Welcome,
OSU Weather Symposium Attendees!
WeatherUSA is excited to share several platform & service updates, new products, and an exciting research partnership we're announcing today, along with a new name and brand — Katabatic Weather.
Platform Updates & Projects
The next generation of our advanced severe weather monitoring platform, with extensive alerting across 80+ weather event types, variables, and 5 countries. Set simple alerts by precise location, all the way to advanced alerts for model grids — anything from real-time datasets.
- 80+ weather event types and filters
- Environmental events: Air quality, lightning, power outages
- Coverage across 5 countries
- Point, polygon & grid-based alerting
- Multi-channel delivery: Text message/SMS, email, voice, app push, Slack, Teams, webhook
- Full customization, private branding, mass notifications
A comprehensive modernization of weatherUSA.net, re-launching April 15, 2026. Improved performance and mobile-first design, enhanced forecasts and a focused on interactive maps, our 50,000+ weather camera database and archive, and a new Tropical Center. Save multiple locations to your profile and easily sign up and change weather alert rules.
- Enhanced forecasts and reports
- Live weather (and rapid updates) from 80,000 global stations
- 50,000+ weather cameras and time-lapse archive
- Mobile-first responsive design
- Improved interactive radar & map tools
AI-powered weather camera hardware and a growing network of cameras. Over 15 applications and automated condition detection: precipitation onset, storm observation, virtual reflectivity, water levels, visibility, site security, and more. Cameras can be deployed in remote locations without power or connectivity, using solar power and cell/Starlink backhaul.
- On-device AI analysis
- Real-time condition classification
- Description-based alerts from visual analysis (e.g. "rain shaft", "low-level rotation", "lightning")
- Growing network coverage
We're proud to announce a research collaboration with the OSU Department of Geography to co-locate a SkyEye camera with the SKYLER phased-array mobile radar system for high-resolution visual severe weather observation and field research.
- Sync camera video with radar data
- AI-based detection of near surface phenomena
- PTZ (Pan tilt zoom) and near 360° view
- Streaming capabilities for storm chasing
Ohio's high-resolution, real-time surface observation network has officially launched at ohmesonet.org, delivering research-grade weather data for climate, agriculture, emergency management, and transportation. In the works for 7+ years, the network currently has 9 official stations in 9 counties, with future plans to cover all 88. Katabatic Weather is a Supporting Sponsor of the network.
- Measurements every 5 minutes
- Soil moisture and temperature at every site
- Used in Ohio academic programs
- Data access and APIs
- Additional sensors and cameras coming soon
Interactive 3D global atmospheric visualization powered by live model data. Explore wind fields, temperature gradients, and ocean currents across the full depth of the atmosphere — live at fluid-earth.live.
- Updated GFS model data
- Multi-level atmospheric display
- Popular with educational programs
- Enterprise tools coming soon
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