Weather Bookmarks/Favorite Site

  -- Links necessary for nowcasting, forecasting, climate study, etc


Jeff's Frozen Forecasting Links  

Upper Air Charts
http://weather.uwyo.edu/upperair/uamap.html

200mb - Surface chart

NOAA NWS Home page
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/

Watches & Warning / maps, pin point area forecast EVERYTHING

NWS - Current MOS Products -- Most models
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/synop/products.shtml

Text model forecasts

NWS - Graphical Model forecasts -- Most models
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/analysis/

GFS model forecast

Global Weather Chart -- Most comprehensive
http://www.weathercharts.org/index.htm

THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND
http://www.wunderground.com/


RADAR  

WSI: INTELLICAST NATIONAL RADAR
http://www.intellicast.com

Continental United States Radar loop

COLLEGE OF DUPAGE RADAR
http://weather.cod.edu/analysis/radar.main.html

Pick and choose your Doppler site

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: RADAR EDUCATION
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/rs/rad/home.rxml

Unless you know what your looking at, you should probably go here first!

Weathertap.com
http://www.weathertap.com/

The most intelligent radar forecasting tool around...doesn't work for Alaska!


Satellite

Quick look at what's going on from above! Great Glance
http://www.pilotfriend.com/av_weather/
sat_images/int_sat_images.htm

Great quick look world wide

Space, Science and Engineering Center
http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/geo.html

Different satellilte images and education

US SAT/RAD/SURFACE MAP COMPOSITE
http://weather.unisys.com/satellite/sat_sfc_map.gif

Awesome!

UNISYS: SAT/RAD LOOP
http://weather.unisys.com/satellite/sat_ir_rad_loop-12.html

GOES SOUNDER PRODUCTS
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/realtime/

GOES sounding technology works in conjuction with Model analysis and for clearer sky's only.

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: SATELLITE EDUCATION
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/rs/sat/home.rxml

If you want to know what your looking at, learn here first!

MODIS Rapid Response System
http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Extremely high resolution Satellite images

GOES 8/10 PRODUCTS
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/satellite/

Skew-T P Log Diagram's

UNISYS: SKEW-T
http://weather.unisys.com/upper_air/skew/index.html

UCAR: SKEW-T
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/upper/

COLLEGE OF DUPAGE SKEW-T
http://weather.cod.edu/analysis/analysis.sound.html

FORECAST SOUNDINGS
http://www.stormchaser.niu.edu/machine/fcstsound.html

Current Skew-T's
http://www.stormchaser.niu.edu/machine/

 
MOS Products

ALL MOS FROM NWS
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/synop/products.shtml

MOS product -- Easy to read
http://wxweb.meteostar.com/mos/

Meteograms
http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/nammeteograms/

Choose your location

 

COMPUTER MODELS / ANALYSIS

Trainer Materials for the Symposium on Numerical Weather Prediction
http://www.comet.ucar.edu/nwplessons/index.htm

A solid understanding of computer models in paramount in providing the best forecast

UNISYS: MODELS
http://weather.unisys.com/

NCAR: MODELS
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/model/

UM WEATHER
http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/model/model.html

SPC HOURLY ANALYSIS
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/sfctest/

Don't leave without looking at the overall picture!

TEXAS A&M WEATHER INTERFACE
http://www.met.tamu.edu/Weather_Interface/

METAR PLOTS
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/surface/java_metars/

UNISYS: SURFACE CHART
http://weather.unisys.com/surface/sfc_map.html

NWS MOS GUIDANCE AND INTERPRETATION
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/synop/products.shtml

FORECAST DISCUSSION TERMS
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dtx/afdterms.php

Great site

Performance Characteristics and Biases of the Operational
Forecast Models

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lmk/soo/docu/models.php

Isentropic Analysis

ISENTROPIC ANALYSIS
http://weather.cod.edu/analysis/analysis.isentropic.html

 
All Weather 'one shop shop'

COLLEGE OF DUPAGE
http://weather.cod.edu/analysis/

THE WEATHER CENTER
http://www.theweathercenter.com/php/

UNISYS WEATHER
http://weather.unisys.com/

OHIO STATE WEATHER
http://asp1.sbs.ohio-state.edu/

THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND
http://www.wunderground.com/

UM WEATHER
http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/model/model.html

NWS IWIN
http://www.weather.gov/view/national.php?thumbs=on

EVERYTHING...Lots of digging
http://www.weathercharts.org/

NWS Difax Charts

NOAA DIFAX
http://weather.noaa.gov/fax/nwsfax.html

 
Major Meteorological Centers

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/

THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LAB
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/

NWS NATIONAL HOMEPAGES
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/organization.php#maps

