The NJ WxNet Program

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The NJ WxNet Program

• Office of the NJ State Climatologist
• Center for Environmental Prediction
• NJAES / Cook College

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FLOYD

• This Floyd rainfall map
• used 200 observations
• but took weeks to create.
• When hazardous,
• weather-related events
• threaten your area, you
• need access to what is
• happening NOW

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Stations

• The NJ WxNet will consist of dozens of hourly
  stations

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ASOS year 2000
National Weather Service Automated Surface
Observing System (ASOS)
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NJ WxNet March 2002
NJ Weather and Climate Network (NJ WxNet)
Office of the NJ St. Climatologist
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NJ WxNet March 2003
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Real Time Data

• NJ WxNet home page

Your Favorite Station
Weather Ticker
Weekly NJ ClimNews Updates
Maps and Tables
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SWOORD System
The NJ WxNet will consist of dozens of hourly
stations updated in real time
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SWOORD System
Maps utilize the Strategic Weather
Object-Oriented Remote Display system
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SWOORD System
NJ WxNet maps are a one-stop internet resource
for NJ environmental data
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Why do we need so many stations?

• 5 Climate Zones
• Over 8 million Citizens
• Many Applications

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U.S. Data Aug. 10, 2001

• Why you need
• better access
• Using only
• ASOS, you see
• a 5 degree
• difference.

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NJ WxNet Data Aug. 10, 2001
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• 20 degree difference not 5 degrees
• More stationsmore eyes and earsmore efficient
  decisions

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Current Data

• Real-time access
• Tables
• Graphs
• Maps
• Animations

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Public Safety

• Reliable access to what is happening NOW

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Agriculture

• Reliable access to current and archived data

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Education

• Reliable access for outreach applications

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Thanks

• Dr. David Robinson
• NJ State Climatologist
• Center for Environmental Prediction
• Cook College,
• Rutgers University
• [phone]
• drobins_at_rci.rutgers.edu