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Thoughts and insights from a team building a weather data platform designed to make complex weather data easier to use.
The Truth About AI-Generated Code Isn’t What You Think
During the summer of 2026, three meteorology students spent nearly three months building weather applications with AI. One developed a storm chasing dashboard packed with professional forecasting tools. Another created a fishing forecast application designed around...
Better Observations Through Proper Weather Station Siting
Since the 17th century, humanity has gleaned quantifiable insights into the happenings of our atmosphere near the surface. Torricelli inverted a mercury tube in 1643 and gave us the barometer, and the instruments that followed turned weather from something observed...
Student-Built AI Weather Applications in Action
This summer, three college students set out to answer the same question: How can AI help build better weather applications? During their internships at Wet Dog Weather, Alicia Skiver-Palmer, Lex Hudson, and Antonio McElfresh each developed unique AI weather...
NDFD Weather Codes: A Practical Guide
According to its web page, the National Digital Forecast Database (NDFD) is a "suite of gridded forecasts of sensible weather elements." I think they mean "sense" as in you can feel them, but I like the idea of nonsensical weather elements. Like, what does "cloud...
MapLibre Native Weather Integration Now Available in Terrier
Terrier is our visual weather toolkit, built to integrate with leading map frameworks and to display time-series weather data interactively. Our new weather integration brings Terrier's advanced weather visualization capabilities to MapLibre Native, giving iOS...
Meet the Intern Building an AI Storm Chasing Dashboard
Weather data is everywhere, but during severe weather, it's often scattered across multiple websites and applications. That's the problem Mississippi State University graduate student Alicia Skiver-Palmer set out to solve this summer by building an AI storm chasing...
Meet the Intern Building an AI Fishing Weather App
When most people check the weather before going fishing, they're looking for a simple forecast. Lex Hudson wanted to go a step further. The Central Michigan University meteorology student is spending the summer developing FishCast. This AI fishing weather app combines...
Meet the Intern Building an AI Aviation Weather App
This summer, Wet Dog Weather interns are tackling a unique challenge: building a weather application using AI and real weather data. Antonio McElfresh, a meteorology student at the University of Oklahoma, chose to combine two of his biggest interests, aviation and...
The Hidden Science of Damaging Thunderstorm Winds
Clouds move in accordance with Earth's gravity, and as a result, powerful and interesting phenomena often arise. In this blog post, we will unpack the processes behind damaging thunderstorm winds. In particular: downdrafts, micro- and macrobursts, and squall lines....
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