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DIGITAL ATMOSPHERE
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Digital Atmosphere - Standard version
(2018 V3.06a - 24 June 2018)
Official release of our latest version.
Below you will find the Digital Atmosphere Manual which is designed for this newer version.
(Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP/2000) |
23.7 MB |
da-2018-3.06a-std.exe |
Digital Atmosphere - Professional Patch
Professional version downloads and updates are available for registered Professional users. Contact us directly to obtain access to these files.
NOTE THAT IF YOU ARE USING THE CHART RETRIEVER MODULE, please download
this document for information on how to configure it correctly;
the four required files are located here (we cannot build it directly into Digital Atmosphere
due to GNU licensing restrictions).
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24.8 MB (Patch) /
659 MB (Full) |
Contact us |
Digital Atmosphere Manual
(Sep 2017)
Official release of our latest version.
The new Digital Atmosphere User Manual in PDF form.
This is the same manual that is installed with the software.
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5.4 MB |
da-manual.pdf |
Digital Atmosphere Historical Data
(June 2018)
View weather situations going back 87 years with Digital Atmosphere Historical Data! These are complete sets of observations for North America (US, all 50 states, plus Canada, and Mexico) twice a day, at 00Z and 12Z. Requires Digital Atmosphere 2018 V3.06 or later.
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701.5 MB |
Digital_Atmosphere_
Historical_Data.exe |
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FORECASTING TOOLS
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RAOB
Excellent software program for viewing sounding and SKEW-T data.
(Windows) |
7800 KB |
raobdemo.exe |
WX-SIM
Single-station weather prediction program. Requires manual input of current weather
conditions. Very sophisticated physics parameterizations.
Station sample is for Atlanta.
(Windows) |
1.2 MB |
Download |
RealEMWIN
Program for ingesting EMWIN data via satellite. Requires special satellite
equipment.
(Windows) |
5.1 MB |
re-v173.exe |
Forecast Laboratory Patch
This contains a replacement for the 2005t.txt file to fix a problem with 2005 tornadoes not plotting.
Just unzip into your "\Program Files\fcstlab" directory so that it replaces the old file dated 2006 with the new version dated 7/12/09.
(Windows) |
28 KB |
2005t.zip |
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WEATHER UTILITIES
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Front Painter
Paint fronts and weather symbols on top of images. Provided as-is. Freeware.
For an old Mac version (no support provided), click here.
(Windows) |
2.3 MB |
frontpainter.exe |
Weatherpipe
Downloads charts off the Internet (GIF, JPG, or TIF)
and sends them directly
to your printer according to a scheduler.
It's like having your own DIFAX machine!
(Windows) |
950K |
weatherpipe.exe |
Weather Audit
Compares a METAR file to a Digital Atmosphere station table and shows
which stations are not being recognized. Excellent for finding new sites.
(Windows) |
140K |
audit.zip |
Weather Encoder
Utility that allows a user to type in current weather conditions. The program
will then encode this in METAR and SYNOP format.
(Windows) |
282 KB |
encoder.exe |
Meteorological Truetype Font
Truetype font containing all weather symbols. Freeware but may not be
redistributed without our express written permission.
We recommend using meteo-new.zip but if you have any problems viewing this font we suggest using meteo-old.zip instead.
(Windows) |
23 KB |
meteo-new.zip
meteo-old.zip |
Weathergraphix
MS-DOS program for viewing METAR data in North America. This was our
flagship program until 1996.
Freeware.
(MS-DOS) |
760K |
wxgfw.zip |
BAROTROP
A primitive model viewer that was written about 14 years ago for MS-DOS.
(MS-DOS) |
360K |
barotrop.zip |
GDRCM
Another old MS-DOS program from the National Weather Service for viewing NEXRAD RCM data.
(MS-DOS) |
771 KB |
gdrcm.zip |
SHARP
The famous 1990s National Weather Service program for viewing soundings.
(MS-DOS) |
320 KB |
sharp598.zip |
MOSLO
Windows utility designed to slow down the processor so that it can run older
MS-DOS programs. Even this may not be enough for some computers.
(Windows) |
8 KB |
moslo.zip |
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SPECIAL FILES, DOCUMENTS, AND PUBLICATIONS
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Digital Atmosphere Workstation - restore default maps
Unzip this in your Digital Atmosphere folder if for
some reason you get a "No available workchart" message.
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300 KB |
restoremap.zip |
Digital Atmosphere - Plains Relief Maps
High-quality relief maps of the Great Plains, for use
with Digital Atmosphere. Consists of seven files, covering
TX, OK, KS, NE, SD, IA, and MN. Unzip into the Digital Atmosphere directory
or into any other folder where you'd like to access them.
Designed by Patrick Lawrence.
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5.4 MB |
plainsrelief.zip |
The Operational Meteorology of Convective Weather: Volume I: Mesoscale Analysis (NSSFC-5)
A 1982 landmark paper by Dr. Charles A. Doswell III in PDF format.
(PDF) |
40.4 MB |
Download |
The Operational Meteorology of Convective Weather: Volume II: Storm-Scale Analysis
A 1985 paper on storm structure by Dr. Charles A. Doswell III, also in PDF format. Includes a 2012 introduction by Charles Doswell.
(PDF) |
16.7 MB |
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Observer Handbook
A book I wrote for amateur weather observers in 1994 and reissued in 1999.
This is the official copy, which I may update soon.
(PDF) |
800 KB |
obsman.pdf |
AWS/TR-240: Tropical Meteorologyfs
A noteworthy guide on tropical forecasting, written in
1991 by Colin S. Ramage for the Air Weather Service.
286 pp. A Weather Graphics exclusive!
(PDF) |
757 KB |
tropicalmeteorology.pdf |
Digital Atmosphere Help File (PDF form)
This is the standard Digital Atmosphere help file but in printable PDF form.
NOT REQUIRED for most users, who will get the same info just by pressing F1 in Digital Atmosphere.
(PDF) |
443 KB |
dahelp.pdf |
Digital Atmosphere Analysis White Paper
Explains in detail the theory behind the Digital Atmosphere analysis algorithms.
(PDF) |
150 KB |
daanal.pdf |
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MISCELLANEOUS PROJECTS AND APPLICATIONS
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Galactic Viewer
An interesting mapping program for amateur astronomers. See the relationship
of all significant objects in our galaxy with the spiral arms and even with Star Trek
geography.
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Special webpage |
