Thursday, December 01, 2016
More cutoff? /// Edit: NO.
Another information cutoff. I'm not sure about the purpose of this one; it may just be a glitch or a software fuckup, but the timing is suspicious and I've learned over the years that my natural paranoia is wildly inadequate. Reality is always worse.
Starting a few days ago, the Weather Bureau stopped providing detailed weather info.
Previously they gave a nice record of temp, wind, conditions, precip, at least hourly. This reading was especially useful for wind. (Online radar from Weather.com shows rain and snow, but there's no equivalent 'wind radar'.)
Here's a chart that I clipped back in June, when the Weather Bureau actually EXPANDED their coverage to include time intervals shorter than one hour.
For several days now, the charts have been gone. When I try to reach the charts, I get this:
Four snow readings and nothing else.
This reminds me of WW2 restrictions on information. Newspapers weren't allowed to publish forecasts because the enemy might gain an advantage by reading them. Suicidally stupid! Farmers and builders were less efficient without immediate forecasts, and the enemy had their own ways of forecasting, just as we had our own ways of forecasting Jap and Kraut weather for our bombers.
= = = = =
Later: The data itself is still available directly through the MesoWest system, though it's a lot less convenient. For instance, this sensor in Spokane provides pretty much the same tables and graphs that NWS formerly carried.
12/2: False alarm. Weather Bureau is back, with a slightly altered format. Must have been a pause during software switchover.
For several days now, the charts have been gone. When I try to reach the charts, I get this:
Four snow readings and nothing else.
This reminds me of WW2 restrictions on information. Newspapers weren't allowed to publish forecasts because the enemy might gain an advantage by reading them. Suicidally stupid! Farmers and builders were less efficient without immediate forecasts, and the enemy had their own ways of forecasting, just as we had our own ways of forecasting Jap and Kraut weather for our bombers.
= = = = =
Later: The data itself is still available directly through the MesoWest system, though it's a lot less convenient. For instance, this sensor in Spokane provides pretty much the same tables and graphs that NWS formerly carried.
12/2: False alarm. Weather Bureau is back, with a slightly altered format. Must have been a pause during software switchover.
Labels: Metrology
¶ 12:55 AM
