When I chatted with Philip he said wind data coming from MADIS was messed up. This is a recent occurrence that started a couple weeks ago. He will have to dig in and see what he can do. He said he might disable wind in the short-term. So yes wind analysis is not working at this time.
This issue is now more than 5 months old. Any chance of a solution?
I agree. There was some initial cooperation after I reached out to the key individuals. Both sides were talking to each other. Then things just got dropped. Lack of follow through. I'll dig through and find the old email chain and see if I can spark up the interest in getting this resolved. I'll have to craft some plea without being insulting. I really wished that this would have been something that was handled proactively.
Unfortunately, this is typical of CWOP these days. Its website is horribly out of date with numerous deadlinks and a very useful tool, a link to the email address of the pws owner, hasn’t worked in months (years?) either. Since the retirement of Russ Chadwick from NOAA a few years back, CWOP has fallen in quality, prestige, and reliability and no one at NOAA seems to care. Not sure where Phil Gladstone fits into this problem—he has been extremely helpful over the years. The entire CWOP concept was great in its time, but currently it is in disrepair, a real shame to say the least. What used to be a great tool is now in the same category as Weather Underground, and sadly, that is not a compliment. I get the impression that CWOP (a combination of wxqa, findU, NOAA, MADIS, etc.) currently operates without a captain or in charge person.
