Forecasting Tools

Q: What tools are available to a forecaster??

• Numerical Model Output
• Weather Observations:
  • Surface data:
    • ASOS and meteograms
  • Soundings
  • Ship and buoy data
  • Satellite data
    • Visible
    • water vapor
    • infrared
  • Radar data

Weather Observations, cont:

• Commercial aircraft data (ACARS)
  • non - java demonstration page
  • java demonstration page
• Wind profilers
  • picture | data

It is the job of the forecaster to synthesize ALL this information in a timely manner to create a forecast..... often this is not an easy task.....