#weather

Why? I enjoy weather and living in the Houston area, we deal with hurricanes. Of course while the results can be devastating, I get a sort of sick excitedness whenever a new storm pops up. Just to watch them develop or prepare my home and area in case they’re headed our way. I saw someone’s twitter feed with a very short GIF someone had put together of the National Hurricane Center (NHC) 5-day forecasts and liked it enough that I wanted to be able to quickly and easily generate my own. [Read More]

Why? I’ve been a weather nerd my whole life. I love watching big storms roll in and follow every tropical system that lands in the Gulf of Mexico each year. I’m also a data nerd: Gathering, Analyzing, Storing (i.e. hoarding). I’ve always been interested in having a weather station and after looking at tear downs of consumer grade weather stations I decided I could build something better for way cheaper. [Read More]