Artificial snow is very important to the ski industry especially during drought years, early season, and in the eastern United States where natural snowfall can be sparse at times. Forecasting when snowmaking operations are possible can be tricky using conventional weather forecasts. WxForecastNow has developed wet bulb temperature forecasts for any location in the U.S. up to 6 days out in time. Anytime the wet bulb temperature is 28F or colder, snow guns can blow snow. Check out our site!
El Nino 2009/2010
The Climate Prediction Center (CDC) is predicting a moderate to strong El Nino for the winter of 2009/2010. CDC defines El Nino as: Continue reading
Tornadoes: Some Thoughts
What causes tornadoes? That’s a good question and is still actively researched with lots of questions still remaining. There are many detailed theories but one of the remaining unanswered questions is whether tornadoes form from the top down or bottom up.
Online and Ready to Go!
As of Labor Day 2009, WxForecastNow.com is online ready to go. We offer one day and monthly membership access to our basic service. We also create, host, and maintain custom weather forecast webpages. WxForecastNow.com is an online weather solution that provides highly detailed weather forecasts for any location in the United States with an emphasis on deriving special hard to get variables. If you don’t see what you are looking for send us an email and we can likely provide a solution.
Tornado Season is Here
Tornado season is here on the U.S. Great Plains. Typically, tornadoes are most frequent in northern Texas and Oklahoma during April and early May and then the threat expands northward as Spring turns into early Summer. By early June, the tornado threat is typically greatest over eastern Colorado, Nebraska, and into South Dakota although tornadoes can occur anytime-anywhere.
Progress Update
The WxForecastNow.com website is coming together nicely and its basic structure is currently in place. Since “point forecasts” will be an important part of our service, I’ve implemented a geocoding function. Geocoding is basically the conversion of an address to a geographic coordinate given by latitude and longitude. USC WebGIS Services provide the data. Check out the geocoding section on our main page. I’ve also been working on developing forecasting tools and they are coming along nicely. I’ll be adding some sample forecast products to our main page within the next few weeks. Keep checking back for updates.
welcome
This blog will be used to discuss major weather events that are occurring in the united states. WxForecastNow.com is currently being developed and I hope to have some features up and running over the next few months. Keep checking back for updates.