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Why Does the 3km-NAM Persistently Overforecast Tropical Cyclone Intensities?

Hello everyone! Today’s blog post is more of a look in the rear-view mirror at some model forecasts for Arthur that turned out to be very, very wrong. The model …

by Jack Sillin/ 05/18/2020/ No Comments/

A Tour of Weathermodels.com Website Features

Hello Everybody, we tried to make a quick and easy tutorial page that is constantly updated with our new features. If you still have questions, don’t hesitate to write us …

by Ryan/ 04/04/2020/ 1 Comment/

How to Access Sounding Data at Weather.us

We now offer both observed and modeled sounding data at weather.us to assist in weather forecasting. This tutorial video explains how to access observed sounding data (from weather balloons): This …

by Jack Sillin/ 04/03/2020/ No Comments/

Accessing ERA5 Reanalysis Data at Weather.us

In this video, forecaster Jack Sillin explains how to access ERA5 reanalysis data at weather.us.

by Jack Sillin/ 04/03/2020/ No Comments/

Animating Imagery and Saving GIFs Using the New Weather.us Player

On April 2nd, 2020 we rolled out an exciting new interface for animating imagery and saving GIFs at weather.us. This video explains how to use the new interface.

by Jack Sillin/ 04/03/2020/ No Comments/

Tracking the Coronavirus Pandemic at Weather.us

Hello everyone! As we’re all well aware by now, a new coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) is rapidly spreading across the world leading to significant disruptions to daily life especially in the …

by Jack Sillin/ 03/21/2020/ No Comments/

Model Mania: The Limitations of Weather Models

Hello everyone! This is the last in our Model Mania series which hopes to explain the basics of weather modeling for those without a rigorous background in atmospheric science. It’s my …

by Jack Sillin/ 12/20/2019/ No Comments/

Model Mania: Why Do We Need Both The GFS and ECMWF Models?

Hello everyone! This post is the fourth in our Model Mania series which hopes to give a brief introduction to weather models for those without a rigorous atmospheric science background. In …

by Jack Sillin/ 12/19/2019/ No Comments/

Model Mania: What Are The ECMWF and GFS Models, and Why Are They Different?

Hello everyone! This post is the third in our Model Mania series which hopes to give a brief introduction to weather models for those without a rigorous atmospheric science background. In …

by Jack Sillin/ 12/18/2019/ No Comments/

Model Mania: What’s The Difference Between Global and Regional Weather Models?

Hello everyone! This post is the second in the our Model Mania series which hopes to shed some light on weather models without getting too far into the advanced mathematics that makes …

by Jack Sillin/ 12/17/2019/ No Comments/

Model Mania: What Are Weather Models?

Hello everyone! This post is the first in a short series designed to give a brief overview of what weather models are and why they’re important. I hope that by …

by Jack Sillin/ 12/16/2019/ 2 Comments/

What Are Skew-T’s and How Do You Use Them?

Hello everyone! We recently added upper air observations including Skew-T/Log-P diagrams to weather.us so you can better understand the vertical structure of the atmosphere as measured by instruments attached to …

by Jack Sillin/ 12/11/2019/ No Comments/

Dynamic Tropopause

Hello everyone! There are lots of parameters that are used for forecasting the weather, some of which are intuitive (surface temperature, wind speed, etc.), and some of which are far …

by Jack Sillin/ 08/08/2019/ No Comments/