Hacker News with Generative AI: Meteorology

NOAA's public weather data powers the local forecasts on your phone and TV (theconversation.com)
When a hurricane or tornado starts to form, your local weather forecasters can quickly pull up maps tracking its movement and showing where it’s headed. But have you ever wondered where they get all that information?

Weather, Meteorology, Data, Technology, Public Data

188 points by rntn 10 days ago | 113 comments

NWS Public Weather API (weather.gov)
A Pacific storm will bring strong winds, heavy rain, and mountain snow from the Sierras to Rockies on Friday. The storm will then track east through the Midwest producing heavy snow from the Dakotas to the Great Lakes on Saturday. An icy wintry mix is expected across the northern Mid-Atlantic states Saturday night. Heavy snow will likely impact the Northeast Saturday night into Sunday.

Weather, Forecasts, Meteorology, United States

15 points by mrguyorama 14 days ago | 4 comments

2025 Daily Surface Air Temperature Looking Bad (climatereanalyzer.org)
This page shows daily temperature estimates from ECMWF Reanalysis v5 (ERA5). The latest data values update with a 6-day lag from the current date. See details below.

Climate Change, Meteorology, Data Visualization

35 points by barrettondricka 32 days ago | 20 comments

How to decode METAR and TAF reports (met.nps.edu)
A METAR is a codified observation message indicating an airfield weather conditions observed at a given time.

Weather, Aviation, Meteorology

14 points by walrus01 47 days ago | 1 comments

Systematic Error in Global Temperatures Due to Weather Station Ageing [pdf] (scienceofclimatechange.org)

Climate Change, Science, Data Analysis, Meteorology

6 points by bilsbie 133 days ago | 0 comments

The jet stream may be starting to shift in response to climate change (newscientist.com)

Climate Change, Meteorology, Science

10 points by croes 167 days ago | 1 comments

How does today's extreme heat compare with Earth's past climate? (theguardian.com)

Climate Change, Earth Science, Meteorology

4 points by ljf 191 days ago | 0 comments

A rare Stratospheric Warming event has begun over the South Pole (severe-weather.eu)