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Affiliated Regional Weather Network's History
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History of the Affiliated Regional Weather Networks
The first Regional network , Southwestern aka "SWN", was founded by Chris Arndt San Luis Obispo, CA with Matt Pace Gold Canyon, AZ and Ken Capitola, CA in March, 2006, and by the end of that month, there were 7 stations in the network, including Las Vegas, NV, Tahoe Vista, CA, El Dorado Hills, CA, and Saratoga, CA.
The SWN started as a private forum where weather enthusiast members could meet and discuss topics of mutual interest. One of the topics of discussion what how to increase visibility of the member's personal weather websites in search engine rankings. The idea was to create a mesomap display with links to member websites which would be a useful addition to our respective websites. Due to the member sites posting links to the other member sites, the search engine rankings would be improved. In late March, 2006, Matt started generating the first mesomap graphic and hand-made CSS/HTML to display rotating conditions on the graphic. Ken True (Saratoga, CA) created PHP scripts to automate the generation of the manual CSS/HTML. As more members joined the SWN, the original mesomap became sluggish as it would need to fetch conditions from each member site before displaying the mesomap. To fix the issue, a two-part function with a data collector running via cron on the network hub site, and a mesomap that would use/cache the collected data to dynamically generate the mesomap with rotating conditions for member sites was developed.
This system became the primary method to collect data/display mesomap on the Affiliated Regional Weather Network websites.
In May, 2008 Jack Ahern, Stillweather.com, asked if the mesomap could be offered for the NorthEast and have a regional network set up there. The SWN members agreed, and so the Affiliated Regional Weather Network concept was born, and implementations began. From the 45 stations in the Southwestern Weather Network in May, 2008, the number has grown to and we now have:
2218 stations in affiliated networks worldwide as of Saturday, 13th August 2016 19.30.15 UTC
Africa
Namibia Weather Network 20 Stations in Namibia
Canada
Canadian Atlantic Weather Network
11 Stations in E-QC,NB,NS,PE,NL
Manitoba Weather Network
1 Stations in MB
Ontario Weather Network
12 Stations in ON,W-QC
Quebec Weather Network
12 Stations in E-ON,QC,NB,NS
Saskatchewan Weather Network
3 Stations in SK
Western Canada Weather Network
6 Stations in BC,AL
Africa
Namibia Weather Network 20 Stations in Namibia
Canada
Canadian Atlantic Weather Network
12 Stations in E-QC,NB,NS,PE,NL
Manitoba Weather Network
1 Stations in MB
Ontario Weather Network
12 Stations in ON,W-QC
Quebec Weather Network
10 Stations in E-ON,QC,NB,NS
Saskatchewan Weather Network
3 Stations in SK
Western Canada Weather Network
6 Stations in BC,AL
Europe
Austria Weather Network
21 Stations in Austria
Benelux Weather Network
90 Stations in Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg
Bosnia and Herzegovina Weather Network
9 Stations in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgarian Weather Network
77 Stations in Bulgaria
Czech Republic Weather Network
8 Stations in Czech Republic
European Weather Network
676 Stations in Europe
French Weather Network
98 Stations in France
Germany Weather Network
44 Stations in Germany
Hellas Meteo Network
52 Stations in Greece
Hungarian Weather Network
17 Stations in Hungary
Iberian Peninsula Weather Network
82 Stations in Spain, Portugal, Andorra
Italian Weather Network
198 Stations in Italy
Poland Weather Network
19 Stations in Poland
Romanian Weather Network
21 Stations in Romania
Serbian Weather Network
16 Stations in Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia
Slovakia Weather Network
14 Stations in Slovakia
Slovenia Weather Network
10 Stations in Slovenia
Scottish Weather Network
55 Stations in Scotland
United Kingdom Weather Network
86 Stations in England, Wales, Scotland, N.I
Pacific
Australia Weather Network
32 Stations in ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA
New Zealand Local Weather Network
104 Stations in North Island, South Island
South America
Argentina Weather Network
24 Stations in Argentina
USA
Alaskan Weather Network
5 Stations in AK
Mid-Atlantic Weather Network
45 Stations in PA, NJ, WV, VA, DE, MD, DC
Mid-South Weather Network
26 Stations in TX, OK, AR, LA
Midwestern Weather Network
79 Stations in MN, WI, MI, IA, IL, IN, OH, MO, KY
Northeastern Weather Network
59 Stations in PA, NJ, NY,CT, RI, MA, VT, NH, ME
Northwest Weather Network
31 Stations in WA, OR, ID, MT
Plains Weather Network
20 Stations in OK, KS, ND, NE, SD
Rocky Mountain Weather Network
41 Stations in WY, CO, NM
Southeastern Weather Network
46 Stations in TN, NC, SC, MS, AL, GA, FL
Southwestern Weather Network
49 Stations in AZ, CA, HI, NV, UT
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