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Announcing our new advanced mobile ThorntonWeather.com site

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ThorntonWeather.com now brings local, Thornton weather to your advanced mobile phone.
ThorntonWeather.com now brings local, Thornton weather to your advanced mobile phone.

With the advent of new advanced mobile phones like the Droid and iPhone, users of these devices are able to view more complete content than ever before.  No longer are they limited to totally stripped down versions of web pages.  Recognizing the proliferation of these new devices, ThorntonWeather.com has completely revamped our mobile website to provide users of advanced mobile devices a more interactive, graphical experience.

On ThorntonWeather.com Mobile (http://m.thorntonweather.com) you will find a familiar looking ‘dashboard’ much like on our full site.  It provides real-time Thornton weather conditions as well as an almanac with sunrise and sunset times, moon rise and moon set times, as well as the moon phases.

The forecast page has your complete local, Thornton forecast – not a forecast for DIA or downtown.  Radar is of course available including a local, regional and national view.  You can also view our weather webcams on the webcams page and graphs of today’s weather as well as days past.

Looking for some reading material?  Our news and blog section now has a mobile version as well which you can access from the mobile pages.  All of our recent news stories are available for viewing by mobile users.

You can access the mobile site by clicking the “Mobile” button on the top right of our main site or direct your phone’s mobile browser to http://m.thorntonweather.com.  Be sure to bookmark it so you can come back to it easily.

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please feel free to contact us.

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Shop Weather Geek Stuff this holiday season and support ThorntonWeather.com

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Weather Geek Stuff is a great store with a wide array of weather related clothing and novelties. The site's merchandise was even shown on The Weather Channel.
Weather Geek Stuff is a great store with a wide array of weather related clothing and novelties. The site's merchandise was even shown on The Weather Channel.

One year ago we launched Weather Geek Stuff, an online store with a wide variety of clothing and novelties all catering to weather enthusiasts and storm chasers.  Powered by Cafe Press, there are a variety of custom logos available to adorn the merchandise. 

We have our infamous Weather Geek and Weather Diva line to our amusing weather warning signs that covers severe weather from tornadoes to hurricanes.  Kids clothing and even shirts for your dog area available.  Clocks, mugs, aprons, bags, water bottles and more can bear the weather related logos. 

By buying items from Weather Geek Stuff, you will be helping to support this ThorntonWeather.com.  All proceeds from sales of items go directly to the somewhat considerable costs for maintaining ThorntonWeather.com and updating it with the new features you have come to appreciate. 

With the holidays coming up, Weather Geek Stuff will make great gifts for the Weather Geek or Weather Diva on your shopping list! 

Weather Geek Stuff is a great place to buy weather related clothing and merchandise.

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Join ThorntonWeather.com on Facebook!

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ThorntonWeather.com is now on Facebook! Join us there!
ThorntonWeather.com is now on Facebook! Join us there!

ThorntonWeather.com is pleased to announce the opening of its Facebook fan page.  Now you can stay connected with us and Thornton’s weather on the largest social media site on the Internet!

On our Facebook fan page you will find all the latest weather news and information from your favorite local source for Thornton weather.  And our Facebook page isn’t just another pretty face – it is extremely useful to you. 

Real time weather conditions are updated to the page every three hours.  Forecasts are issued and updated to the site regularly and perhaps most importantly, weather alerts and warnings are posted as they happen in real-time! 

By becoming a fan, you will receive this information right in your regular Facebook news feed.  All of it is there at a glance and ensures that you know what is going on with Thornton’s ever changing weather! 

Click here to visit our fan page on Facebook.  Be sure to click the ‘Become a fan’ button!

And, just a reminder, if you tweet, be sure to follow us on Twitter too.

Site News, Thornton Weather

So what is the story with Examiner.com?

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Why does ThorntonWeather.com share stories and links with Examiner.com?
Why does ThorntonWeather.com share stories and links with Examiner.com?

We are oftentimes asked why we have links to Examiner.com on ThorntonWeather.com and why we plug stories from them.  The reasons stem from our interest on the topics at hand but also because by your visiting Examiner.com, you support ThorntonWeather.com.  

Some background on Examiner.com might be useful.  Examiner.com was launched in 2008 by Clarity Media Group, a company owned by Phillip Anschutz.  The site is essentially a living example of ‘citizen journalism’ featuring local news stories on hundreds of topics written by people titled ‘Examiners’ who are knowledgeable in their given topic area.  There are now hundreds of local editions of Examiner.com including of course Denver. 

We were recruited to write for Examiner.com when it first launched, initially as the Denver Weather Examiner and more recently we are also writing as the Natural Disasters Examiner and Climate Change Examiner.  

Why do we write for Examiner.com?  

First and foremost it is because we are passionate about weather and climate and enjoy sharing news stories about those topics.  Weather is one of the things that affect the lives of every single person on earth and that is fascinating to us.  

By writing for Examiner.com, we have a pretty big stage on which to have our topic features – the site is one of the fastest growing on the Internet and now ranks 82nd in overall traffic on the Internet with more than 12 million people a month visiting it.  That ranks higher than popular sites like drudgereport.com, cbs.com and newsweek.com! 

Examiner.com - Get inside Denver weatherSecondly, quite frankly we do get paid for writing for Examiner.com and that money directly supports and helps to pay for ThorntonWeather.com.  The weather station hardware, software, lightning detectors, and more that we use here on ThorntonWeather.com is very expensive.  Factor in computer costs, website services and more and it isn’t cheap.  We don’t charge for ThorntonWeather.com and never will but Examiner.com helps to offset the very real costs we do incur in operating the site.  

