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"Thank you for actually penning these books. They are a wonderful review of the concepts without the excessive (but necessary) amount of math behind them. I wish they had been recommended as supplements in both my undergrad and graduate years."
— Josh Tobias, 2017
"I have used Digital Atmosphere for quite sometime and consider it to be one of the most straightforward, comprehensive, and operationally useful programs on my server. I have found it to be invaluable for my day-to-day analyses and forecasting as well as my ongoing research. Tim is also extremely helpful and absolutely indispensable when it comes to locating scripts, the best datasets, and even professional contacts to help make any organization as productive as possible."
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"Wow. Your books are incredibly technical and useful. I consider myself a very amateur weather watcher and feel that I am already ahead of the curve. Thank you."
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"The NEXRAD support is truly awesome and easy to use - and the other feature just really tops it off. This is about my sixth email tonight - the other five being to other spotters in the area telling them they just have to download Digital Atmosphere and give it a serious going over."
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This 2021 revision contains an extensive update of numerical modeling, bringing readers the latest on models like the GFS, ECMWF, and HRRR models. Covers the same concepts and techniques that National Weather Service forecasters practice on a daily basis. Among those who will enjoy the title are meteorology professionals, students, pilots, flight dispatchers, amateurs, storm chasers, and spotters. Numerous sections throughout the book have been updated, and it is 80 pages longer than the 2011 edition. The most extensive revisions are found in the modeling, radar, and satellite chapters.
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Digital Atmosphere is a full-featured Windows software package that allows you to plot detailed surface
and upper air maps, soundings, and radar charts anywhere in the world.
This software program has been under development since 1992 and is used by hundreds of hobbyists, companies, and weather agencies.
See it in action at:
AustralianWeatherNews,
MeteoCenter Russia, and
Weather Roanoke.
Since it can construct ultra-high resolution weather maps, it is used for graphics content in
Weatherwise and
IFR Magazine magazines.
Windows 7/Vista/2000/XP
Standard Version: $89 | Info | Buy
Professional Version: $199 | Info | Buy
There's no risk getting the Standard Version, as it is upgradable at any time to the Professional Version for the difference in price.
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Our popular forecast storm chase simulation was rewritten and updated in late 2014 and offers a choice of either chase simulator mode
or single-point forecasting, with extensive verification metrics.
This package lets you try your hand at forecasting on hundreds of spring days spanning 2010 to 2014 --
including big outbreaks, ordinary scenarios, and null events.
You never quite know what you'll get!
Start out perusing the morning charts. You get 140 of them each day, including SPC diagnostics and even SPC outlooks if you want to peek.
After you looked at the charts, you need to pick a starting point for your chasemobile.
Then start it on its way towards the target!
As severe weather unfolds, you'll see text reports stream in from locations close to your chasemobile. A karma rating keeps
track of how well or disappointing your chase is doing, comparing your own success and what's going on just over the horizon.
A thorough set of SPC summaries tracks how you're doing.
Windows 7/Vista/2000/XP
$49.00 | Info | Buy
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Do you have what it takes to get storm chasers to the target?
This educational forecasting simulation draws from 250 major chase days between 1979 and 2009, presenting users with the morning
analysis charts and high-resolution hourly satellite images.
Page forward hour by hour and refine the forecast, then once storms develop, compare how well you did with the locations of
actual tornadoes, hail, and wind.
Windows 7/Vista/2000/XP
$49.95 | Info | Buy
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WX-SIM is a dynamic forecast model operating at one location, forecasting the weather for that spot. WX-SIM exploits observed conditions and
centralized forecast data from NOAA and combines it with its own sophisticated physics model of the local atmosphere.
The result? A singularly accurate forecast for the location of your choice. This makes it the tool of choice for the
agricultural industry, aviation forecasters, and sporting venues.
(Windows 7/Vista/2000/XP)
WX-SIM Standard: $129.00 | Info | Buy
WX-SIM Professional: $249.00 | Info | Buy
We recommend the Standard version for most users. For those who would like to upgrade later, the Professional
version is available for the difference in price.
