A method for ranking severe weather outbreaks of any type using a linear-weighted multivariate scheme has been introduced recently. The results of using this ranking method indicated that the scheme was capable of identifying the most significant severe weather outbreaks. However, the inclusion of days in which numerous reports were widely dispersed across a large region, or in which multiple c...

Online social networks such as Twitter and Facebook have become a fixture in the lives of millions of people worldwide. Not only are people communicating with those in their social network, but applications like Twitter allow people to publicly broadcast information relevant to them. For the most part initial weather observations are done automatically, however, some aspects of the weather are ...

In the highly competitive weather industry, demand for timely, accurate and personalized weather reports is always on the rise. In this paper we present a case study where Arria NLG and the UK national weather agency, the Met Office came together to test the hypothesis that NLG can meet the quality and quantity demands of a real-world use case.

Weather reports are created in various modes natural language text, specialized language text, tables and maps. The system presented allows the user to define his needs of weather information and requirements on the form of presentation. The system analyzes a dataset obtained through specific procedures of forecasting or observation, plans the product according to the user requirements and gene...