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In the US we have Area Forecast Discussions (AFDs) issued by regional weather offices. They are a great resource and I wish more people outside aviation knew ab

by FL410 3y ago

In the US we have Area Forecast Discussions (AFDs) issued by regional weather offices. They are a great resource and I wish more people outside aviation knew about them. They will generally include a high level discussion, detailed conversations about each forecast period, as well as aviation and marine (if applicable) considerations. Usually gives some great insight into what, for example “chance of showers” really means. Example: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=OKX&issuedby=OKX&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1&highlight=off https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=OKX&issuedby=O...

joezydeco 3y ago
AI6YR has created a fleet of Mastodon bots that replicate NWS forecasts and discussions. No depdendence on Twitter anymore. https://www.patreon.com/posts/alternate-alerts-81852206 https://www.patreon.com/posts/alternate-alerts-81852206
- andirk 3y ago
  Great for Mastodon adoption for sure. And even better smarts on NWS for diversifying their alert systems, especially outside of a large corporate-owned platform.
  - joezydeco 3y ago
    He's operating outside of NWS by taking a converted feed from elsewhere. Iowa State I think. But he's offered to let the government take the whole thing over if they want. It's kind of important that someone does this, glad he stepped up. You have always been able to roll your own code as well. There are Python libraries to produce verbose readouts of FAA METAR reports, for example.
    - andirk 3y ago
      Good point that the starting point of the data in this case is publicly available APIs, but, and this will sound backwards, centralizing ones main firehose on a decentralized platform seems like a great way to reach the masses, including individuals but also smaller media outlets that don't interface directly with those initial APIs.
hnburnsy 3y ago
Android app that uses the NOAA and NWS APIs. No ads, no user tracking and includes the forecast dicussions and the nowcoast visual. https://nwsnow.net/ https://nwsnow.net/

by FL410 3y ago

joezydeco 3y ago

AI6YR has created a fleet of Mastodon bots that replicate NWS forecasts and discussions. No depdendence on Twitter anymore. https://www.patreon.com/posts/alternate-alerts-81852206 https://www.patreon.com/posts/alternate-alerts-81852206

andirk 3y ago
Great for Mastodon adoption for sure. And even better smarts on NWS for diversifying their alert systems, especially outside of a large corporate-owned platform.
- joezydeco 3y ago
  He's operating outside of NWS by taking a converted feed from elsewhere. Iowa State I think. But he's offered to let the government take the whole thing over if they want. It's kind of important that someone does this, glad he stepped up. You have always been able to roll your own code as well. There are Python libraries to produce verbose readouts of FAA METAR reports, for example.
  - andirk 3y ago
    Good point that the starting point of the data in this case is publicly available APIs, but, and this will sound backwards, centralizing ones main firehose on a decentralized platform seems like a great way to reach the masses, including individuals but also smaller media outlets that don't interface directly with those initial APIs.

hnburnsy 3y ago

Android app that uses the NOAA and NWS APIs. No ads, no user tracking and includes the forecast dicussions and the nowcoast visual. https://nwsnow.net/ https://nwsnow.net/