Much of what we do is aimed at solving the problem of a world without the internet – even if only in the smallest of ways. It would be hard to come up with anything that would be more affected than government weather forecasting, since that is all about gathering data from tens of thousands of sources, analyzing that data, and then distributing the results.
Weather Forecasting and Reporting Resources
Estimating wind speed and cloud cover (PDF doc)
Predicting Weather Using a Barometer and Wind Direction (PDF doc)
Barometric Pressure Conversion Chart (PDF doc)
JS8Spotter Weather Reporting
❏ F!504 is the form to use for reporting local weather. This is a comprehensive report form that covers 17 items that the casual and the serious weather hobbyist will use. Download F!504
❏ Download this PDF doc, for a helpful list of F!504 items and options.
❏ Daily Weather Log – 4 weeks per sheet, layout matches the F!504 report.
Reference Docs for Reporting
Suggestion: Have these docs printed out and laminated to use for reporting your local weather. You can get these printed in color on 110 pound paper at Office Depot for about $7.25 . If you don’t have access to a laminator to laminate them yourself, you can get them to do it for a bit more.
❏ Cloud Chart – Illustrated guide to cloud types
❏ Dew Point Tables – Simplified way to determine the dew point. Divided into altitude groups, You will only need the 4 tables for your altitude.
✔ Video showing how to use the Dew Point Tables.
❏ Estimating Wind Speed and Cloud Cover – A visual guide.
FLMSG Weather Reporting
➊ Download the Local Weather report form – https://sitrepnet.com/resourcefiles/Local Weather.html
➋ Copy that file to your NBEMS Custom folder.
On XP: C:\Documents and Settings\\NBEMS.files\CUSTOM
On Windows 7, 8 and Vista: C:\Users\\NBEMS.files\CUSTOM
On Linux: /home//.nbems/custom
On Puppy: /root/.nbems/custom On OS X: /home//.nbems/custom
➤ Source: https://amrron.com/downloading-custom-forms/
Local Weather.html
Just a reminder – Accurate weather forecasting was being done long before the internet, and there is no reason it couldn’t be done again if needed. “Exhibit A” is my late father, William Clay McGehee, who was his ship’s meteorologist during WWII, was one of the pioneer Hurricane Hunters in the early 1940’s, and then continued his career as a meteorologist at the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Touring a modern-day Hurricane Hunter plane. William Clay McGehee (R), and Stephen Clay McGehee, KN4AM (L)
