Thursday, January 7, 2010

National Weather Service: Twitter Storm Reports

You can now submit your significant weather observations to the National Weather Service (NWS) via Twitter. Although advanced automated observations systems are used extensively in NWS forecast office operations, ground truth in the form of reports from the public are invaluable in the process. The idea is to help fine-tune weather forecasts. Raw reports received via these methods are unofficial and will not be posted on NWS web pages unless they are released via an official Local Storm Report (LSR). Check it out:
National Weather Service: Twitter Storm Reports

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