Field note
Weather context is evidence—not a conclusion
A disciplined review separates recorded conditions, tree and site evidence, and the ultimate professional opinion.
Windward Tree
Field notes
Concise educational material about weather records, event reconstruction, and the role of professional judgment in tree-failure review.
Field note
Building a reliable weather-event timeline
Time zones, observation intervals, station metadata, and missing records all matter when reconstructing an event.
Field note
From storm footprint to site-specific review
Regional damage helps describe an event, but the analysis returns to the individual tree and the complete record.