Weather Institute

Weather Institute てんきけんきゅうじょ Weather Research Institute "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
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Location:	Route 119, West of Fortree City
Region:	Hoenn
Generations:	III
Location of Weather Institute in Hoenn.
Pokémon world locations

The Weather Institute in Ruby and Sapphire

The Weather Institute (Japanese: てんきけんきゅうじょ Weather Research Institute) is a weather research building located on Route 119 in the region of Hoenn, in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald.

The Weather Institute is like a bureau for the Hoenn region. It checks and keeps track of weather conditions throughout Hoenn. Its main project is the weather control machine which allows them to change the weather in areas. The Weather Institute has created a Pokémon named Castform which can do this.

Geography

In Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, on the first trip through Route 119, the player will find that Team Aqua^S or Team Magma^R have invaded the Institute, looking for information about Kyogre or Groudon, respectively, and the rare Pokémon, Castform. The team has also blockaded the bridge, preventing further progress. The team must be defeated, and Castform received, before advancing to Fortree City.

In Pokémon Emerald, like in Pokémon Sapphire, Team Aqua must be defeated before further progress can be made. Again, once they are defeated, Castform will be given to the player. This facility is used to find Groudon and Kyogre after defeating the Elite Four. 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. The other legendary Pokémon cannot be located until the first is captured or defeated.

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 which 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. On the north-western 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 on the north-western corner of the room.

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. On the north-western 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.

Castform

Once the player defeats the villainous team and saves the Weather Institute, the professor of the institute will give the player a Castform.

Pokémon

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Gift Pokémon
Castform	R		S		E		Only one	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.

Trainers

Pokémon Ruby

Trainer	Pokémon
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
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 Magma Admin and Professor Courtney Oak 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
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
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 S Aqua Admin and Professor Shelly Oak Weather Institute S 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
Team Aqua Grunt Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $560	Carvanha♀ Lv.28 No item
Team Aqua Grunt Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $540	Zubat♂ Lv.27 No item
	Poochyena♂ Lv.27 No item
Team Aqua Grunt Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $540	Poochyena♂ Lv.27 No item
	Carvanha♂ Lv.27 No item
Team Aqua Grunt Team Aqua Grunt Reward: $540	Zubat♀ Lv.27 No item
	Poochyena♀ Lv.27 No item
Team Aqua Grunt 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.

File:Shelly sprite.png Aqua Admin Shelly Weather Institute Emerald Aqua Admin and Professor Shelly Oak 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   --       Types: Dark Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Mightyena♀ Lv.28 Bite Dark   --       Odor Sleuth Normal   --       Roar Normal   --       Swagger Normal   --

Layout

Version	First floor	Second floor
Ruby
Sapphire
Emerald

In the anime

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Weather Institute in anime

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In Unfair Weather Friends, Ash and his friends travel to the Weather Institute, where they get caught up in a takeover by Team Aqua. Team Aqua plans to steal all of the weather data but its plan is stopped by a disguised Team Magma member named Brodie, who escapes with the data himself.

The Weather Institute contains many rooms with many different machines. A weather data machine stores data like temperature and weather patterns on a large computer so they can do tests and experiments later. There is a huge satellite outside the institute called the Weather Control Machine that can control the weather. There is also a study filled with books and scrap paper.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Ruby, along with a male Swimmer, ended up behind the Weather Institute while escaping from a wild Zangoose and Seviper. It was there that Norman had tracked Ruby down and battled him.

Trivia

• A woman 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.

See also

• Terra Cave
• Marine Cave

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