MyWeather : the social media of weather

Weather is a conversation staple for humanity. It is always changing, giving people a fresh perspective to discuss, and it has remained as a hazard with severe weather outbreaks and unexplained processes. Founded on this idea, the subject of this creative Honors thesis is to establish a connection between social media and meteorology events, specifically creating a data source that could be spatially representative of current weather conditions. Atmospheric processes can vary greatly between locations and can be difficult to monitor from satellite and radar only. With 65 million social media users in the United States alone, this could be a valuable resource for tracking the weather and monitoring real time changes.