Portland 'Weather Machine' predicts weather downtown for more than 35 years

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- A fanfare of music has been alerting Pioneer Courthouse Square visits of the day's weather forecast for more than 35 years.

Unsuspecting spectators look in awe and confusion as music echoes through Pioneer Courthouse Square every day at noon. A spray of water and three sculpted characters emerge from the reflective global that sits in the northwest corner of the park. Flashing lights along the sculptures coincides with the nearly two-minute long fanfare of music, water and moving sculpture display.