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The U.S. National Lightning Detection Network & Database (NLDN)

August 3, 2011 Climate

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GCMD, USA —The National Lightning Detection Network, NLDN, consists of over 100 remote, ground-based sensing stations located across the United States that instantaneously detect the electromagnetic signals given off when lightning strikes the earth’s surface. These remote sensors send the raw data via a satellite-based communications network to the Network Control Center (NCC) operated by [...]

Get Your Own Heat Index (Chill Index?)

July 26, 2011 Applications

Available in the App Store

The Sixth Heat Wave of the Season is about to descend on the Eastern USA and (hopefully) the next winter will be milder | This iPhone & iPad app can help you get your critical, local values! iTunes Store– The Heat Index and Wind Chill Factor calculators are just two of the display automatic weather [...]

NOAA’s Watch, Warning & Advisory Products for Extreme Heat

July 23, 2011 Applications

Heat Index forecast map for the contiguous United States

Each US National Weather Service (NWS) Weather Forecast Office (WFO) can issue the following heat-related products as conditions warrant plus they publish information on the Heat Index: Excessive Heat Outlooks: are issued when the potential exists for an excessive heat event in the next 3-7 days. An Outlook provides information to those who need considerable [...]

Paper Call: Ninth Temp Symposium

June 15, 2011 Bimetallic

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Los Angeles USA | 19-23 March 2012 The Ninth International Temperature Symposium, ITS9, will be held in March of 2012, in conjunction with the Measurement Science Conference 2012, along with a combined technology exhibition. Sponsored by: Measurement Science Conference (MSC) and the USA’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Proceedings published by: American Institute [...]

Maximum Instruments for air & water temps

June 7, 2011 Applications

AIR_SensorDT

Weather Temperature Sensors Maximum manufactures sensors for both air and water temperatures. The sensor element for both sensors is a precision thermistor (YSI #44006 Equivalent), a solid state device which changes its resistance inversely proportional with temperature from 150,000 Ohms at the low end to 1,500 Ohms at the high end. Interchangeability of thermistors is …

USA Weather Summary: April 2011

May 13, 2011 Climate

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April was a month of historic climate extremes across much of the United States! April temperatures averaged below normal across the northwestern half of the country and above normal from the southern Plains to the Northeast, reflecting a westerly circulation that extended further south — but was stronger — than normal. The three states …

NASA Mission & Rainfall Mystery

May 2, 2011 Climate

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Huntsville AL, USA — Scientists from NASA and other organizations are on a mission to unlock the mysteries of why certain clouds produce copious amounts of rain. In a field mission that is now under way, aircraft are carrying instruments above and into rain clouds. Meanwhile scientists are also getting rainfall …

USA Weather Summary: March 2011

April 24, 2011 Climate

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On a national scale, March ranked as the 39th warmest and 34th wettest March in the 1895-2011 record NOAA National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)* – A westerly flow dominated the circulation with many weather systems and cold fronts moving in the flow. These systems produced 115 preliminary reports of tornadoes and over 1000 hail …

PROFILE: PMOD & The World Radiation Center (WRC)

March 26, 2011 Calibration

In 1971, the PMOD was designated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO, Geneva) to serve as a World Radiation Center (WRC). The Swiss government offered the WMO to operate the WRC as a contribution to the World Weather Watch Program (WWW ) A further service was added in 1996 with the operation of the World [...]

New integrated weather station with built-in pyranometer

March 25, 2011 Applications

WS501 UMB compact, integrated weather station/ pyranometer FELLBACH GERMANY – G.Lufft Mess- und Regeltechnik GmbH announced that they will begin production of a new integrated weather station with built-in Kipp & Zonen CMP pyranometer. The new sensor will add solar radiation measurement to existing sensors for temperature, relative humidity, air pressure and wind speed and [...]

USA Weather Summary: Feb 2011

March 15, 2011 Climate

Climate Highlights – February * During the month’s first half, a southward-plunging polar jet stream held temperatures as much as 15 °F below normal in much of the Central and Southern United States. Warm tropical air advanced northward across these regions during the second half of the month, and average temperatures reversed to nearly 15 [...]

VERTICAL-MOUNTING HEATERS FOR HAZARDOUS AREA APPLICATIONS

February 22, 2011 Applications

CP MEGATHERM TS

Multiple approvals allow one explosion-proof heater design to be used worldwide Sarnia ON, CANADA — Intertec has introduced a versatile new series of slimline vertically-mounted electric heaters for protecting sensitive outdoor equipment against low temperatures in hazardous areas such as chemical, oil and gas plants. Available in five variants with output powers from 200 to [...]

US January 2011 the Coolest Since 1994

February 19, 2011 Climate

NOAA Reports: U.S. Cooler & Much Drier than Normal in January Last month was the coolest January since 1994, according to scientists at NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) in Asheville, N.C. Across the contiguous United States, the average January temperature was 30.0 ° F, which is 0.8 °F below …

NASA Satellite Captured IR Image of U.S. ‘Big Chill’

February 17, 2011 Applications

Composite infrared image of the continental United States

BRRRR! Pasadena CA, USA – The current winter storm system that blasted much of the United States is depicted in this new NASA satellite image from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument on NASA’s Aqua satellite. The image, a composite of AIRS data swaths taken on Feb. 1, 2011, highlights the preponderance of cold …

WeatherBug Lightning Technology

January 25, 2011 Applications

Weatherbug LS

Selected by National Institute for Space Research for Brazilian Total Lightning Network Germantown MD, USA & São José dos Campos, Brazil – — – Earth Networks has announced the selection of its lightning sensors and technology by the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), the National Institute for Space Research, in Brazil. Over the next [...]

Global Temp Records in Close Agreement

January 16, 2011 Climate

Nasa GISS Line Chart

Despite Subtle Differences Groups of scientists from several major institutions – NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), the Japanese Meteorological Agency and the Met Office Hadley Centre in the United Kingdom – tally data collected by temperature monitoring stations spread around the world and make …

2010 Global Temps & Precip

January 15, 2011 Climate

2010 Global Significant Weather and Climate Events

Global Highlights From NCDC For 2010, the combined global land and ocean surface temperature tied with 2005 as the warmest such period on record, at 0.62 °C (1.12 °F) above the 20th century average of 13.9 °C (57.0 °F). 1998 is the third warmest year-to-date on record, at 0.60 °C (1.08 °F) above the …

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