By reading an Examiner.com story we post in our news section or checking out the links on the left to our Examiner.com topic areas, you are supporting ThorntonWeather.com directly.  So, if you like ThorntonWeather.com, we ask you to check out our stories on Examiner.com – not only is Examiner.com a great, local news source, it also is a great way to help us!  You can also support us by checking out the few advertisers you see on the site.  

If you ever have any questions about our site, Examiner.com or any weather-related topic, please contact us.  Thank you as always for supporting ThorntonWeather.com. 

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ThorntonWeather.com featured on the City of Thornton’s cable channel

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ThorntonWeather.com logoThorntonWeather.com has been featured on the City of Thornton’s cable access channel show Thornton 360.  The interview which was conducted in June 2009 features the site’s chief amateur meteorologist Tony Hake discussing the features of ThorntonWeather.com, his interest in the weather and more.

Be sure to check out the video below and let us know what you think.  You can also watch it on channel 8 throughout the month of September if you have Comcast cable TV.

ThorntonWeather.com would like to thank the City of Thornton’s Communications Department for their work.  Oftentimes we forget how many people it takes to make a city of over 100,000 residents run as well as Thornton does and the city’s employees continually perform above and beyond! 

On to the show:

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Lots of new features including ski reports, live traffic conditions and more

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Ski condition reports are just one of the many new features recently added to ThorntonWeather.com.
Ski condition reports are just one of the many new features recently added to ThorntonWeather.com.

ThorntonWeather.com is just like the Colorado weather – we are constantly changing!  In recent weeks we have added a number of features that we are sure everyone will appreciate from ski condition reports to Denver traffic conditions to national radar and maps.  Some of the new additions include:

  • Added the Colorado Ski Conditions from Colorado Ski Country USA.  It is available under the Live Conditions menu on the left. 
  • Modified the Weather Maps page to start off showing the approaching systems (vice radar).  Also changed the selection menu at the bottom of the page to show regional information on top.
  • Added a National Maps page and menu item under the Radar & Maps menu. 
  • Added a Colorado Road Conditions page with current state highway conditions from CDOT.  Available from the Live Condtions menu on the left.
  • Added a live Denver traffic map from Traffic.com.  Available from the Live Condtions menu on the left.
  • Added a number of national weather maps from the Weather Channel.  These are available under the Radar & Maps menu on the left and include:

For a complete log of site changes, you can view our Website Change Log here.

Do you have a suggestion for something you would like to see us add?  Do you have any other comments, questions or criticisms?  Use the comment feature below and let us know what you think!

Climatology, Site News

How about earthquakes and wildland fires?

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ThorntonWeather.com now features earthquake activity reports and wildland fire maps.
ThorntonWeather.com now features earthquake activity reports and wildland fire maps.

Thanks to the wonderful community that surrounds weather station operators, we are pleased to announce two new features added to our site.

Our new Earthquake Activity page displays earthquake data directly from the United States Geological Survey (USGS).  A report at the top highlights activity within 500 miles of Denver and a map displays activity nationwide. 

Also new is our Wildland Fire Activity page that shows an integrated Google Map of all recent major wildland fires in the continental United States.  You can click on any incident to get more details.  Below the map is the latest wildland fire news from FireHouse.com.  In light of the recent fires in California, this is a timely addition.  Special thanks to one of our regular visitors, David Canfield, for this suggestion. 

Both items are now available under the Almanac menu item on the left. 

Do you have an idea of something you would like to see added or improved on ThorntonWeather.com?  Don’t be shy!  Let us know!  Click here to contact us.

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Announcing Weather Geek Stuff – www.weathergeekstuff.com

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Weather Geek Stuff is a new site with a wide array of weather related clothing and novelties.
Weather Geek Stuff is a new site with a wide array of weather related clothing and novelties.

As avowed “weather geeks”, we are never afraid to let folks know of our hobby – some might actually call it an obsession.  🙂   In order to let us proclaim our interest in the weather ThorntonWeather.com has launched Weather Geek Stuff – www.weathergeekstuff.com. 

Powered by Café Press, we have created a bunch of “Weather Geek” logo merchandise.  There is even “Weather Diva” logo merchandise stuff for ladies and kids can get stuff in their size as well.  We have also created some ‘warning sign’ logos that are pretty amusing that can be put on all sorts of different items.  There is even ThorntonWeather.com merchandise! Everything from t-shirts to polo shirts and from coffee mugs to clocks are available, all with a cool logos and graphics. 

By buying items from Weather Geek Stuff, you will be helping to support this website.  All proceeds from sales of items go directly to the somewhat considerable costs for maintaining ThorntonWeather.com and updating with the new features you have come to appreciate. 

With the holidays coming up, Weather Geek Stuff will make great gifts for the Weather Geek or Weather Diva on your shopping list! 

Site News, Thornton Weather

New ThorntonWeather.com webcams provide a live window to the outside

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ThorntonWeather.com's new weather webcams provide a great way to view current conditions.
ThorntonWeather.com's new weather webcams provide a great way to view current conditions.

We are pleased to announce the latest addition to our growing stable of features:  Weather webcams!  ThorntonWeather.com now features two live cameras that provide a great look into the current weather conditions in Thornton.  The west camera provides a good view of the western sky to see what is approaching and happening right now.  The east camera looks toward the plains and will show good “on the ground” conditions, particularly come winter when it starts snowing. 

The pictures from each camera are updated and uploaded to the website every five minutes.  We also feature a time-lapse movie of each camera showing the previous 24 hours worth of images that is kind of fun to watch. 🙂

This is an exciting new feature and we are sure it will quickly become one of our most popular!  You can click here to view the webcam images right now!  They are also accessible from our menus by going to Live Conditons and then selecting Weather Webcams. 

What do you think of our webcams?  Are there other features, changes, or enhancements you would like to see ThorntonWeather.com incororate?  Click the “Comment” link below and let us know!