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Short and Medium Range Forecast Products
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WEATHER GRAPHICS
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.
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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.
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DAILY WEATHER REPORTS
Several weather reports are issued each weekday highlighting weather patterns in the 1-15 day period. The Morning Weather Summary report is issued each weekday morning by
5:30AM CT and highlights the 2-5, 6-10, and 11-15 day temperature anomaly forecast as well as 1-5 and 6-10 day precipitation forecasts. Included in the reports is a
discussion of current and forecast weather trends along with additional informative forecast graphics and data.
The Midday Update provides the same information as the Morning Weather Summary, but is updated midday after the latest forecast model data becomes available.
Temperature forecasts for individual cities across the country are highlighted in the Individual City Forecasts report which includes the observed weather for the
past 10 days and the forecast weather for the next 10 days in both text and graphical format for 40 U.S. cities. Temperature forecasts for the entire 1-15 day
period are also available for download in text file format for over 150 U.S. cities. Both versions are updated twice daily.
Finally, the U.S. Degree Day Summary report highlights a variety of specific heating and cooling degree day data for the U.S. including weekly degree day totals for
the U.S. on an aggregate and regional basis. Also included are forecast graphics depicting temperature anomalies for each gas week (Saturday to Friday) as well as
charts showing degree day trends over the past several weeks.
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Click on an icon to view a sample report
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