Have a Happy New Year!

I hope everyone has a blessed and Happy New Year in 2018! 2017 was an exciting year for WeatherTogether with me and my fellow bloggers from WeatherQuack.com joining the WeatherTogether team and merging under them. I look forward to what’s in store for 2018 and excited to see where 2018 takes WeatherTogether. Thanks for continuing to read all our blog reports and for being a part of WeatherTogether.

It’s freeze in the New Year across much of the nation, including Arkansas. Here’s a look at our current temperatures, plus we’re under a Wind Chill Advisory across the entire state and Fayetteville and Fort Smith experienced a little wintry precipitation earlier today (maps courtesy of Baron Threat Net and Earth Networks Sferic Maps).

Here are the latest conditions from my PWS (image courtesy of WeatherBug). It’s currently 21 outside this evening.

And it’s only going to get worse as the night goes on. Here’s a look at the future temperature map for 5:00 AM from the Baron forecast model and 5:30 AM from the WSI RPM model.

We may all be wanting to say in 2018, “Make America Warm Again”. 🙂

That wraps it up here! Have a great New Year in 2018! Nathan Parker signing off!

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Tropical Storm Vinta Impacts The Philippines

Tropical Storm Vinta impacted The Philippines this past week. I managed to get some news updates and pictures of Vinta’s impact on The Philippines courtesy of pastor Welnar Ayag over Facebook (he’s located in The Philippines), and I will include additional updates in upcoming blog entries if I manage to get any additional information to relay.

Here are a few Facebook posts of the tropical storm news pastor Welnar managed to send me:

Here are also a couple of news articles covering the tropical storm available here and available here (both are in a foreign language and will need to be translated into English in order to read them).

Lastly, here are some pictures taken by pastor Welnar of the flooding and impact of Tropical Storm Vinta as it impacted his area.

Our prayers go out to the people of The Philippines impacted by Tropical Storm Vinta, as it seems to be a horrible storm. I will find out if a text-to-donate option is going to be available in which to contribute to the victims of this severe weather event.

That wraps it up here! Nathan Parker signing off.

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Have a Blessed and Merry Christmas! #ARWX

On behalf of the WeatherTogether admin team, I want to wish all my fellow contributors and readers of WeatherTogether a blessed and Merry Christmas! It has been an exciting year for WeatherTogether, as well as the integration of WeatherQuack.com’s content under WeatherTogether to expand WeatherTogether’s contributor footprint both nationwide and globally, as well as giving readers a balance between weather reports served up fresh daily in addition to the expanded coverage of major weather events. Our team of contributors has dramatically increased over the year, as well as we’ve been making some great progress on webcams and models additions to the site as well. I look forward to seeing what’s in store for 2018!

Here in Arkansas I personally didn’t get a White Christmas yet, but it seems some parts of the state are. Here’s the latest look at Arkansas Radar with Snow Machine showing snow across North Arkansas, and 1 Hr FutureScan showing it’s going to linger around for a bit. If anyone in Arkansas is seeing snow or wintry precipitation, let me know (maps courtesy of Baron Threat Net).

Here’s a look at temperatures across Arkansas, both from NWS stations (map courtesy of Baron Threat Net) and Earth Networks weather stations (map courtesy of Earth Networks Sferic Maps). Here’s also a look at the current conditions on my Earth Networks Personal Weather Station (image courtesy of WeatherBug), as well as a look at my Earth Networks HD Cam outside my home showing a beautiful view of the sky this evening. Remember you can also view my HD Cam at any time right here.

For those traveling across the region this evening, here’s a look at the current satellite/radar across the region (image courtesy of Baron Threat Net).

For a little Christmas fun and enjoyment, here’s a look at the current conditions at the North Pole (well, the North Pole in Alaska since I don’t think Santa owns a weather station yet. To my colleagues at Earth Networks, can we make that happen before next Christmas?). Here’s also a look at the current conditions in Nazareth, the hometown of Jesus, as I also didn’t see a weather station directly in Bethlehem yet (maybe another place we can add a weather station to before next Christmas?). I’m also including a map of the current temperatures across Israel so you can get a glimpse of the weather stations across Israel (current conditions graphics are from WeatherBug, Israel temperature map is from Earth Networks Sferic Maps).

And for a final Christmas enjoyment, here are a couple of images from the Accordance Bible Lands PhotoGuide of the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem. What a beautiful sight and one to enjoy on Christmas!

