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PostPosted: 12/8/2005, 4:32 pm    Post subject: New Digital Weather Forecasts from NWS Reply to topic Reply with quote

Just learned about this and I don't think anyone has commented on it.

The National Weather Service has rolled out a digital weather forecasting service with (almost) Neutral pin-point accuracy.

For Phoenix look at: http://ifps.wrh.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/dwf?siteID=PSR (Phoenix is still listed as "prototype").

You can scroll around their map or you can input latitude & longitude.


I input Weaver’s Needle (33.40820 -111.33346). I received a forecast for 33.4190 -111.3030.
http://ifps.wrh.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/dwf?outFormat=table&duration=72hr&interval=6&citylist=Select+City%2C%2Cnone&latitude=33.40820&longitude=111.3346&latlon=Go&ZOOMLEVEL=8&XSTART=174&YSTART=110&XC=192&YC=128&X=8&Y=244&siteID=PSR

I checked this out at http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~cvm/latlongdist.html which computed that the distance is within 2 miles. (But the NWS forecast puts you at an elevation of 3,503 feet instead of 4,553 feet. )

For Tucson go to http://ifps.wrh.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/dwf?siteID=TWC
For Flagstaff go to http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/fgz/
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