Windgrams

Articles

  1. 01
    Field guide · 8 min

    Reading a windgram

    Stability, weather strips, derived heights, and wind barbs

  2. 02
    Lift definitions · 3 min

    Why usable lift can sit above the boundary layer

    Boundary-layer top versus usable-lift top

  3. 03
    Derivation · 4 min

    How a windgram is computed

    Equations and constants behind each published quantity

  4. 04
    Model guide · 3 min

    Choosing among six deterministic forecast models

    Model choice by spatial resolution and forecast schedule

  5. 05
    Data validation · 4 min

    Seven forecast-data failures that passed parsing

    Forecast-data failures caught by independent checks

  6. 06
    Publication system · 4 min

    How the static forecast pipeline works

    How builders publish static JSON through Git

  7. 07
    Ensemble interpretation · 3 min

    What ensemble spread can—and cannot—tell you

    Interpret member percentiles under column censoring

Reference

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Reference · 9 min

Forecast model feed reference

Paths, schedules, and field semantics