by David Crowe | Dec 4, 2025 | Data
Understanding the state of the atmosphere starts with good observations, and one of the most important tools we have is the weather balloon. Twice a day, at 00 and 12 UTC, around 1000 sites worldwide launch radiosondes (GPS-equipped radio-transmitting instruments) to...
by Steve Gifford | Nov 6, 2025 | Data
We’re excited to announce that RAP Smoke model data from NOAA is now part of the products we ingest and deliver to our customers. This addition gives developers and analysts a new way to visualize smoke movement and density across North America. It is especially...
by Steve Gifford | Oct 30, 2025 | Data
Running a weather company in the cloud means processing massive amounts of data every hour. Our software engineers write our importers, and more recently, our atmospheric scientist writes the real weather code. But after our AWS Lambda costs spiraled out of control,...
by Daphne Thompson | Oct 23, 2025 | Data
At Wet Dog Weather, we make weather data look better — and now you can help us share it. Our customer referral program makes it easy to connect others with the same visualization tools you already know and trust. If you know a decision maker who could benefit from...
by Steve Gifford | Oct 16, 2025 | Data
I work a lot with open standards and on AWS. I’ve been thinking about how some of the standards we depend on result in open-ended queries, and how I wish they were more like some of the AWS services we use to build those services. That’s especially true...
by Christy Rohrig | Oct 2, 2025 | Data
When launching a startup, cloud infrastructure costs can quickly add up. That’s why Amazon Web Services (AWS) and competing cloud vendors offer startups cloud credit programs to help offset expenses in the early years. These AWS credits can be a lifeline, but figuring...
