Altostratus Inc. creates high-resolution forecasts (e.g., 200 - 50 m) for urban and non-urban areas. Forecasts can also be provided per user-selected, site-specific basis. Examples below are from past forecasts of air temperature and the Heat Index (NWS HI). For current and future forecasts, please contact us: info@altostratus.com
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San Francisco Bay Area Weather Forecast and Heat Index.
Also see sample pdf file below, for more information.
Some highlights:
- High-accuracy real-time, days-out high-resolution forecasts
- Months-out and future-climate location-specific probabilistic forecasts
- Advanced, fine-scale urban and non-urban atmospheric models tailored specifically to locations or sites of interest (simulations done specifically for site)
- Meteorological observations from mesonet and urbanet to augment the forecasts
- Detailed remote-sensing and in-situ land-use, site, and surface physical characterizations (1 - 30 m resolutions)
- Site-specific model weather data produced at 50 - 200 m resolutions
- Accounting for current and future urban climates, heat islands, and land-use changes in dynamical downscaling of climate models
- Input to dispersion modeling, e.g., AERMOD
- Code-compliance and LEED-related modeling
- Scoping for renewables
- Input to emissions and photochemical models for real-time and days-out forecasting
- Input to heat-health models and calculations.
The following sample forecasting report (pdf file) provides an example of information and data that are typically included in the high-resolution daily forecasts. In this example, the forecast is for the Sacramento, California region for the period beginning September 26, 2020. Forecasting reports will be further tailored per specific user needs. Contact us for more information or for creating forecasts that are specific to your site or location.
