March 2019 – Dr. Nathan Parker-N5PKR

Weekly Wrap Up: March 30, 2019 #ARWX

March 30, 2019 No Comments

Welcome to another Weekly Wrap Up! This week started off feeling like Spring with clear weather for the most part (with a couple of rainy days), although some heavier rain and cold weather settled in over the weekend. Here’s a look at rain totals from my CoCoRaHS rain gauge over the past week.

We’re under surprisingly a Freeze Watch, with a Freeze Warning for parts of North Arkansas (maps and images courtesy of Baron Threat Net and Earth Networks Sferic Maps). It’s time our Congress calls a certain groundhog to testify before Congress for providing a false weather report on February 2. 🙂

Here’s a look at temperatures across the state these evening (from both NWS and Earth Networks weather stations), as well as a look at current conditions from Earth Networks weather stations across Arkansas this evening.

Finally, here’s a look at the seven-day extended forecast for Hot Springs.

That wraps it up here! Nathan Parker signing off.

Weather Report

Weekly Wrap Up: March 23, 2019 #ARWX

March 23, 2019 No Comments

Welcome to another Weekly Wrap Up! This week had a good Spring feel with a little bit of rain, but mostly dry. Here’s a look at the rain totals from my CoCoRaHS rain gauge in Hot Springs over the past couple of weeks.

Here’s a look at the current high-res radar, as well as the 1Hr FutureScan for 8:00 PM for Arkansas showing the storms across the state this evening (maps and images courtesy of Baron Threat Net and Earth Networks Sferic Maps).

Here’s a look at temperatures across the state (from both NWS and Earth Networks weather stations), as well as current conditions from Earth Networks weather stations across the state this evening.

Here’s a look at the seven-day extended forecast for Hot Springs. A couple of rain chances this week!

Beautiful views from my Earth Networks HD Cam in Hot Springs this evening!

That wraps it up here! Nathan Parker signing off.

Weather News, Weather Report

Weekly Wrap Up: March 16, 2019 #ARWX

March 16, 2019 No Comments

Welcome to another Weekly Wrap Up! This week was an overall nice week for Hot Springs, especially as the week inched closer to the weekend, although we did get a couple of storms during the week. The person who records the rain totals from my CoCoRaHS rain gauge in Hot Springs has yet to hand me the rain totals for the past week, so I will attempt to include those in next week’s Weekly Wrap Up.

In the meantime, here’s a look at current temperatures across the state (from both NWS and Earth Networks weather stations), as well as current conditions from Earth Networks weather stations across Arkansas this evening. My Earth Networks weather station is being replaced soon, and when it is back online, I will report back here and let the WeatherTogether community know (maps and images courtesy of Baron Threat Net and Earth Networks Sferic Maps).

Here’s a look at the seven-day extended forecast for Hot Springs. With the exception of Friday night and Saturday, it should be a dry week this week!

Finally, I wanted to share a graphic I produced of the peak wind gusts over 50 mph across Arkansas from Earth Networks weather stations during last Saturday’s severe weather event. As one can see, there were some intense winds that moved through the state. I’m also attaching a PDF of the peak wind gusts for all Earth Networks weather stations across the state during last Saturday’s severe weather event (the locations are a little cryptic since they go by Earth Networks Station ID, one can use WeatherBug.com to decode Earth Networks Station ID’s to determine the actual location names). I’m working to get a CSV file posted to this blog post as well. I wanted to provide this sample of weather data for those interested in viewing it, plus I wanted to demonstrate the power of the Earth Networks weather network in action. I also want to thank my colleague meteorologist Steve Prinzivalli for assisting with the collection of this weather data. If an organization needs trusted commercial weather data from the world’s largest weather networks and trusted meteorological consulting from a 24/7 team of meteorological experts, give Earth Networks a try today! Also check out the new EarthNetworks.com and see a preview of Sferic Maps showing live lighting and radar from the home page.

Update: here is the CSV file, as well as a ZIP version of the CSV file. Data same as the PDF, but allows readers to use it for analysis purposes.

That wraps it up here! Nathan Parker signing off!

Weather News, Weather Report

Weekly Wrap Up: March 9, 2019 #ARWX

March 10, 2019 No Comments

Welcome to another Weekly Wrap Up! This week started off cool with a warmup toward the end of the week, as well as saw some fog yesterday and some severe weather today.

Here’s a look at the rain totals from my CoCoRaHS rain gauge in Hot Springs over the past week, and the good news is I will be receiving a new Vantage Pro 2 weather station from Earth Networks coming up to get it back online. Once it’s back online, it will be viewable from my PWS page on the blog, as well as WeatherBug and the GLOBE Program (I’m not sure about third-party services yet).

Here’s a look at the current regional Satellite and Radar, as well as temperatures across the state (from both NWS and Earth Networks weather stations), as well as a look at current conditions and camera images from earlier today from Earth Networks weather stations across Arkansas this evening (maps and images courtesy of Baron Threat Net and Earth Networks Sferic Maps).

Here’s a look at the seven-day extended forecast for Hot Springs next week.

Lastly, here’s a look at the fog from my Earth Networks HD Cam in Hot Springs from Friday. Quite a bit of fog out there!

That wraps it up here! Nathan Parker signing off!

Weather Report

Weekly Wrap Up: March 2, 2019 #ARWX

March 2, 2019 No Comments

Welcome to another Weekly Wrap Up! This week was mostly cool with a little bit of rain. Here’s a look at rain totals from my CoCoRaHS rain gauge in Hot Springs to close out February.

Some additional good news. My weather station should finally be coming back online soon. I will keep the WeatherTogether community updated once it becomes available to view again.

Here’s a look at the current radar across the region, as well as temperatures (from both NWS and Earth Networks weather stations) and current conditions from Earth Networks weather stations across Arkansas this evening (maps and images courtesy of Baron Threat Net and Earth Networks Sferic Maps). Parts of North Arkansas are also under a Winter Weather Advisory.

Here’s a look at the FutureCast and Future Temperatures maps from the Baron 3K and WSI RPM 4K models (plus the NAM 3K FutureCast) for tomorrow at 8:00 AM showing where winter weather could appear in the Natural State, as well as snow accumulations from the Baron 3K, WSI RPM 4K, NAM 3K, and GFS models for tomorrow at noon, plus a snow forecast graphic for the next 6-12 hours (maps courtesy of Baron Threat Net, Earth Networks Sferic Maps, the WSI Model Lab, and Tropical Tidbits).