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Thoughts and insights from a team building a weather data platform designed to make complex weather data easier to use.
New RAP Smoke Model Data from NOAA Now in Our Stack
Wet Dog Weather is now ingesting RAP Smoke model data from NOAA. This addition helps developers, analysts, and app builders visualize smoke movement and improve air quality insights in their applications.
Keeping It Simple: Our Approach to Fargate Container Management
Running weather data imports in the cloud sounds simple—until you need to scale them efficiently. Here’s what we learned about Fargate container management, from tuning container size and scaling logic to building a system that just runs, no babysitting required.
Introducing the Wet Dog Weather Customer Referral Program
Know someone who could use clearer, faster weather data? Refer them through Wet Dog Weather’s customer referral program — and we’ll take it from there.
Smarter Query Design with OGC Services and AWS
If you’ve ever pulled data from OGC services, you know how easily one request can snowball into a flood of XML. In this post, we examine why open-ended queries persist, how AWS handles large results differently, and what the geospatial community could learn from that approach.
A Look at the 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season So Far
The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season has been active, even without a U.S. landfall. From Texas floods to East Coast erosion, tropical systems have caused widespread damage. With weeks left in the season, coastal residents and travelers should stay aware and follow safety alerts.
Making the Most of AWS Credits as a Startup
AWS credits can be a huge help for startups — if you use them wisely. At Wet Dog Weather, we’ve redeemed everything from $1k to $100k, learning how timing and strategy matter just as much as the dollar amount. Here’s how we scaled our cloud costs alongside growth and what other startups can take from our experience.
Amazon S3 Cost Optimization: What We Learned (the Hard Way)
At first, S3 felt like an easy win, store the files and forget it. However, scaling up taught us the hard way about small files and big bills. Our Amazon S3 cost optimization story is about moving from naïve usage to cost reduction, with lessons you can use to avoid the same pitfalls.
A Practical Guide to Web Coverage Service for Weather Data
The Web Coverage Service (WCS) can be intimidating at first — it involves massive XML, endless metadata, and OGC quirks. But the Web Coverage Service for weather data is surprisingly powerful once you know where to look. We’ll walk through metadata, DescribeCoverage, and GetCoverage to show how WCS makes model queries flexible, fast, and actually enjoyable.
New in Terrier: Wind Direction Arrows for Web Maps
Wind direction arrows make it easy to see wind speed and direction at a glance. They’re fast, clear, and simple to add to your maps.
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