Weather Institute

Weather Institute 天気研究所 Weather Institute "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
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Location:	Route 119, West of Fortree City
Region:	Hoenn
Generations:	III, VI
Location of Weather Institute in Hoenn.
Pokémon world locations

The Weather Institute (Japanese: 天気研究所 Weather Institute) is a weather research building located on Route 119 in the region of Hoenn, in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, and Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.

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 a Pokémon named Castform, 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.

Geography

On the first trip through Route 119, the player will find that Team Aqua^SEAS or Team Magma^ROR have invaded the Institute, looking for information about Kyogre or Groudon, 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 Pokémon Emerald to find Groudon and Kyogre after becoming Champion. 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 player 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.

Fresh Water $200	Soda Pop $300
Lemonade $350

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^ROR/Team Aqua^SEAS 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.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Mystic Water	Held by Castform	R  S  E  OR  AS
	Rocky Helmet	From a Scientist after defeating Team MagmaOR/Team AquaAS	OR  AS
	Icy Rock	From the receptionist after defeating Team MagmaOR/Team AquaAS or after receiving a Damp Rock (only one rock per day; remains available until received)	OR  AS
	Smooth Rock	From the receptionist after receiving an Icy Rock (only one rock per day; remains available until received)	OR  AS
	Heat Rock	From the receptionist after receiving a Smooth Rock (only one rock per day; remains available until received)	OR  AS
	Damp Rock	From the receptionist after receiving a Heat Rock (only one rock per day; remains available until received)	OR  AS

Pokémon

Generation III

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Gift Pokémon
Castform	R		S		E		Gift	25	One
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Generation VI

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Gift Pokémon
Castform	OR			AS			Gift	30	One
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Trainers

Pokémon Ruby

Trainer	Pokémon
1F
Team Magma Grunt Reward: $560	Numel♀ Lv.28 No item
Team Magma Grunt Reward: $540	Zubat♂ Lv.27 No item
	Poochyena♂ Lv.27 No item
2F
Team Magma Grunt Reward: $540	Poochyena♂ Lv.27 No item
	Numel♂ Lv.27 No item
Team Magma Grunt Reward: $520	Poochyena♂ Lv.26 No item
	Zubat♂ Lv.26 No item
	Numel♂ Lv.26 No item
Trainers with a PokéNav by their names will be registered in the Trainer's Eyes or Match Call function after the first battle, and may have a rematch with the player with higher-level Pokémon.

Magma Admin Courtney Weather Institute Ruby Reward: $1120
Types: Fire Ground Ability: Oblivious Held item: None Numel♀ Lv.28 Tackle Normal   --       Ember Fire   --       Magnitude Ground   --       Focus Energy Normal   --       Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Mightyena♀ Lv.28 Bite Dark   --       Odor Sleuth Normal   --       Roar Normal   --       Swagger Normal   --

Pokémon Sapphire

Trainer	Pokémon
1F
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $560	Carvanha♀ Lv.28 No item
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $540	Zubat♂ Lv.27 No item
	Poochyena♂ Lv.27 No item
2F
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $540	Poochyena♂ Lv.27 No item
	Carvanha♂ Lv.27 No item
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $520	Poochyena♂ Lv.26 No item
	Zubat♂ Lv.26 No item
	Carvanha♂ Lv.26 No item
Trainers with a PokéNav by their names will be registered in the Trainer's Eyes or Match Call function after the first battle, and may have a rematch with the player with higher-level Pokémon.

Aqua Admin Shelly Weather Institute Sapphire Reward: $1120
Types: Water Dark Ability: Rough Skin Held item: None Carvanha♀ Lv.28 Screech Normal   --       Focus Energy Normal   --       Crunch Dark   --       Scary Face Normal   --       Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Mightyena♀ Lv.28 Bite Dark   --       Roar normal   --       Swagger Normal   --       Odor Sleuth Normal   --

Pokémon Emerald

Trainer	Pokémon
1F
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $560	Carvanha♀ Lv.28 No item
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $540	Zubat♂ Lv.27 No item
	Poochyena♂ Lv.27 No item
2F
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $540 Potential Double Battle with the following Grunt	Poochyena♂ Lv.27 No item
	Carvanha♂ Lv.27 No item
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $540 Potential Double Battle with the previous Grunt	Zubat♀ Lv.27 No item
	Poochyena♀ Lv.27 No item
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $520	Poochyena♂ Lv.26 No item
	Zubat♂ Lv.26 No item
	Carvanha♂ Lv.26 No item
Trainers with a PokéNav by their names will be registered in the Trainer's Eyes or Match Call function after the first battle, and may have a rematch with the player with higher-level Pokémon.

