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Thursday 1.27.22 PM Update on Saturday 1.29.22 Storm

Good evening! Quick update on the storm. A bit has changed, so read on. Hazards: Heavy snow causing travel disruptions. Gusty winds will cause a risk for isolated power outages,…

Thursday 1.27.22 AM Update on Saturday 1.29.22 Storm

Good morning! Here's a look at our incoming storm. Note that amounts may shift a bit - read on for more details. Hazards: Heavy snow causing travel disruptions. Gusty winds will…

Thursday 12.16.21 PM – Update on Saturday/Sunday AM Storm

Good evening everyone! It looks like we have our first notable snow event of the season on the horizon. Below is what you need to know! Precipitation TypeThis will be…

Pattern Change Imminent? Winter Looks to Finally Make an Appearance

Where are you Winter? This month has been a roller coaster in terms of weather, starting off slightly above average temperature-wise, to a few days worth of winter-like weather and…

Potential Storm for Thanksgiving Week? Forecasting Mid-Range with Daily Circulation Types

Upper-level look for next Tuesday The Scenario Thanksgiving week is one of the busiest weeks of travel during the year and any chances of adverse weather, especially across Northern parts…

Deep Learning: Using Neural Networks and Daily Circulation Patterns to Predict the Weather

How a neural network sees weather patterns Machine Learning techniques are rapidly advancing in the fields of weather and climate science. Machine learning has been used for analyzing and forecasting…

Test Post – 11/8/21

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Exploring Python: Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis with Bokeh

By: David Coe Ph.D Candidate [gist id="38dd57b5a9957e73b12b567e2ecf0bc4"] [iframe src="https://storm.uml.edu/~metweb/blog_notebooks/RTMS_Bokeh.html" width="100%" height="500"]

Exploring Python: Creating Regional NWS Alert Maps

By: David Coe Ph.D Candidate Get a version of the code used here: https://github.com/Daviology38/NWS-Watches-and-Warnings nws_watches_warnings This program will grab the current active watches and warnings from the NWS API service…

Forecasting Snow Squalls in the Northeast U.S.

By: David Coe While many in the Southern United States have been dealing with a severe storm outbreak over the past few days, we dealt with our own "convective" outbreak…