I think @wxman1 can correct me here but my understanding is NWS would do this but are blocked by the likes of Accuweather from doing so
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I think @wxman1 can correct me here but my understanding is NWS would do this but are blocked by the likes of Accuweather from doing so
I would be very surprised if a government agency had any interest in using or distributing privately collected weather data that follows no protocol to ensure accuracy.
I was going to sit like Remy from Ratatouille and teach my wife how to cook steaks tonight (that's how I'm teaching her all the cooking). But man it looks like the wind may not cooperate.
Largely that is correct. There have been pushes and attempts in the past but the private sector has blocked them. Also they do not have the support to fund such an undertaking. It just took years for their chat system to be upgraded and more stable.
Not sure exactly what you have in mind, but lots of private weather stations sync data to Weather Underground that is publicly accessible.
I personally have an Ambient brand weather station... data syncs to their website to be able to look up conditions/history via web, however IIRC part of the opt-in is they can use/sell your data. No idea what they do with it / who ends up with it. I was somewhat deliberate about not entering address/coordinates of where mine is installed (as far as I know they don't have GPS onboard, though not 100% certain).
It is quite hilarious. I love her like nothing else but we've been together for 25 years (since early high school) so she's never had to really learn anything other than the basics like Mac & Cheese. We have a chair that I can sit on in the middle of the kitchen telling her what to do, what spices, how much, etc. Since I had all that in my head and like to wing it, as we go through each one, we're putting the ingredients, times, temps, suggestions, etc in a separate Note in Apple Notes.
Teaching her the Traeger is going to be a whole different level of "fun"
I don't mind cold and heat, but that damn wind makes grilling so difficult 2/3rds of the time based on the position of our deck.
You weather guys - if they can tame a tornado in Twisters, it's your turn to figure out how to make the wind stop blowing from 5-6pm every day.
Garbage day in north Ames and a bunch of tipped over garbage cans. Did not see any on the street though.
Reminds me of spring 1970 in the old towers at Wallace Hall. The windows were fit so poorly that dirt was blowing in and "drifting" on the sills of my 2nd floor room.
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I can confirm it is an excellent day to brush your shedding dog outside...
7 am pickup around the neighborhood. If you didn't have them by the house by 10 am, it was tipped over.
The leaves that blew from my yard into my neighbors yard this winter have all returned.
