Back to Back Months with Record Low Snowfall

Updating an earlier feature: Like February, March will again tie the record for snowfall in Columbus with only a trace of snowfall during the month. The only other year with a trace over the past 44 years was March of 1985. Incredibly, the last snowfall of over 0.1" occurred on January 30! The last snowfall of over an inch occurred on January 28 when 4.7" fell on the city.

13th Annual Severe Weather Symposium

The Thirteenth Annual Ohio State University Severe Weather Symposium will be held on Friday, April 17, 2009 at the Fawcett Center on the campus of the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. The symposium hosts a variety of speakers that deal with various aspects of meteorology, especially those relating to severe weather.
The symposium is hosted by the OSU Meteorology Club. For details and to check out this year's impressive array of speakers and topics, please see the OSU Meteorology Club's webpage.

NAM/Satellite Data Disruption

Expect minor data disruptions/anomalies Wednesday (3/18) and Thursday (3/19) afternoons on NAM and GOES-12 products. I'll be repairing the scripts that generate these products. These repairs will address recent problems with running the 06Z NAM run and missing GOES-12 products between 800 and 1000Z. The problem with missing METAR data at the 800Z and 900Z hour has been resolved. Thanks for your patience.
UPDATE: NAM scripts fixed. Will confirm efficacy of new script with 06Z run on Thursday 3/19.

GOES-12 Satellite Data Restored

The GOES-12 satellite outage is over. All products should render normally. We switched scripts back to read GOES-12 at 21Z on Wednesday 1/7. Please let us know if you experience any problems or old data.