Weather Institute

The Weather Institute (Japanese: Weather Institute) is a weather research building located on in the region of Hoenn, in , and .
The Weather Institute is like a bureau for the Hoenn region. It checks and keeps track of weather conditions throughout Hoenn. The Weather Institute has created an artificial Pokémon named , which has the ability to predict the weather and its conditions on a specific location. Its main project is the weather control machine which allows them to change the weather in certain areas.
==In the games==
===Geography===
On the first trip through Route 119, the will find that Team Aqua or Team Magma have invaded the Institute, looking for information about or , respectively, and the rare Pokémon, Castform. The team has also blockaded the bridge just outside the Institute, preventing access to Fortree City until the team is defeated.
This facility is used in to find Groudon and Kyogre after becoming . By speaking to the meteorologist inside, players will learn of unusual weather patterns in certain routes. If he says there is a drought, Groudon slumbers in the Terra Cave; if downpours are coming down, Kyogre awaits in the Marine Cave. If the does not reach the cave fast enough, it will temporarily disappear and the other cave will appear. However, after defeating or catching one of the Pokémon, the other cave simply relocates if the player does not visit it fast enough.
The Weather Institute has two accessible stories, both with many desks and computers. On the far left side of the bottom floor is a PC and bed which can heal the Pokémon in one's party.
====First floor====
Upon entering, the first floor is accessible. By going west along the entrance hallway, there will be another opening to three rooms. The room on the western side is a rest area that contains a PC and bed which can heal the Pokémon in a Trainer's party.
The room on the eastern side is the research area where scientists work on projects and study weather patterns within the region. There are four workstations each containing a computer. There is also a computer positioned at the north side of the room, that will study and record all weather patterns within the Hoenn region. In the northwestern corner of the room, there are bookshelves crammed with books and there are plants scattered around the room. The stairs to the second floor is located in the northwestern corner of the room.
=====Vending Machine=====
In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, there is a Vending Machine on the first floor of the institute.
====Second floor====
More workstations are located on this floor along with the head of the Weather Institute's office being up here. In total, there are ten workstations each containing a computer, one of them however is missing a chair. In the northwestern corner of the room, there are bookshelves crammed with books and there are plants scattered around the room.
Right on the far western side of the room is the head of the Weather Institute's office. This is the location that Team Magma/Team Aqua rounded up the residents and scientists of the Weather Institute.
Once the player defeats the villainous team and saves the Weather Institute, the professor of the institute will give the player a Castform, though in Ruby, Sapphire, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire, the player must have an empty slot in the party to obtain it.
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===Layout===
Version	Exterior	1F 	2F
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
  	  	 	 
===Music===
Games	Situation 	Song name (Japanese) 	Song name (English) 	Composition 	Arrangement
 	Overworld when under siege 	えんとつやま 	Mt. Chimney 	Go Ichinose 	Go Ichinose
 	When encountering Team Magma Grunt or Courtney 	マグマ団登場！ 	Team Magma Appears! 	Go Ichinose 	Go Ichinose
 	When encountering Team Aqua Grunt or Shelly 	アクア団登場！ 	Team Aqua Appears! 	Go Ichinose 	Go Ichinose
 	When battling Team Magma Grunt or Courtney/Team Aqua Grunt or Shelly 	戦闘！アクア・マグマ団 	Battle! (Team Aqua / Team Magma) 	Junichi Masuda	Junichi Masuda
 	After defeating Team Magma Grunt or Courtney/Team Aqua Grunt or Shelly	アクア・マグマ団に勝利！ 	Victory! (Team Aqua / Team Magma) 	Go Ichinose 	Go Ichinose
 	Overworld after Team Magma/Team Aqua are defeated 	カナズミシティ 	Rustboro City 	Go Ichinose 	Go Ichinose
 	Overworld when under siege 	一触即発！～赤やら、青やら 	Explosive Encounters! Red and Blue	Shota Kageyama	Shota Kageyama
 	When encountering Team Magma Grunt 	マグマ団登場！ 	Team Magma Appears! 	Go Ichinose 	Hideaki Kuroda
 	When encountering Team Aqua Grunt 	アクア団登場！ 	Team Aqua Appears! 	Go Ichinose 	Minako Adachi
 	When battling Team Magma Grunt or Tabitha/Team Aqua Grunt or Shelly 	戦闘！アクア団・マグマ団 	Battle! (Team Aqua / Team Magma) 	Junichi Masuda	Shota Kageyama
 	After defeating Team Magma Grunt or Tabitha/Team Aqua Grunt or Shelly 	アクア団・マグマ団に勝利！ 	Victory! (Team Aqua / Team Magma) 	Go Ichinose 	Minako Adachi
 	Overworld after Team Magma/Team Aqua are defeated 	カナズミシティ 	Rustboro City 	Go Ichinose 	Shota Kageyama
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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The Weather Institute appeared in Unfair Weather Friends, where and visited it and got caught up in a takeover by Team Aqua. Team Aqua planned to steal all of the facility's data on weather and ancient Pokémon, but their plan was stopped by a disguised Team Magma member named Brodie, who escaped with the data himself.
Bart is the manager of the Weather Institute, which employs several scientists, including Millie. The facility contains multiple rooms with many different machines. A weather data machine stores data like temperature and weather patterns on a large computer so the employees can do tests and experiments later. There is also a huge satellite outside the institute, called the Weather Control Machine, which can manipulate the weather. The Weather Institute has archived hard copies of its research, which act as a backup if the main computer system goes down.
===Pokémon Generations===
The Weather Institute appeared along with in The Adventure, where Red's Pikachu was seen battling a outside of the building.
The inside of the Weather Institute briefly appeared in a flashback in The Cavern. Team Aqua was revealed to have taken over the Institute, restraining the Scientists inside and allowing Shelly to conduct research on the effects of Primal on the weather of Hoenn.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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Weather Institute appeared from On the Loose and Hyper With Zangoose and Seviper II to Hanging Around With Slaking III. In this canon, it is an abandoned building that and fled to after being attacked by a and , only for Ruby to be confronted by his father Norman, who had come to take him home after he had run away to participate in s. As they battled, Gabby and Ty also arrived at the site with Mr. Stone's .
Eventually, both Ruby and Norman fell off the side of the building, but were saved by a combination of Ruby's Feebas's and Ruby's Running Shoes, which Norman had given to him as a gift. After surviving the fall, Ruby fainted, and Norman was approached by Flannery and Winona, who had come to take him back to the Petalburg Gym, which he had left unattended without permission. Having no other choice, Norman left with them, telling his unconcious son to realize his dream of winning every Contest. Gabby and Ty also allowed Castform to stay with Ruby, as it had taken a liking to him, and took him to Verdanturf Town.
==Trivia==
* A woman on west of Pastoria City in Sinnoh says she used to work at the Weather Institute of Hoenn. She will trade TMs of weather-changing moves for shards.
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
* Terra Cave
* Marine Cave
Category:Hoenn locations
Category:Ruby and Sapphire locations
Category:Emerald locations
Category:Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire locations
Category:Research centers
de:Klima-Institut
es:Instituto Meteorológico
fr:Centre Météo
it:Istituto Meteo
ja:てんきけんきゅうじょ
zh:天气研究所