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We are the sole publisher of the Forecaster's Handbook Series, written by Tim Vasquez, an actual operational forecaster with 10 years
in Air Force weather and 15 years in private practice.
These are not school textbooks or scholarly works -- they are guidebooks and references for practicing meteorologists and are
perfect for not only professionals but hobbyists, broadcast meteorologists, storm chasers, pilots, flight dispatchers,
and anyone who deals with forecasting on a regular basis.
The technical level spans the entire range of intermediate to advanced in an easy-to-understand format.
Excessive introductory content and complicated math are omitted, and the concepts and examples focus squarely on actual forecast considerations,
real life cases, and those rare bits of wisdom that make or break a forecast.
And for university students, the experience distilled in these books contains valuable insight into the forecast process that simply isn't
conveyed by courses filled with emphasis on dynamics and physics.
Click on any book image for more info and ordering:
Weather Analysis & Forecasting Handbook, 2nd Edition
Weather Radar Handbook
Severe Storm Forecasting
Weather Map Handbook
Weather Forecasting Red Book
Storm Chasing Handbook
Instability, Skew-T & Hodograph Handbook
Extreme American Weather
When you want to look at past weather situations, our Archives Datasets give you tremendous amounts of historical information.
Global Surface Archives is a massive 60 GB package of METAR and SYNOP data for the
entire world, spanning 1930 to 2014, and is plottable by Digital Atmosphere or any
program capable of handling METAR or SYNOP format. Original METAR remarks transmitted by the observer go back to 1973!
Global Upper Archives offers upper air data for the world spanning 1930 to 2014.
This, too, is in a standard coded format
(WMO TEMP) and is plottable by Digital Atmosphere, RAOB, SHARP, and many other programs.
Total NCEP gives key NCEP charts going back to 1998 which constitute the official surface and upper-air analyses, twice a day,
for North America.
Total NWS is packed with forecast discussions, warnings, watches, zone forecasts, and much more going back 10 years into the
past; an excellent keepsake for hobbyists, researchers, and investigators.
$99-249 | Info and ordering
For analysts, industry researchers, and researchers who want it all, ARGON is a ultra-massive database containing over 100 GB of weather data
in MySQL database format.
It's all contained on an expandable 250 GB USB hard drive.
There is complete observation coverage for North America from federal weather observation sites, with data content spanning
January 1931 to November 2009.
With the power of SQL, you have unprecedented capability to analyze statistics and weather records. You can export data to spreadsheets,
compute averages, develop climate algorithms, and much more!
Optional updates are available in the form of DVD patches sent twice a year.
$995 | Info and ordering
Need weather data in a hurry? Do you not need the full DVD archive sets? Order data by the day for quick download! Our holdings include SYNOP, METAR, Upper Air, satellite, and DIFAX charts going back many years. All files are provided hour by hour for easy plotting.
$14.95/day | Info and ordering
Tim Vasquez offers personalized training sessions via Skype, Discord, or phone and private video stream. This allows students
to get all the benefits of the 100+ Forecast School courses we have done, and allows
you to ask questions, show charts, and go over products.
$65.00+ | Info and ordering
Weather Graphics Technologies offers the superlative forecasting talent of owner Tim Vasquez for hire.
Tim draws from 9 years of Air Force weather forecasting experience, 2 years of media forecasting
experience (with KTXS-12 in Abilene and AFRTS in Korea), and 16 years of active storm chasing experience.
Tim is also a columnist for Weatherwise and IFR magazine.
During spring months Tim sometimes operates the Chase Hotline, a pinpoint severe weather forecasting service which is
responsible for delivering precision targets to chase tour operations valued at nearly $150,000, as well as
ensuring consistent successes among dozens of individual storm chasers.
Delivery of forecasts is typically via E-mail or fax. You can choose a one-time forecast or a scheduled forecast.
We do worldwide forecasting, and our rates are competitive, flexible, and perfect for a company on a limited budget.
Tim is also available for on-site training, with many satisfied clients over the years (references on request).
To find out what we can do for you, contact us. We look forward to serving you.
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