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Thoughts and insights from a team building a weather data platform designed to make complex weather data easier to use.
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....
What Happens When Interns Build AI-Generated Dashboards?
We have three interns this summer working on AI-generated dashboards using Wet Dog Weather datasets. They've been working for three weeks now, and let's see what they're up to.Air Quality AI-Generated DashboardsWe started them out on an air quality dashboard. A...
How Hurricanes Form and Why 2026 Could Be Different
A hurricane is effectively a giant soupy heat engine. Like any engine, it needs the right fuel, parts, and conditions to run. Understanding how hurricanes form helps explain why some seasons produce dozens of storms while others struggle to get started. This year, one...
New Weather Data Interpolation Options in Terrier
One of the easiest ways to change how data looks is by changing how it's interpolated. The underlying data remains the same, but the method used to sample and display it can dramatically affect what users see on screen. In this update, we're adding a new weather data...
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