Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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References
[1] weather.gov/rev/upperair 
[2] weather.gov/upperair/factsheet 
[3] weather.gov/iwx/wsr_88d 
[4] roc.noaa.gov/WSR88D/PublicDocs/CONUScoverageNspgsW_TJUA.pdf 
[5] journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/hydr/21/8/jhmD190300.xml 
[6] https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov 
[7] w1.weather.gov/xml/current_obs/ 
[8] weather.gov/media/emwin/EMWIN_Text_Product_Catalog_220214-1357.pdf
[9] weather.gov/media/emwin/EMWIN_Image_and_Text_Data_Capture_Catalog_v1.3h.pdf
[10] weather.gov/nwr