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Encyclopedia > Weather Underground (weather service)

Weather Underground is a commercial weather service which provides free, real-time weather information via the Internet. Weather Underground provides extensive weather reports for most major cities in the world on its website, as well as local weather reports for newspapers and websites. It is a strong supporter of the National Weather Service, from which it gets much of its domestic weather data. The website is available in many languages, and an ad-free version of the site with enhanced and additional features is available for a small annual fee. A weather service is a building witch provides information across the community on weather. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Modern weather predictions aid in timely evacuations and potentially save lives and property damage Weather map of Europe, 10 December 1887 Weather forecasting is the application of current technology and science to predict the state of the atmosphere for a future time and a given location. ... The National Weather Service (NWS) is one of the six scientific agencies that make up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the United States government. ... Commercialism redirects here. ...


Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, it was founded in 1995 as an offshoot of the University of Michigan's popular Internet weather database. The name is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the 1960s militant radical communist student group The Weather Underground, which also originated at the University of Michigan. For the railroad company, see Ann Arbor Railroad. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (UM, U of M or U-M) is a coeducational public research university in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Sarcasm is the making of remarks intended to mock the person referred to (who is normally the person addressed), a situation or thing. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... The word militant has come to refer to any individual or party engaged in aggressive physical or verbal combat, normally for a cause. ... Radical Left can refer to: 18th century Radicalism was a separate ideology, which was absorbed into liberalism and socialism. ... This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ... John Jacobs and Terry Robbins at the Days of Rage, Chicago, October 1969 (Photo credit: David Fenton; publicity photo for film Weather Underground) Weatherman, known colloquially as the Weathermen and later the Weather Underground Organization, was a U.S. Radical Left organization consisting of splintered-off members and leaders of...


Jeff Masters, a PhD candidate in meteorology at the University of Michigan, working under the direction of Professor Perry Samson, wrote a menu-based telnet interface in 1991, which displayed real-time weather information around the world. By 1992, the two servers that they used became the most popular service on the Internet at that time. In 1993 they initiated a project to bring Internet weather into K-12 classrooms. PhD usually refers to the academic title Doctor of Philosophy PhD can also refer to the manga Phantasy Degree This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Satellite image of Hurricane Hugo with a polar low visible at the top of the image. ... The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (UM, U of M or U-M) is a coeducational public research university in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... TELNET (TELetype NETwork) is a network protocol used on the Internet or local area network (LAN) connections. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... K-12 (Pronounced Kay through twelve or just Kay twelve) is the North American designation for primary and secondary education. ...


In late spring of 1995, the Weather Underground, Inc. evolved as a separate commercial entity from the university. It has grown to provide weather for print sources as well as online. In 2005 Weather Underground became the weather provider for Associated Press; WU also provides weather reports for some newspapers (including the San Francisco Chronicle) and the Google search engine. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ... Todays San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young. ... Google, Inc. ...

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Blogs are one of the main features in Weather Underground, allowing users of the site to create a blog/handle about everyday life, weather and anything else that comes into their minds. Dr. Jeff Masters started the first blog on the April 14, 2005, and he is now posting blogs every week because it was a success. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... April 14 is the 104th day of the year (105th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 261 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


External links

  • Wunderground.com, Weather Underground's main web portal
  • UM-Weather, the original service that Weather Underground branched from
  • Weather Underground's Wiki page

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The data comes from a variety of sources, including Weather Underground, Weather Bug, or National Weather Service APRS and Citizens Weather Observer Program (CWOP) Weather maps also provides real-time animated radar overlays, hurricane tracking, fog overlays in San Francisco Web cams allows users to enter and upload their own webcam.
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