Throughout 2010 and 2011, WeatherFlow executed a major upgrade to its data collection, processing, and storage capabilities. The upgraded system has been dubbed the Weather Engine and was designed specifically to simplify and accelerate the retrieval and integration of all of the data resident within WeatherFlow’s system. This data includes observations from WeatherFlow’s network of weather stations, output from our WRAMS weather model, and forecasts from our forecasting team, as well as all of the data we collect from our partners and public sources (current tallies include over 50,000 weather stations worldwide and more than a dozen global and regional weather models).
The advent of the Weather Engine has also streamlined our internal development process, allowing a more rapid and flexible process by taking advantage of pre-designed modules and functions. Early projects have focused on the WindAlert family of applications, including desktop and mobile applications (with both iPhone and Android versions).
Third party developers are encouraged to contact us to set up access to the Weather Engine, which we provide via a custom-designed and easily implemented developer’s API.