TwisterData.com is a component of the TornadoVideos.Net content network, and is developed and maintained by storm chasers and meteorologists David Demko and Donald Giuliano. David and Don both work for TornadoVideos.Net. We share a deep passion for weather and meteorology, and began chasing storms together at the University of Oklahoma in 2000.

As avid storm chasers and weather watchers, we make extensive use of internet weather data websites. Unfortunately, most websites use outdated technology to produce small graphics, resulting in images that are often difficult to read and interpret, and at worst virtually useless. In addition, these resources are often poorly-organized, so that locating even basic products can be a time-consuming task. As a consequence, we placed a great deal of emphasis on intuitiveness and usability when designing the TwisterData.com website. Our goal was to create a website that gets out of the way of the user, allowing them to focus on the data. We hope we have succeeded and plan on continually improving and enhancing the website's user experience. To learn more about the website's features, please read through our brief tutorial.

We have no plans to charge for basic weather model output data and graphics. Instead, we expect advertisements and sponsored video content to cover the cost of leasing the dedicated server used to generate this website. Some future content may require a subscription, such as personalized plots, archived data retrieval, or other value-added products. However, these are simply examples as we have no plans to implement these features at this time.

The TwisterData.com website is currently programmed to display NCEP's NAM and GFS models. However, we have created an easily extensible framework and plan on adding the RUC in the near future, as well as the ability to loop and compare images. Beyond that, other possibilities include running a custom WRF model and expanding to include real-time observational data.