Sources of weather and climate data
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In this series I previously mentioned the state climatologists for each state as a source of useful information on climate, agriculture, and any number of other things. If you have a question related to weather or climate (and sometimes astronomy, earthquakes, and animal behavior as well), they have probably heard it. State climatologists have a…
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Since I am out of town this week on a mission trip with a group from my church, I may not be able to put up the usual weekly precipitation forecast. Here is your handy guide to finding your own long-term forecast info. The main site I use for the 7 day QPF (quantitative precipitation…
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In addition to the mesonet run by the University of Georgia (https://www.georgiaweather.net), there are two other mesonets in Georgia. One of them is the Georgia Forestry Commission mesonet. You can access their data at https://weather.gfc.state.ga.us/. This network has 19 weather stations scattered around the state. It provides information on current and historical weather as well as…
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Florida International University announced a new Spanish-language web site for hurricane preparedness this week. This web site provides information on preparation, taking care of pets in severe weather, protecting your property, and evacuation procedures as well as historical information on past hurricanes. You can find the site at https://huracanes.fiu.edu/.
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There are six regional climate centers across the US. While the Southeast is covered by the Southeast Regional Climate Center, each of the centers has a variety of tools that can be used across the country to provide weather and climate data. Today we will focus on the Midwestern Regional Climate Center and look at…
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The NC CRONOS/ECONet Database, developed by the State Climate Office of North Carolina, enables the public to quickly and easily retrieve archived observations from 35,433 (13,127 active) weather sites and 14,502 water sites in and around North Carolina. CRONOS stands for Climate Retrieval and Observations Network of the Southeast database, and there are many additional…
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I want to take a minute to recognize Jordan McLeod, former University of Georgia graduate student, as the winner of the 2014-2015 WxChallenge, a yearly national collegiate weather forecasting competition. You can read the UGA press release here. Jordan is now a climatologist with the Southeast Regional Climate Center in Chapel Hill, NC, a great source…