Aqua Admin Shelly Weather Institute Emerald Reward: $1120
Types: Water Dark Ability: Rough Skin Held item: None Carvanha♀ Lv.28 Focus Energy Normal   --       Scary Face Normal   --       Crunch Dark   --       Screech Normal   --       Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Mightyena♀ Lv.28 Bite Dark   --       Odor Sleuth Normal   --       Roar Normal   --       Swagger Normal   --

Pokémon Omega Ruby

Trainer	Pokémon
1F
Team Magma Grunt Reward: $1,160	Mightyena♂ Lv.29 No item
	Golbat♂ Lv.29 No item
Team Magma Grunt Reward: $1,200	Koffing♂ Lv.30 No item
2F
Team Magma Grunt Reward: $1,120	Numel♂ Lv.28 No item
	Mightyena♂ Lv.28 No item
Team Magma Grunt Reward: $1,200	Golbat♀ Lv.30 No item
Trainers with a PokéNav by their names will be registered in the Trainer's Eyes or Match Call function after the first battle, and may have a rematch with the player with higher-level Pokémon.

Magma Admin Tabitha Weather Institute Omega Ruby Reward: $3,200
Types: Fire Ground Ability: Solid Rock Held item: None Camerupt♂ Lv.32 Lava Plume Fire Special   --       Earth Power Ground Special   --       Curse Ghost Status   --       Take Down Normal Physical   --

Pokémon Alpha Sapphire

Trainer	Pokémon
1F
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $1,120	Mightyena♂ Lv.28 No item
	Golbat♂ Lv.28 No item
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $1,200	Grimer♂ Lv.30 No item
2F
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $1,120	Carvanha♂ Lv.28 No item
	Mightyena♂ Lv.28 No item
Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $1,200	Golbat♀ Lv.30 No item
Trainers with a PokéNav by their names will be registered in the Trainer's Eyes or Match Call function after the first battle, and may have a rematch with the player with higher-level Pokémon.

Aqua Admin Shelly Weather Institute Alpha Sapphire Reward: $3,200
Types: Water Dark Ability: Rough Skin Held item: None Sharpedo♀ Lv.32 Swagger Normal Status   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Scary Face Normal Status   --       Slash Normal Physical   --

Layout

Version	Exterior	1F	2F
Ruby
Sapphire
Emerald
Omega Ruby
Alpha Sapphire

In the anime

Main series

The Weather Institute in the anime

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In Unfair Weather Friends, Ash and his friends traveled to the Weather Institute, where they 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 in Pokémon Generations

The Weather Institute appeared along with Route 119 in The Adventure, where Red's Pikachu was seen battling a Vigoroth 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 Kyogre on the weather of Hoenn.

In the manga

Weather Institute in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Ruby & Sapphire arc

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 Ruby and Swimmer Jack fled to after being attacked by a wild Zangoose and Seviper, 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 Contests. As they battled, Gabby and Ty also arrived at the site with Mr. Stone's Castform.

Eventually, both Ruby and Norman fell off the side of the building, but were saved by a combination of Ruby's Feebas's Light Screen 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 Route 212 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

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 天氣研究所 Tīnhei Yìhngausó * 氣象研究所 Heijeuhng Yìhngausó * Mandarin 天氣研究所 Tiānqì Yánjiūsuǒ * 气象研究所 Qìxiàng Yánjiūsuǒ * Finnish Sääinstituutti French Centre Météo German Klima-Institut Italian Istituto Meteo Korean 날씨 연구소 Nalssi Yeonguso Brazilian Portuguese Laboratório de Meteorologia (manga) Instituto de Meteorologia (PG08, PS208) Instituto Meteorológico (PG01) Spanish Latin America Instituto del Clima Spain Instituto Meteorológico Vietnamese Viện nghiên cứu khí tượng

See also

• Terra Cave
• Marine Cave

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