New website

All,
My domain (www.espwxctr.com) has expired and I have moved to a new site. Some of you may have been accessing some of the PHP scripts on there.

Southern Maryland Weather
www.somdweather.com

Thanks!

Calculating Wind shear values

Hello All,
I am trying to calculate the 0-1Km,0-3Km, and 0-6 KM shear. I am wondering how this is done. Is this a cumulative mean of u anc v components or is just the surface and upper wind component endpoints used?

Thanks!

Jim

Converting millibars to height in BUFKIT data

All,
I am lokking at BUFKIT (RUC) data and I see that the EQ LVL and LFC are in millibars. Is there a way to convert this to an actual height in the atmosphere either in Ft or meters?

Thanks!

Jim

New Weather Station

Hello,
Just wanted to let you know about a great weather station website in So. MD.

Esperanza Weather Center

http://espwxctr.com

Thanks!

JIm

PHP scripts for VORTEX and HDOB messages

All,
I have created several scripts which decode HDOB (high density observation) and VORTEX message from aircraft reports of tropical systems.
Here are the pages to those scripts:

www.espwxctr.com/vortex.php
www.espwxctr.com/hdob.php

Also, I have created an Upper Level AIR Data and RUC2 scripts. You can place station IDs to suit your location:

www.espwxctr.com/convreport.php?station=KIAD&rucstation=KIAD

Enjoy!

Jim