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Tracking the El Niño Weather Pattern in 2026

El Niño is more than a seasonal buzzword. In this post, we explain how the El Niño weather pattern develops, why tropical Pacific ocean temperatures matter, and how shifting atmospheric circulation can influence weather across North America and beyond. From trade winds and the Walker Circulation to winter storm tracks, here is how one climate signal reshapes global weather.

The Mechanics of Global Weather Patterns

Why does the weather in one region influence conditions thousands of miles away? This post explores atmospheric circulation, advection, jet streams, and observation systems that help shape global weather patterns.

Meandair Weather Models Now Available

We’re continuing to expand the specialized datasets available across our platform, including weather models from Meandair. By blending satellite imagery with multiple forecast models, these datasets provide more precise short-term cloud cover forecasts, along with forecasts of turbulence, precipitation, thunderstorms, and more. Available through Terrier, WCS, and Labrador, the data can be displayed, queried, and transformed for a wide variety of operational workflows.

Tracking the El Niño Weather Pattern in 2026

Tracking the El Niño Weather Pattern in 2026

Recently, we published a blog post to explain global weather patterns. We covered Eulerian and Lagrangian frames, advection, circulation cells, and the jet stream. Now is the time to unpack arguably the most famous teleconnection of all: the El Niño weather pattern....

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The Mechanics of Global Weather Patterns

The Mechanics of Global Weather Patterns

The atmosphere is a chaotic place shaped by constantly shifting energy, motion, and global weather patterns that influence conditions across the planet. Meteorologist Lewis Fry Richardson once summed it up this way: “Big whirls have little whirls,That feed on their...

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Meandair Weather Models Now Available

Meandair Weather Models Now Available

We pride ourselves on processing a wide variety of observational and model data. Years ago, we started with the standard National Weather Service models and NEXRAD radar you'll see in weather apps. Since then, we've added a wide variety of specialized data and weather...

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Exploring Real-Time Precipitation Type in Alaska

Exploring Real-Time Precipitation Type in Alaska

We recently released a future radar product across several North American domains, and it's already sparked some ideas around real-time precipitation type. The most popular domain is likely to be the continental US (CONUS), but the others have their uses. Alaska has...

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Future Radar in Terrier: How to Get Started

Future Radar in Terrier: How to Get Started

Last week, we introduced Future Radar, our take on advected radar for MRMS. Now that it's live, we’re going to show you how to actually use it across our products. We'll start with Future Radar in Terrier. If you're already displaying radar in Terrier for Web, you're...

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Making Radar More Useful with Future Radar Data

Making Radar More Useful with Future Radar Data

We're excited to announce a new product: Future Radar. It's our take on future radar data, showing where precipitation is headed, not just where it's been. The proper name for this is advected radar. The meteorological definition of advection is "transport of an...

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