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Middle Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Studies

August 30, 2011. Poquoson, Virginia. Meteorologists from WeatherFlow’s Virginia office recently began a pair of intensive studies of the wind conditions found along the North Carolina and Virginia coastlines. Although funded by different sources and sponsors, the projects are employing similar methodologies and are building on the lessons learned provided by each. For the studies, […]

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Microburst Research uses WeatherFlow Data

December 21, 2010. Suitland, Maryland. NOAA/NESDIS researcher Dr. Ken Pryor is using Weatherflow observations to help verify his newly developed microburst forecasting technique, in which he uses GOES Satellite imagery to estimate surface wind speeds emanating from convection. On several recent occasions, WeatherFlow observations have verified the estimates generated by his algorithm. Two such events occurred on

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DTRA Contract Renewed

November 15, 2010. Fort Belvoir, Virginia. With a relationship dating back before the attacks of September 11, 2001, WeatherFlow and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) recently renewed a contract that provides for a real-time feed of WeatherFlow observational data to DTRA.  WeatherFlow sites, installed to complement existing National Weather Service observations, are extremely well positioned to

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