Az - Rain Radar - When GIS Is Not GIS

Y'know, everything can be GIS if you've got that grindset. If you're CRS-pilled and not OGC-maxxing. But here I look at how to turn rain radar observations into a handy forecast dashboard and then get on my soapbox about the BoM.

New version of {weatherOz}, v3.0.0, is now on CRAN! Has some nice new features it looks like and some excellent bug fixes.

New, "You can now fetch hourly forecasts for Australian locations with get_metno_forecast(), then aggregate them with get_metno_daily_forecast()"!

https://github.com/ropensci/weatherOz/releases/tag/v3.0.0

#RStats #WeatherData #Australia

Release weatherOz 3.0.0 · ropensci/weatherOz

What's new MET Norway forecast support You can now fetch hourly forecasts for Australian locations with get_metno_forecast(), then aggregate them with get_metno_daily_forecast(). For users who want...

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In renewable energy systems, weather forecasts are no longer just operational support.

Forecast uncertainty increasingly translates into financial exposure, imbalance costs and trading risk.

Weather intelligence is quietly becoming part of energy market infrastructure.

#EnergyTransition #Renewables #EnergyTrading #WeatherData

Hurricane Hunters risk their lives to collect real-time data for meteorologists that cannot be obtained from satellites: vertical profiles of atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity, and wind speed at various altitudes. Without these measurements, what's happening inside a hurricane can only be guessed from satellite images. #HurricaneHunters #Meteorology #WeatherData
Hurricane Hunters risk their lives to collect real-time data for meteorologists that cannot be obtained from satellites: vertical profiles of atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity, and wind speed at various altitudes. Without these measurements, what's happening inside a hurricane can only be guessed from satellite images. #HurricaneHunters #Meteorology #WeatherData
"Hurricane hunters" risk their lives to collect real-time data for meteorologists: vertical cross-sections of atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity, and wind speed at various altitudes. Without these measurements, what's happening inside a hurricane can only be guessed from satellite images. #HurricaneHunters #Meteorology #WeatherData #Science

✔️ Flash Flood Data Futures Exchange

✨Specialized #FuturesTrading platform for flash flood data, predictions, and impact assessments, allowing investors to trade on weather-related risks and providing hedging tools for flood-prone regions.

#FlashFloods #WeatherData #RiskManagement #HydrologicalModeling #ClimateFinance

Kristi Noem is personally responsible for more dead Americans that had to be :

#Texas rescue was delayed for at least 3 DAYS!!

After her master #TrumpDictator had broken down the weather warning system.

So the people on the camp didn't know to get those kids away RIGHT NOW!! - not in the morning... 😢

Nobody knew how bad it was going to be.
Nobody knew that help is NOT on the way.

The opposite of #HomelandSecurity

#kristi_rescue
#fema
#weatherdata
#floods

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/7/10/2332656/-Kristi-Noem-s-pathetic-response-to-Texas-floods-proves-she-s-clueless

Getting weather data from my Acurite sensors was shockingly easy | Jeff Geerling

It's GREAT that the BOM handles some datasets via ftp through a browser, while also knowing that most modern browsers don't support ftp via the browser. Wonderful data distribution system.

#data #BOM #weatherData