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New METAR page provides current conditions at locations along the Front Range

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ThorntonWeather.com's new METAR page gives current conditions from across the Front Range.
ThorntonWeather.com's new METAR page gives current conditions from across the Front Range.

METAR stations are weather stations typically located at airports that report weather conditions in a standardized format.  A new page on ThorntonWeather.com allows you to check current conditions from these stations at locations like DIA, Buckley Air National Guard Base, Boulder Municipal Airport and more.

Conditions that are reported in a raw format by METAR stations include  temperature, dew point, wind speed and direction, precipitation, cloud cover and heights, visibility, and barometric pressure.  These can also transmit more detailed information such as lightning, tornadoes and more.

The conditions are typically updated only once or twice an hour so they are not entirely “real time” but are useful for a quick glance.

Our new METAR page takes lists 18 area stations from Colorado Springs to Cheyenne in order by their distance from Thornton.  It takes the coded information and displays the latest reported conditions in an easy to use format.

You can check out our new METAR page here.  It is also available under the Live Conditions menu on the left.

Check our website change log for another changes and enhancements.

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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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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.

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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.