Weather software

[Greg Higgins]

Is anyone aware of, or using any software similar to Digital Atmosphere? Your thoughts??

 

[rdale]

I'm a big fan of GEMPAK

 

[mikedeason]

Weatherscope and IDV aren't bad for the price: Free.

 

[Greg Higgins]

While Gempak had promise, the problem I ran into when attempting to run it on my home PC and pulling data from the internet was finding out after the fact that one really needs a NOAAPORT feed to even remotly make Gempak useful. The main problem as I see it is that the data needed for any of these software packages is not always available through the internet. Am I missing something?

 

[rdale]

Yep - everything needed is out there. At last check the model data sent via NOAAPORT is of lower resolution than what you can get online. My package provides 12km NAM, highest resolution RUC/GFS, full surface / sat / radar imagery, soundings, profilers, etc. All online.

 

[Kelton Halbert]

I wrote up a couple of free scripts myself. They're under the Equipment forum. I'm sure they are nowhere near as good or detailed as rdale's, but with a little knowhow, they work well enough.

 

[Patrick Marsh]

Rumor has it that someone is making an open source, cross platform version of NSHARP.... If only that guy would hurry up and finish!

 

[Greg Higgins]

Patrick...I've heard that rumor myself! That guy really needs to keep his day job from getting in the way! Good luck!!!