I might be able to re-up my ancient attempt at a Waffle House Index #RStats package! Their new hidden API is great.
~5% of Waffle House locations are temporarily closed as of a query a couple minutes ago.
much better
The regular pulls seem to be working and it also pulls the latest cone and spaghetti models (caption has the stamp).
I figured out how to do an hourly pull of every location, so there def will be a new Waffle House Index up this week.
@hrbrmstr I am not a weather forecaster but why are the spaghettis so different from the hurricone?
@emjonaitis great q! The spaghetti lines aren’t forecasts of the storm. They’re automated model trackers that follow whatever low-pressure center each model finds. Once the storm weakens inland, many of them jump to a new low forming along the front near the coast and follow that one out to sea. I just had them handy and am enjoying doing cathartic R stuff again.
I did do a double check against what MWP — https://spaghettimodels.live/storm/al092026 — plots for these just to make sure I didn't mess something up.
