Best source for Skew T and Hodographs - Stormtrack When I want the latest Skew T updates, I can't find a source that is useful for chasing The available sites are so spread out with some states showing only one Surely with so many small town launching balloons, there has to be a site that is more complete What sites do you all use when in the
Weather observation changes: AWOS, radiosonde, etc. 8 More AWOS METARs now available: K17J Donalsonville GA K2J3 Louisville GA KD73 Monroe GA KC65 Plymouth IN KC83 Byron CA KFRH French Lick IN KMBY Moberly MO KRAW Warsaw MO K36U is now KHCR - Heber UT
Commercial flights and upper air data | Stormtrack I have thought that upper atmosphere is key to weather forecasting I have also understood that we get our upper air data from radiosonde ballons, weather ballons How critical is this data to the model runs ? Seems like the radiosonde data is rather sparse compared to the surface data Is
Is it possible to look up old soundings from certain weather offices . . . You are correct about 0Z and 12Z observed soundings, those are the standard times The off hour soundings are for special situations such as a high probability for severe, so the WFO will send up another balloon and radiosonde to take additional readings It helps them get a better handle on the environment for that day
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Weather observation changes: AWOS, radiosonde, etc. 9K4 to RCM - Warrensburg, MO T43 to TFP - Ingleside, TX T47 to CWC - Wichita Falls Kickapoo, TX RCM and CWC are on weather noaa gov, but have not been added to NOAAPort yet NCEP has been notified Also, ASOS Metars are now available at these two sites (making them 24 hr reporting)
Radiosonde Issues | Stormtrack SUMMARY AND WARNINGThere are large numbers of soundings with physically unrealistic data being added to the upper-air archives each month The NWS quality control procedures are obviously not working Anyone using these data for research, computations, or statistical analyses needs to understand that there are new and significant problems with the reliability of the data owing to the NWS