That wraps it up here! Have a blessed and Merry Christmas! Nathan Parker signing off!

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Weather Window: Beautiful Webcam Covering Port Isaac, UK

(Image courtesy one of the Doc Martin fan groups)

One of the most fun weather webcams I’ve enjoyed viewing is the live panoramic webcam covering Port Isaac in the UK courtesy of John Bray Cornish Holidays. For those interested in checking it out, click here to view it (since the camera broadcasts live in UK time, there will be a major time difference for those in the US).

Port Isaac is located in Cornwall and home of the British television comedy Doc Martin (available on many PBS stations in the US), and it is a charming village that is the ideal home for such a fun television series as Doc Martin. During the years Doc Martin is being filmed (which is generally filmed every other year), those watching the webcam can usually catch a glimpse of the television crew filming the series. Even when Doc Martin isn’t being actively filmed, the webcam is a great way to escape and enjoy the beautiful Cornish scenery of Port Isaac.

If you’re an avid Doc Martin fan as I am, I’ve also written a couple of Doc Martin FanFiction.net pieces (one here) including a Doc Martin Christmas special (available here) Now all we need is to get an actual weather station out in Port Isaac! If anyone is interested in installing a weather station in Port Isaac, let me know!

While you’re at it, if you’re interested in seeing some additional great weather cameras from across the US, check out our webcams gallery here on WeatherTogether.net. My personal webcam is available here. We should probably add the Port Isaac webcam as a featured webcam to our gallery. That’d be a ton of fun.

That wraps it up here! Nathan Parker signing off. Have a Merry Christmas Eve!

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Quite the Downpour Yesterday in Arkansas #ARWX

Arkansas received quite the downpour yesterday! While there wasn’t a major severe weather event (except for a Flash Flood Watch and some Flood Warnings and Flash Flood Warnings, as well as a Winter Weather Advisory in Northwest Arkansas), Arkansas did receive a major share of much-needed rain, as well as some intense rumbles of thunder during the event.

Here’s a look at rainfall over the past week according to my CoCoRaHS gauge here in Hot Springs, Arkansas, as well as a look at CoCoRaHS totals across the state from yesterday’s event.

 

All clear here tonight across Arkansas. Here’s a look at temperatures across the state both from NWS stations (map courtesy of Baron Threat Net) and Earth Networks weather stations (map couresty of Earth Networks Sferic Maps).

Quick admin note: WeatherQuack.com’s content officially finished merging under WeatherTogether.net as of today. WeatherQuack.com and WeatherTogether.net are finally completely together at lat. WeatherQuack.com will be shutting down as a separate website next week, with WeatherQuack.com forwarding to WeatherTogether.net until the domain expires. We’re excited that the merge is complete, and we look forward to what is in store for us in 2018!

That wraps it up here! Nathan Parker signing off

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Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving today and fills up plenty on delicious turkey with all the trimmings! I am thankful to be blogging on here, and I am thankful to be a member of the WeatherTogether contributor and admin team and am thankful to all my fellow contributors at WeatherTogether. Our weather is absolutely perfect for Thanksgiving today, and I am thankful for this beautiful weather! Here’s a look at current temperatures across Central Arkansas (map courtesy of Baron Threat Net) and a look outside on my HD weather cam (which you can also view on the WeatherTogether website by clicking here).

Coming up as soon as I and the rest of the admin team finish wrapping up a few additional projects with the WeatherQuack merge under WeatherTogether, I’m planning on launching a weekly blog series on here on Saturdays called my “weekly wrap up” with a look back at the last week’s weather, a look forward to the next week’s forecast, and a roundup of the week’s weather news I’ve encountered. It should be a ton of fun, and I look forward to bringing it to you coming up!

That wraps it up here! Have a Happy Thanksgiving! Nathan Parker signing off!

 

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Welcome to WeatherTogether

Hi everyone! I’m Nathan Parker, one of the contributors and administrators here at WeatherTogether. From everyone on the WeatherTogether team, I want to say welcome to WeatherTogether, a community in the clouds. I hope you enjoy your time here reading our weather reports and blog articles, and we would all love to have you register for a free account on this site to join the WeatherTogether contributor team and give us weather reports from your neighborhood.