National Center for Environmental Prediction
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/analysis

NWS INTERACTIVE WEATHER
http://www.weather.gov/view
/national.php?thumbs=on

Air Force Public Weather site  (Great site) Sat pics
https://afweather.afwa.af.mil/

 

Hurricanes, Cyclones, and Willie Willie's

TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

Atlantic Tropical Weather Center
http://www.atwc.org/

Crown Tropical Weather
http://crownweather.com/tropical.html

Skeetobiteweather.com
http://www.skeetobiteweather.com
/index.asp

Storm2K.org
http://www.storm2k.org/wx/

PSE E-Wall
http://www.meteo.psu.edu/~gadomski/ewalltropmain.html

Tornadoes and other Severe Storms

The Tornado Project
http://www.tornadoproject.com/

TORNADO WARNING GUIDANCE
http://www.wdtb.noaa.gov/modules/twg02/index.html

Weather Guru's

CHUCK DOSWELL
http://www.cimms.ou.edu/~doswell/

Jeff Haby
http://www.theweatherprediction.com/

Wikepedia.com
Polar low definition

Article written about polar lows
http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/feature/wf261103.htm

NorLatMet by METed (COMET)
http://www.meted.ucar.edu/norlat_modules.php

The Weather Doctor!
http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/doctor.htm

Related Topics

NWS - National Data Buoy Center
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/

SPACE WEATHER
http://www.spaceweather.com/

FORECAST DISCUSSION TERMS
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dtx/afdterms.php

The Hurricane Hunters
http://www.hurricanehunters.com

Meteorological Organizations

American Meteorological Society
http://www.ametsoc.org/index.html

AMS Seal Requirements
http://www.ametsoc.org/amscert/

NWA
http://www.nwas.org/

NWA Seal Requirements
http://www.nwas.org/seal.html

The Weather notebook
http://www.weathernotebook.org/

Weatherwise magazine
http://www.weatherwise.org

Weather Forums

The weather matix
http://www.weathermatrix.net/

TalkWeather.com
http://www.talkweather.com/forums/index.php

Weather Zone -- Australian
http://www.weatherzone.com.au/

UK Weather World
http://www.ukweatherworld.co.uk/

Weather geek forum Questions // Answered
http://www.netweather.tv/forum/index.php?

 
Climate

NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html

CLIMATE DATA
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/
climatedata.html#DAILY

Climate Research Unit -- UK
http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/

Climate Normals
http://ggweather.com/normals/index.htm

Weather Underground.com
http://www.weatherunderground.com/

 
Forecasting Resources

Online Conversion.com
http://www.onlineconversion.com/

Determining Precipitation Types
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lmk/soo/docu/precip_type.php

Online Calculator
http://www.csgnetwork.com/pressurealtcalc.html

Weather Dictionary
http://www.weatherdictionary.com

theweatherprediction.com
http://www.theweatherprediction.com

Wikipedia.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/

Optical site for weather
http://www.atoptics.co.uk/

Electrical
http://www.uen.org/weather/html/triv.html

Hyper physics
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hph.html

weatherscapes
http://www.weatherscapes.com/gallery.php?cat=optics

Weather Learning Site
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/weather/forecasting.html

Great site for learning weather!
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/home.rxml

Meteorological Degree Program

Operation Meterological Program -- MSU
http://www.msstate.edu/dept/geosciences/distance.html

 
Great Online Weather training

METed by COMET
http://www.meted.ucar.edu/index.htm

"Jetsteam" online school for weather
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/

Meteorologist Jeff Haby's site
http://www.theweatherprediction.com/

Navy Aerographer Mate's EOCT
http://www.tpub.com/content/aerographer
/index.htm

Aviation Weather Resources

Alaskan Aviation Weather Unit
http://aawu.arh.noaa.gov/

Aviation Weather Center
http://adds.aviationweather.noaa.gov/

Comprehensive Airport Data
http://www.airnav.com/

Base ops.com
http://www.baseops.com/

Pilot Friend.com
http://www.pilotfriend.com/

11 OWS (USAF)
https://www-11ows.elmendorf.af.mil/

Only from a military computer can you gain access

Sun, Moon, Tides, & Everything else!

Sunrise & Sunset
http://www.sunrisesunset.com/

Geophysical Institute -- Aurora Forecast
http://www.gedds.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/

Learning the Tides
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/tide.htm

 
Volcanoes, Tsunamis, Earthquake & other Natural Hazards

USGS - Earthquake Central
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

Tsunami Information for North America
http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/

Alaskan Volcano Obervatory
http://www.avo.alaska.edu/

Volcano Cams from around the world
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Photo/volcano_cams.html


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