by Mike Eilts, on Mar 20, 2019 10:09:13 AM
Most people think that once you get a meteorology degree, you’re destined to embark on a career as a forecaster. While that’s often true, it’s sometimes the case that a …
Read Storyby Matthew Stevens, on Sep 21, 2018 11:19:58 AM
The WeatherOps platform features many forecaster-influenced components that help our clients better understand and respond to weather threats. Our meteorologists utilize various forms on the admin side of WeatherOps Commander …
Read Storyby Daphne Thompson, on Aug 31, 2018 1:55:00 PM
Inversion of Control is a standard technique in software, and some software communities may be familiar with the term. It is probably a less familiar term to many developers in …
Read Storyby Daphne Thompson, on Aug 10, 2018 9:58:09 AM
The Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF) is the mesoscale model of choice for researchers around the world. It also the model behind NCEP’s 3-km HRRR forecasts. Nearly two hundred …
Read Storyby Nicholas Hunter, on Jul 6, 2018 1:55:00 PM
We are adding new features to our tile-based lightning display API, including support for Vector Tiles. These additions will allow fast, custom styling of lightning data in a map. Vector …
Read Storyby Ben Baranowski, on Jun 7, 2018 1:01:00 PM
As we approach the launch of an updated hail data API, I want to show how we've improved it. Our previous hail API allowed users to get contours for a …
Read Storyby Daphne Thompson, on May 31, 2018 3:58:38 PM
While many may think of WDT as the parent company of WeatherOps forecasts or RadarScope, we are much more than that. We also work with all types of weather data …
Read Storyby Dr. Richard Carpenter, on May 23, 2018 1:35:52 PM
Since its inception in 2000, WDT has run Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models operationally. In 2004, we began using the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF) as its operational mesoscale …
Read Storyby Daphne Thompson, on Aug 4, 2017 10:52:32 AM
One of the pain points we run into at WDT is customers that need bulk weather data but have no experience with scientific data formats. Since the release of our …
Read Storyby Daphne Thompson, on May 16, 2017 2:29:16 PM
What makes the SkyWise® Insight API unique? After all, most weather APIs allow you to fetch data from the nearest weather station, which may be miles away. While this may …
Read Storyby Daphne Thompson, on Apr 6, 2017 1:27:53 PM
WeatherOps Commander is turning three this year, and those have been some busy years! We have added features to meet the needs of many different industries. Our product has been …
Read Storyby Daphne Thompson, on Mar 9, 2017 2:00:00 PM
At WDT, we currently have around ten different APIs for accessing a variety of precision weather data. Each API was designed and built with specific use cases in mind. Why …
Read Storyby Daphne Thompson, on Feb 23, 2017 9:58:12 AM
WDT recently migrated its Weather Mass Notification System (WMNS) from a traditional datacenter to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. One of the largest hardships in this migration was managing …
Read Storyby Daphne Thompson, on Feb 16, 2017 11:30:11 AM
Name: Ross Kimes Current Position: Mobile Developer Degree: B.S. Meteorology, Computer Science Minor, University of Oklahoma (2012) What type of work do you perform? I mainly work on the Apple …
Read Storyby Daphne Thompson, on Feb 14, 2017 3:08:28 PM
Developers look at weather differently than meteorologists. My favorite way is to use historical weather data. I compare different years of data, producing an output that helps answer questions that …
Read Storyby Daphne Thompson, on Feb 9, 2017 10:48:10 AM
Name: Nicholas Hunter Current Position: Senior Software Engineer Degree: M.S. in Computer Science What type of work do you perform? Nick primarily works with WDT services that produce tiled meteorological …
Read Storyby Daphne Thompson, on Feb 9, 2017 10:44:45 AM
Last week I had the pleasure of attending the American Meteorological Society’s 97th annual meeting, where I gave a presentation on the challenges and successes of creating APIs for weather …
Read Storyby Daphne Thompson, on Dec 5, 2016 11:33:08 AM
Name: Ying Su Current Position: Software Engineer Degree: M.S. in Computer Science What type of work do you perform? I am on the web service team at WDT. I work …
Read Storyby Daphne Thompson, on Dec 5, 2016 11:30:36 AM
Changes to Commander are well underway, as we have reached the halfway point in the development of version 4.0. Careful design and development consideration was made with regards to how …
Read Storyby Daphne Thompson, on Oct 6, 2016 1:08:40 PM
Name: Devin Clark Current Position: Web Engineer, Web Services Team Degree: AAS in Computer Science What type of work do you perform? I build WeatherOps Commander and WeatherOps Display. What …
Read Storyby Daphne Thompson, on Sep 7, 2016 1:28:37 PM
Name: Paul Kamis Current Position: Software Engineer / Meteorologist Degree: BS Meteorology (minor in CS) What type of work do you perform? I do a lot of things: building scalable …
Read Storyby Justin Stewart, on Sep 7, 2016 1:28:12 PM
In this tutorial, we're going to create assets from geojson for every county in Oklahoma using Insight API's Python client library. Then, we're going to walk through creating a choropleth …
Read Storyby Justin Stewart, on Sep 7, 2016 1:27:30 PM
Let's take a look at how we can create a matplotlib streamplot using Insight API's Wind Direction and Wind Speed location endpoints. It is recommended that you follow along with …
Read Storyby Justin Stewart, on Aug 17, 2016 2:18:29 PM
The Time Series feature in the Insight API allows us to easily query data and build charts for locations and assets over periods of time. Let's look at basic example …
Read Storyby Daphne Thompson, on Jun 28, 2016 11:38:53 AM
One of the most critical tasks of any control center or dispatch operator is quickly pinpointing areas of system disruption. From power lines and substations, to wind turbines and pipelines, …
Read Storyby Daphne Thompson, on Mar 29, 2016 3:01:12 PM
Name: Stdrovia Blackburn Current Position: Mobile Creative Director Degree: BFA in Visual Communications What type of work do you perform? I design and develop mobile apps. I’ve worked on everything …
Read Storyby Andrew MacKenzie, on Mar 11, 2016 2:16:03 PM
Computer troubles are a headache. For most people, a broken computer means a really, bad day and a rough time until it's fixed. For a weather company, it can lead …
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