Have a look at the METARs (http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/metar.shtml) distributed by NESDIS.
Quite easy to parse. Dw (who does something very similar on the iPad/iPhone with AshNotCash (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ash-not-cash-viewer-for-volcanic/id373047872?mt=8 -- in general NESDIS is a wonderful source) On 6 Jun 2011, at 16:04, B.K. DeLong wrote: > > One could probably easily make an overlay based on the preliminary report > from the NWS: > > http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.nous41.KBOX.html > > ..EF3 TORNADO CONFIRMED FROM WESTFIELD TO CHARLTON > > > > > LOCATION...WESTFIELD TO CHARLTON IN HAMPDEN AND WORCESTER COUNTIES > DATE...JUNE 1 2011 > ESTIMATED TIME...417 PM TO 527 PM EDT > MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF3 > ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...160 MPH > > > MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...ONE HALF MILE > > PATH LENGTH...39.0 MILES > BEGINNING LAT/LON...42.10N / 72.75W > ENDING LAT/LON...42.10N / 71.99W > * FATALITIES...4 > * INJURIES...200 > > * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO > > > CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS > > STORM DATA. > > *snip* > > > On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Bob Basques <[email protected]> > wrote: > http://www.tornadopaths.org/ > > The data comes from : > > NSSL (Severe Storms Lab) > > > This is something I'm interested in as well. The above service didnt work > out for me in a recent projewct because the trails don't appear until about a > month after the event. There may be some more recent posting of data at the > NSSL site however. > > bobb > > > > > > > >>> Roger Diercks <[email protected]> wrote: > Have you tried the Storm Prediction Center’s SVRGIS page? > http://www.spc.noaa.gov/gis/svrgis/ > > I grabbed the 1950-2010 data set found there and put it Fusion Tables, but > haven’t done anything with it beyond that. > http://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?dsrcid=894938 > > Roger > > > > From: Harry Tasset > Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 3:46 PM > To: Geo Wanking > Subject: [Geowanking] Tornado damage overlays > > Just wondering if anyone out there knows of any overlays showing the path of > destruction for historical > and recent tornadoes? I have done several searches to no avail. It would > seem to be a valuable tool > for search & rescue, especially if it showed the scatter patterns of the > historical Enhanced Fujita Scale > tornadoes. Ground swirl patterns (cycloidal marks) may also be analyzed. > (Wikipedia) > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org
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