Weather and Safety
WeatherFront is built for weather visualization and situational awareness. Data may be delayed, incomplete, unavailable, or interpreted incorrectly. For life-safety decisions, use official sources such as the National Weather Service at weather.gov, NOAA Weather Radio, Wireless Emergency Alerts, local media, and guidance from public safety officials.
Primary Data Sources
We acknowledge and appreciate the following organizations for producing meteorological data that WeatherFront may use or distribute:
- National Center for Environmental Prediction
Model data. - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Radar, satellite, observation, lightning, and model data. - National Severe Storms Laboratory
Model and severe weather data. - National Weather Service
Weather warnings, watches, outlooks, forecasts, and discussions. - National Hurricane Center
Tropical weather outlooks, discussions, and related hurricane products. - Spotter Network
Spotter position and report data when enabled.
Tools and Acknowledgements
WeatherFront also uses or benefits from the following libraries, tools, and resources:
- goes2go
GOES satellite RGB recipes. - Icons8
UI icons and graphical assets. - Mapbox
Mapping and geospatial visualization. - MetPy
Meteorological calculation tools. - OpenStreetMap
Open-source geographical data. - SounderPy
Sounding data visualization.