Top Cheddar Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 I haven't been in the weather game forever, but I have been in it long enough to go through a generation or two of weather techonolgy. Given that many model sites (PivotalWeather, TropicalTidbits, etc) allow you to view model soundings right from the page, is BUFKIT now obsolete? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billgwx Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Not quite obsolete as it provides a lot of info you can't get from other soundings, not quite keeping up with the times either. Could do so much more given developers with the right focus. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 BUFKIT still allows quick and easy scroll through on soundings. That is my go to when I forecast due to how quick and easy it is. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 It's great that there is the ability to very quickly views soundings (point-and-click) from various websites, however, bufkit still has strong advantages. For one, you can load up as many profiles as you want into bufget and with the click of a button you can instantly (well not instantly...does take a small amount of time to gather the data) view the most current data for numerous stations. One of my profiles has about 106 or so various stations...takes about 2-3 minutes to compile but it's all available on one display. Like what was stated above...very easy to quickly scroll through the soundings and you have the ability to see other information which isn't available on other sites. Also agreed...this certainly needs to be kept up with the times a bit more. I also wish there was an extensive "user manual" to go through everything bufkit has to offer and explain each feature...there are numerous products which I am unsure of the use, how to interpret them, or how to apply them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUmetstud Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 I think tidbits only offers GFS soundings. Pivotalwx is really a sounding go to as if offers mostly everything, including rdps, gdps, and ecmwf which has only been difficult to find. I like BUFKIT but given pivotalwx's info, it's becoming a bit less cutting edge than it used to be imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdgwx Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 I'd like to see SharpPy add some of the features that BUFKT has like momentum xfer, ptyping, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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