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Tracking cold fronts with hyperlocal weather networks in Kansas City and Dallas

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Re: Tracking cold fronts with hyperlocal weather networks in Kansas City and Dallas

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Beautiful data.

But what was the advantage of processing all that local sensor data? The article never explains it.

Were they able to deliver more accurate rain forecasts than the NEXRAD radar? (say, to the minute instead of the hour?) Did they predict the cold front and/or rain where the NOAA & NWS did not?

Re: Tracking cold fronts with hyperlocal weather networks in Kansas City and Dallas

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Beautiful data. But what was the advantage of processing all that local sensor data? The article never explains it. Were they able to deliver more accurate rain forecasts than the NEXRAD radar? (say, to the minute instead of the hour?) Did they predict the cold front and/or rain where the NOAA & NWS did not?

Insurance underwriting and fraud analysis. They also offer a hail sensor.