Sources of weather and climate data
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Once more, the Old Farmer’s Almanac and the Farmers’ Almanac have hit the bookstores and checkout aisles in the supermarkets, ready to provide instant weather forecasts for the next year to anyone who is willing to pay the price. And the media always cover this event as if there is any skill at all in…
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I noticed today that the National Weather Service has updated their radar-based maps of estimated precipitation for the US. Previously the maps were static and you could only look at a few prescribed regions, but now they have a new zoomable version which can cover the entire lower 48 states or a fraction of a…
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A number of people have remarked to me here in Athens that this summer has been very nice. Temperatures have not been too hot and we have had some rain, although there have also been dry spells. The thermograph for Athens shows the daily variation in temperature below. Note that yesterday, August 12, was almost…
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Do you know who to call in your state in case of extreme weather emergency? NOAA has compiled handy lists of phone numbers and contact information for each state (and some smaller regions). You can find links to all of them at https://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/activities/weather-ready-nation/newis/. Thank you, NOAA!
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Yesterday parts of Georgia experienced flooding rains. They were very localized and many areas received no rain at all. The NWS daily rainfall estimate from https://water.weather.gov/precip shows the spatial variability of rain across the area. You will note two areas of heavy rainfall in red in north-central Georgia centered on Athens-Clarke County and Morgan County…
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In the past, I have frequently referred to blog postings on the Weather Underground site, but have not explained much about the site itself. As part of our series on sources of weather and climate data, I would like to introduce you to the rest of the site. It is located at https://www.wunderground.com. Weather Underground…
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The US Geological Survey is best known as the source of maps of topography and geology in the United States. But the USGS is also a source of water information, particularly stream flows and ground water information. In addition to the gauges that monitor rivers across the country, many of the gauges also have a…
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