Frontier Weather provides a variety of weather forecast products for the short to medium range period. Current and forecast weather maps are available for
the 1-15 day period in the subscribers only section of the website for most regions of the world including the U.S., Europe, Asia, South America, Australia
and other locations. Graphical forecast products include daily temperature anomaly forecasts as well as daily precipitation forecasts. Additional forecast graphics such as the traditional 2-5, 6-10, 11-15 and next 7 day forecast maps are also available.
In additional to weather forecast graphics, the map interface provides options for viewing current temperatures, dewpoints, humidity, heat indes, wind speeds, wind chills
satellite and radar imagery, as well as the previous day's high and low temperatures. Additional weather graphics are also planned for the future.
City Forecast Pages
The City Forecasts Pages combines several commonly used weather forecast products by power traders on one page to allow for easier and more efficient viewing
of weather information. 10 day temperature forecasts for dozens of cities can be viewed in a matrix, with above and below normal days highlighted. Or,
select a specific city and view 15 day forecasts for temperature, humidity, precipitation, and wind speed, as well as graphs showing numerous model forecast
temperatures over the same period. This allows the user to get a sense of the range of possible weather outcomes for a given time period.
In addition to the daily temperature view, the user can switch the hourly forecast view, and view forecasts of temperature, dewpoint, wind speed and cloud cover on an hourly
basis for the next seven days. The same forecast data can also be viewed in a tabular format. Hourly forecasts are updated every 1-2 hours throughout the day, 7 days per week.
The City Forecasts Pages also allow the user to view a variety of weather maps, including current temperatures and humidity, as well as hourly forecast cloud cover and precipitation.
Links are also provided on each city page to view historical data, the National Weather Service forecast, as well as the Weather Channel forecast.
Tropical Weather Products
During the hurricane season or other periods when tropical activity is active in the Atlantic basin, Frontier Weather issues tropical update reports as needed
each day. The reports highlight current storm locations as well as forecast paths along with various model track solutions. These reports are issued once or
twice per day when there are no storms that have the potential to be a threat to the U.S. or Gulf oil & gas production region and several times per day when
there are storms threatening. Click on the tropical forecast report icon at the top of the page to view a sample report.
In addition to the regular tropical reports that are issued, a tropical page is also available
for use on the Frontier Weather website that shows the latest forecast tracks for each storm, model forecast tracks, and the latest satellite imagery along
with the most recent discussion from the regular tropical report. Wind and wave graphics are available as well as historical track maps.
Seasonal Forecast Products
Twice each month, Frontier Weather provides and updated monthly temperature anomaly forecast extending out to nine months based on the latest climate indices,
climate models, and recent trends. A detailed summer outlook is issued each year during March or April, with a detailed winter outlook issued each October.
Periodic climate updates and discussions are provided throughout the year on various climate topics of interest such as ENSO, the MJO, etc.
In additional to the regular seasonal reports, a web page devoted to seasonal forecast information is available to subscribers of the seasonal forecast product.
Here, detailed month by month forecasts can be viewed for individual cities across the U.S. including specific information on monthly forecast heating and cooling
degree days. Additionally, data files are available for download that contain the seasonal forecast information for all available cities in a single text or excel file.
Data Files
A large variety of weather data files are available to subscribers. We offer historical daily and hourly data files for hundreds of U.S. and Canadian locations as
well as forecast data files for the same locations. Daily forecast data files contain forecasts out to 15 days, while hourly forecast data files contain forecasts out to 7 days.
Historical and forecast heating and cooling degree day files (HDD/CDD) are available for download in population, gas, and oil
weighted formats. Data is available in a U.S. aggregate format as well as by state.
Seasonal forecast data files are also available with forecasts out to 9 months in the future. Data files containing monthly forecast data are available as are data files containing
daily forecasts out to 9 months. Seasonal forecast data files are updated daily with the latest 15 day forecasts, with longer range forecasts updated twice per month.
Besides our own forecast data files, we also offer numerous forecast model data files. Forecast data in csv formatted files is available from the 00Z and 12Z operational and ensemble
GFS forecast model runs. National Weather Service forecasts are also available for hundreds of U.S. cities in a comma delimited formatted file.
