Silicon Forest Silver Dawn Soaring Stones Solar Wreath Spanish–American War Soldier's Monument Spanish–American War Veterans Memorial† Stack Stalk Stratum Streetcar Stop for Portland Talos No. 2 Tecotosh Terra Incognita Theodore Roosevelt Memorial† This All Happened More or Less Thor Three Figures Tikitotmoniki Totems Transcendence Tree of Life Triad Trio Trigger 4 Unfolding Rhythms Untitled Killmaster Morrison West Upstream Downtown Urban Hydrology Uroboros Velosaurus Ventana al Pacifico Victory Bell Voices of Remembrance Water, Please We Have Always Lived Here Weather Machine Whistlestop for an Organ Teacher Wildwood: Follow the Crows Wind Gate Winter Rider No. 2 Yankee Champion You Are Here Fountains Animals in Pools Chiming Fountain The Dreamer Essential Forces Fountain for Company H Frank E. Beach Memorial Fountain Keller Fountain Lovejoy Fountain Loyal B. Stearns Memorial Fountain Memorial Fountain Pioneer Woman Salmon Street Springs Shemanski Fountain Skidmore Fountain Thompson Elk Fountain† Portrait statues Paul Bunyan Captain William Clark Monument Coming of the White Man The Dream Benjamin Franklin Thomas Jefferson Joan of Arc Vera Katz Abraham Lincoln† Oddo Memorial Sacajawea and Jean-Baptiste Harvey W. Scott† Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider† George Washington† York: Terra Incognita Murals Art Fills the Void Avenue of Murals Black Lives Matter street mural† Capax Infiniti Conduit The Continuity of Life Forms George Floyd mural† The Knowledge Lovejoy Columns Never Look Away Oregon History Packy mural† Portland Memorial Mausoleum Mural Tri It We Stand with You Women Making History in Portland Woodstock Mural Related A Donkey, 3 Rocks, and a Bird. Art collection of Oregon Health & Science University Benson Bubbler Black Lives Matter art Elkhorn Fathom (art installation)† Graffiti in Portland, Oregon Horse rings Martini glass sign Robot Alley Santa Clones Key: † No longer extant or on public display

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