WEATHER FORECASTER(C) based on statistical
and curve fit regression analysis.It will
predict average temperatures for any day of
the year as well as heating degree
days,cooling degree days,and corn heat
units.It will give a 3-day weather forecast
any day of the year for your location,
including 3-day weather maps.Also average
conditions at the intermediate upper air
levels of 1000,850,700,and 500 millibars. 
If current upper air readings are available
from the weather service then these parameters
can be used for analysis.
Predictions displayed include:
        Cloud cover/type/height
        Wind direction and speed
        Weather movement (direction and speed)
        Average temperature and deviation from
                             long term average
        Air mass type
        Storm warnings
Basically, you supply some current information,
and Weather Forecaster will give you an outlook. 
 
Teachers: This is an ideal program for classroom
        use.
Requires 200K of RAM(IBM) and MS-DOS 5 or
higher. Printers can be 9-pin or 24-pin dot 
matrix type. Directory on HD needs 500K space.
A color monitor is ideal.


Installation is done by unzipping the files to a
new formatted disk in drive A: or drive B: .
This will serve as your master diskette. Make
a new directory on your HD and then copy all the
files from your master diskette to this directory.
Run the program from the directory on the HD. It
is explained in the manual. For example, key in
WTHR or SIREN and then press ENTER  key. DEMO.EXE is a demo.
It is advisable to avoid backups of this directory to 
tape drive or diskette. Simply DELTREE the WX directory. 
The WX directory is not big enough to worry about backups.
If you wish to install/run the program after the
backup then it is a simple job of recopying the
program files from the master diskette to the
WX directory on your HD.

Your station location can be assessed quite quickly
by latitude and longtitude if you use the astronomical
program called SKYGLOBE_S. Pick a city quite close to
you. You know  the distance approximately from it
to you and it is simply a few clicks in this direction
south or north and then a few clicks east or west.
Then read off location by latitude and longtitude 
from the SKYGLOBE program. This is the way I do it.
A good gazeteer reference book in the library is
another source and provides elevation too. 

This topic has been a long term hobby interest for me.
I have in mind further developments in the form of cloud
generation. However, fractal generations have been very
slow. I am searching for formulas-- the result of which
can mimic various cloud patterns.No luck. Another idea is to
build up a library of pics/gifs of various cloud formations
and then construct a composite on the fly by overlays
to a new pattern. However, this is a heavy load on HD
capacity. So it looks like a project for inclusion of 
these features in a CDROM.  Any ideas and knowledge of
technics will be gratefully received. There are very
few sources of information-- unless I am looking in the
wrong places. 


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