# Weather Geeks Only **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 10, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-geeks-only/962628 "2022-04-10T20:03:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EastUmpqua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eastumpqua/32/6025_2.png) [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-geeks-only/962628/1 "2022-04-10T20:03:52Z")
This site it great if you want to see weather patterns at different levels of the atmosphere. Height is expressed in hPa, which is roughly: 1000 hPA - surface 850 - 5000’ 700 - 10,000’ (top of most mountains) 500 -18,000’ 300 - 30,000’ (commercial flights) I like to overlay temp on the wind map. There is an interesting storm approaching northwestern North America Sunday April 10th (today). Click ‘earth’ in the lower left corner for settings. > **[earth :: a global map of wind, weather, and ocean conditions](https://earth.nullschool.net/)** > > See current wind, weather, ocean, and pollution conditions, as forecast by supercomputers, on an interactive animated map. Updated every three hours. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-geeks-only/962628/2 "2022-04-10T20:08:36Z")
Pretty cool! I like [windy.com](https://www.windy.com/) too. ---
**Author:** ![EastUmpqua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eastumpqua/32/6025_2.png) [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2022, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-geeks-only/962628/3 "2022-04-10T20:25:08Z")
Thanks! Very cool. I like that they have the different models (ECMWF, GFS…) This might take some time to learn all the features. ---
**Author:** ![thdudescar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thdudescar/32/4638_2.png) [@thdudescar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thdudescar)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-geeks-only/962628/4 "2022-04-12T14:13:12Z")
Going to Aruba for a week next month. Looking forward to resting in a hammock with those cool NE Tradewinds blowing. ---
**Author:** ![EastUmpqua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eastumpqua/32/6025_2.png) [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weather-geeks-only/962628/5 "2022-04-12T22:20:08Z")
Very nice. Have fun in the sun! Here in Oregon not so warm; it’s unusual for it to snow in April where I live. The 500 heights NW of Oregon look impressive…