How did Weather Underground get the tropical monopoly?

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How did Weather Underground get the tropical monopoly?

#1 Postby BReb » Wed Sep 15, 2004 6:07 pm

As long as I can recall, everyone has been going to wunderground.com for tropical updates- how did they get the monopoly on the tropical updates? I don't know of any updates on weather.com or other weather-related sites which are even close to being as popular.
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#2 Postby btangy » Wed Sep 15, 2004 6:08 pm

They usually update very very quickly, so that's why everyone goes there.
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#3 Postby TLHR » Wed Sep 15, 2004 6:10 pm

The Weather Underground has better maps than The Weather Channel's website.

I use the NHC website a lot too.

But, yeah. Weather Underground is awesome. Lots of info in one place.
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#4 Postby Houstonia » Wed Sep 15, 2004 6:24 pm

Another good site is http://kamala.cod.edu

But wunderground has better graphics and an easier interface.
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#5 Postby AL Chili Pepper » Wed Sep 15, 2004 6:39 pm

Also another good one:

http://www.crownweather.com/tropical.html
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#6 Postby chadtm80 » Wed Sep 15, 2004 6:46 pm

http://storm2k.nhcwx.com/hw3.php?config ... hwvmetric=
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