weather post jan 6 2015

Toledo Express Airport is the official reporting station for temps, precip, records, etc. for Toledo, Ohio.

Toledo Executive Airport and Toledo Suburban Airport report data to the National Weather Service.

Amateurs, law enforcement,  ODOT, etc. can report data, such as snowfall amounts and thunderstorm wind gusts, to the National Weather Service.  This data is at least compiled as "local storm reports.":http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/validProds.php?prod=LSR&node=KCLE

The snowfall amount in Point Place, however, does not count towards Toledo's official snow total.

+Weather.gov Links+

* "Toledo Express Airport":http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=41.5924053&lon=-83.80837989999998&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=Toledo%20Express%20Airport%2C%20Swanton%2C%20OH%2043558%2C%20USA%23.Ub-a_OdwqSo - KTOL
* "Toledo Executive Airport":http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=41.556996&lon=-83.62715700000001&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=Perrysburg%2C%20OH%2C%20USA#.Ub-duedwqSo - KTDZ - (formerly Metcalf)
* "Toledo Suburban Airport":http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=41.6639383&lon=-83.55521199999998&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=Toledo%2C%20OH%2C%20USA#.Ub-dKOdwqSq - KDUH - Lambertville 


+Wunderground.com Links+

* "Toledo Express Airport":http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=tol
* "Toledo Executive Airport":http://www.wunderground.com/US/OH/Toledo/KTDZ.html


Some weather geeks have their home weather stations connected to the Internet, and they share their data with Wunderground, which gets displayed at:

http://wunderground.com/wundermap


And remember that three National Weather Service offices cover the Toledo area, which includes forecasts, advisories, warnings, etc.

* Lucas, Wood, and Ottawa counties - Cleveland
* Fulton and Henry counties - Northern Indiana
* Monroe and Lenawee - Detroit/Pontiac



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Yes. 

Obviously, Toledo's official weather reporting station is not located in Toledo. At one time, this data was recorded within the cities, but eventually, the data collection was moved to airports.

Toledo used to have its own National Weather Service office, but I think the purging or the consolidation of NWS offices back in the late 1980s or 1990s  was due to the contributions by Doppler radar, or maybe it was  budget cuts. I don't remember.

From a coverage standpoint, it's unfortunate that the Toledo area resides at the edges of three NWS offices.  It's only anecdotal, but at times, it "appears" that the Cle NWS office ignores what's happening in the Toledo area.

It's a bit confusing when a line of thunderstorms rolls through because for Toledo and the surrounding area, the warnings are issued by three different weather offices, and the warnings are almost always issued based upon Doppler radar.  

In the past, JustaSooner has mentioned the inadequate radar coverage for the Toledo area.