Terms of Use
By using www.stormcontext.com (“the site”), run by Storm Context Engine (“we”), you agree to these terms.
1. Not an official forecast
The site is an educational tool. It shows model guidance, ensemble statistics, simulated imagery and historical climatology to help you understand tropical cyclones. It is not official forecast or warning guidance. For decisions that protect life and property, use the National Hurricane Center, your local National Weather Service office and your local emergency management, and follow official evacuation orders.
2. Model output can be wrong
Forecast models, ensembles and AI weather models often disagree and are often wrong, and AI models are experimental. Simulated radar, rainfall and satellite pictures show what one model forecast, not what will happen. Data can be late, incomplete or unavailable.
3. No warranty
The site is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including accuracy, timeliness, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.
4. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent the law allows, we are not liable for any loss or damage arising from your use of, or reliance on, the site.
5. Acceptable use
Don’t disrupt or overload the site, scrape it in ways that degrade it for others, or use it to redistribute third-party data in breach of that data’s license.
6. Data sources and credits
- NOAA: National Hurricane Center, National Weather Service, NCEP models (GFS, GEFS, HAFS, HRRR, RRFS), Weather Prediction Center, National Blend of Models, nowCOAST, NESDIS, and AOML ocean heat content. U.S. government works.
- ECMWF open data (IFS and AIFS): © ECMWF, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Google DeepMind Weather Lab: © 2024-6 Google LLC, whose machine learning models were used to create this experimental data (Google DeepMind Weather Lab). Experimental modelling only — not validated or approved for real-world use. Used under the Weather Lab terms.
- NASA: GIBS satellite imagery (NASA EOSDIS); SST from NASA SPoRT via NOAA nowCOAST.
- Iowa Environmental Mesonet (Iowa State University): radar imagery.
- RainViewer: radar imagery.
- Map: tiles © CARTO; map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- Town names: GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Historical tracks: NOAA HURDAT2. Historical environmental context: ERA5 reanalysis, Copernicus Climate Change Service (contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information).
Showing these data does not imply that NOAA, ECMWF, Google, NASA or any other provider endorses the site.
7. Changes
We may update these terms; we’ll post the new version here with its effective date. Using the site after a change means you accept it.