Along with the information I offer freely at this site, I also provide consulting services. Such includes detailed prognoses of weather elements & their timing for specific applications. For this, I can be contacted any time. Practically, periods occur when I won't be available, but these times can be arranged with the client's agreement. Please e-mail Joseph if this interests you.
My weather interest began during grade school (along with many others), and I subsequently studied atmospheric science in college, obtaining a Bachelor of Science Degree from University of Michigan (3.59 GPA) and a Master of Science Degree from State University of New York at Albany (3.4 GPA - hundredths digit insignificant because of grading system). I can provide academic transcripts for those.
At University of Michigan, I finished among the top 10 of 300+ student, staff, and faculty forecasters in the National Collegiate Forecasting Contest 3 consecutive years (1982-5), being first in the Freshman-Sophomore Division (tenth overall) during 1982-3. I won 5 of 9 cities in an internet discussion group weather forecasting contest during 1995. These are among the most relevant things I can mention, because they illustrate my desire of making a good effort and ability of making accurate forecasts for 25 years. Most forecasters will make some claim of accuracy, and many remind you of good forecasts and ignore the bad ones; but beware of anyone who cannot back such claims with verifications of many forecasts.
Among other relevant activities were specialized forecasts for activities such as balloon competitions, and yacht and solar car races for several of University of Michigan's teams. I researched solar energy periodically since 1984, and wrote many FORTRAN programs for data analysis and solar energy calculations. Math is a special skill of mine, particularly calculations; which with my programming skills and formal meteorological study is very helpful for research.
Though I can do a good job forecasting any aspect of weather for any location, I do best for the Poconos & surrounding region and southeast Michigan. The former because I am now becoming familiar with local effects the surrounding terrain can cause, and the latter because I lived there most of my life. Most common applications for these forecasts would be snow removal, lawn care and landscaping, and evaluation and forecast of the solar energy resource, including estimates of amounts collected on a surface of any orientation during any conditions for any time period.
I can also effectively research many meteorological topics of interest, with high accuracy and attention to detail.
I can provide you with an excellent reference from A-1 Lawn Care of how my forecasts helped
their snow removal and lawn care operations in the Ann Arbor, MI vicinity for the past 11 years.