Many of you likely remember me from my time at WeatherBug. I served as a blogger for the WeatherBug Backyard Blog since 2008 and was one of the administrators of the WeatherBug Community since 2009, until it was shut down after the sale of the WeatherBug brand to GroundTruth late last year. I still handle IT consulting for WeatherBug’s former parent company, Earth Networks, and I am still actively involved in the weather community, and I will be regularly blogging about Arkansas weather here. I was also the President/CEO of Mallard Computer, Inc., and WeatherMallard until October of 2017 when I decided to shut down the company to focus on an upcoming PhD program in Systematic Theology. During my time at Mallard Computer and WeatherMallard, I launched WeatherQuack, a weather community blogging platform in which its content will be fully merged under WeatherTogether by the end of 2017. I have also completed a M Div in Biblical Languages from Luther Rice College and Seminary in May of 2017.

I am excited about the future of bringing the team of contributors from the former WeatherBug Community and WeatherQuack under the WeatherTogether family, and I look forward to seeing where this new merge of weather communities takes us. I invite you to come along the journey with us.

Since this is a weather blog, I want to finish this introductory blog post with a brief weather report from the Natural State. It is current 46 degrees (F) on my PWS. A freeze warning is in effect for the entire state of Arkansas through tomorrow. Check out the graphics below for the freeze warning, as well as temperatures across the state (maps courtesy of Baron Threat Net and Earth Networks Sferic Maps).

That wraps it up here! Nathan Parker signing off!

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CoCoRaHS Field Photo Weekend Coming Up

CoCoRaHS emailed me a newsletter today concerning their upcoming Field Photo Weekend. The above graphic and the below text is from the email newsletter for those interested in participating in the CoCoraHS Field Photo Weekend.


“Field Photo Weekend” Sept 2-4, 2017 . . . Celebrate the traditional end of summer by taking a few photos this Labor Day weekend!

Here’s your chance to join hundreds of other CoCoRaHS observers to see what our landscapes look like on Labor Day Weekend. If you have participated before, this is a great chance to go back to your favorite spots and see what has changed. All you have to do is:

  • Take your camera or smartphone
  • Find a landscape in your community (streams, lakes, rivers, reservoirs, a forest, a crop field, a pasture, etc.)
  • Take a single photo or a panorama in four different directions (N, E, S, W) from where you are standing. And then take one looking down.

There are four ways to post your photos

  • Use the “Field Photo” App on your phone, which can be downloaded from the “Apple Store” and “Google Play Store”. Enter metadata to describe the landscape and add #CoCoRaHSSep17” as a keyword.
  • Email your photos with your location to: fieldphotos@southernclimate.org. When uploading your photos please include the words #CoCoRaHSSep17 in the notes field. Remember you don’t have to email your photos this weekend, just take them, but we do encourage you to email them soon afterward.
  • Upload photos directly to the (EOMF) Earth Observation and Modeling Facility’s photo archive website: “http://www.eomf.ou.edu/photos”.
  • Or post your photos on your phone or online to our new partners at iSeeChange.org, a climate and weather journal that collects stories about change.

Field Photo Weekend is a partnership between CoCoRaHS, the Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program (SCIPP) and the Earth Observation and Modeling Facility (EOMF) to help ground truth through photos, what is going on with our landscapes throughout the country. It’s not just drought we are looking for either, it could be flooding, fire, or whatever state the landscape is now in. For detailed instructions, click here: INSTRUCTIONS.

As you have seen in past campaigns, Field Photo Weekend added a new partnership last year with ISeeChange, to help tell stories about the photos you’re taking. If you have an interesting observation about the landscape you are photographing ISeeChange would like to hear from you. They take observations and questions from citizens about the changes citizens are seeing in the environment and then write stories about the underlying science. Plus you can send photos and stories anytime. Check it out at ISEECHANGE.ORG

In a few weeks this weekend’s photos will be posted and you’ll be able to see your photos and those taken by other volunteers. Reference the VIEWING PHOTOS.

Remember you don’t have to email your photos this weekend, just take them, but we do encourage you to email them soon afterward. That address again is: fieldphotos@southernclimate.org. When uploading your photos please include the words #CoCoRaHSSep17 in the notes field.

Finally, please view the SHORT ANIMATION about our Field Photo Weekends. It captures all you’ll need to know and we think you will find it very helpful.

Thanks in advance for participating during our final event of the year . . . Thank you very much for your photos!

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