New Features: Area Conditions, Tide Charts and River Stages
I’ve spent a busy weekend working on the site, and have made several improvements. The first is a change in the way that I get current conditions, which is now much faster than it was previously. As a result, the state conditions page (see here for Georgia) now comes up much faster. I’ve also added area conditions to the home page, and expect to add area conditions to other locations as time allows.
For Atlanta area residents, this won’t be a big deal, but I have now added high and low tide information for forecasts along the coast, such as Savannah. You can also start at the tides center, and drill down to see high and low tide charts for most US coastal areas.
The other new feature displays river flows and heights for many rivers and lakes across the country. Many people are interested in the water level at Lake Lanier. Of course, there a gabillion river gauges, so you can start here to see where flooding might be occurring or to drill down to gauges in your area.
I’m going to be working on providing both short term (3-6 hour) and long term (8-15 day) forecasts in the near future, so you might see some changes to the way the forecasts look as I experiment with them.
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October 16th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Thanks for your efforts. I too love the weather and the weather data. You site has saved me tons of money in that I don’t have to have all that equipmentg at my house too!
Keep up the good work.
FYI the weather site at Plymouth State http://vortex.plymouth.edu/ Good source for prediction models with annimation
October 16th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
I appreciate your kind remarks, Ben. Yes, there are plenty of weather resources available on the Internet, but most people don’t know where they are, or don’t have the time to go digging for them. I’ve tried to bring a lot of information into this site, even knowing that the average visitor may not get beyond the home page, and perhaps the blog. But, I know that there are some people that appreciate the information I provide sitewide, and that makes it worth it.