Current GOES Wx Satellite Imagery--NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
NOAA
GOES-East Conus Image Viewer
NOAA
GOES-West Conus Image Viewer
Geostationary Image Browser--University of Wisconsin Space Sciences and Engineering Center (UW SSEC)
GOES-16/17
Loop of the Day - CIRA
Current
Wx Radar--NWS NEXRAD Network
NEXRAD
Imagery--College of Dupage
Upper Air Soundings (College of Dupage)--Click on Upper Air Soundings dropdown menu on left.
Distinguished Mullers in Aviation --My family claim to aviation credibility...
NWS Home Page/Current Watches, Warnings, Statements and Advisories
NWS Melbourne, Florida --Current local wx, graphical forecasts, climate data, local applied research.
FAWN Temperatures --Florida Automated Weather Network.
Current
North American Surface Analyses Page
NWS Unified Surface Analysis
--covers the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans; click to zoom in.
NWS Aviation Weather Center
(AWC)
ADDS (Aviation Digital Data
Service)
National Weather Service (NWS) Sites:
NWS Home Page/Current
Watches, Warnings, Statements and Advisories -- Links
to wx info and NWS offices around the country.
Clickable
Map
of NWS Offices in U.S. --Find your local Weather Service
office.
NWS
National Interactve Graphical Forecast Products
NWS Aviation Weather
Center
AWC Aviation
Digital Data Service
NWS National Hurricane
Center --Hurricane track forecasts, public advisories,
discussions, and climatological info.
NWS Storm Prediction
Center --Severe wx forecasts, assessment products,
discussions, data--everything you need for the chase!
Current
North
American Surface Analyses Page --NWS Hydrometeorological
Prediction Center
NWS Fax
Maps -- Current NWS wx maps.
Sfc & Upper Air
Maps from Storm Prediction Center click on "Upper Air Maps"
then scroll down for archive back to 1998!
Satellite links:
ERAU Wx
Satellite Imagery--GOES
and international imagery page of ERAU Wx faculty Dr. Fred Mosher.
NOAA Current GOES -- GOES
and international geostationary imagery.
NASA/MSFC Current
GOES -- GOES-East with looping and high resolution (1 km)
Vis.
SSEC
Geostationary Satellite Images --GOES and international
satellites from Univ. Wisc. Space Science Engineering Center.
Naval
Research Lab (NRL) Current Imagery -- GOES and
MeteoSat--includes wx map overlay capability.
NWS Western Region
Headquarters Current Imagery -- GOES-West with high
resolution Vis.
CIRA
RAMMS Advanced Met. Sat. Demo & Interp. System --
Colorado State University
NCAR Research
Applications Program (RAP) Current Imagery -- GOES-East with
aviation wx products and looping.
Satellite
Image/Wx Map Composites--San Francisco State Univ. Meteorology
South America GOES
Images--Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, Argentina
European
Meteosat Imagery Images from the EUMETSAT--European
Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorlogical
Satellites
GOES
Imager
Tutorial --Description and fantastic examples of GOES imager
products.
GOES Gallery
(Univ. Wisc) -- Phenomenal GOES images and loops of severe
wx, gravity waves etc.!!
NASA
Goddard GOES Imagery --More interesting GOES imagery.
Image
Enhancement Tutorial
GOES Operational
Info and Status --NOAA Office of Satellite Operations
J-Track3D
--NASA's interactive satellite visualization site.
Polar
Orbiting
Weather Satellite Imagery
MODIS Rapid
Repsonse System -- Provides high resolution polar-orbiting
geographical imagery for fire and other applications.
GOES
Satellite-Derived
Sounding Page
Forecast Model Output:
Penn State
Dept. of Meteorology--Experimental Tropical Cyclone Model Fcst
Page
Unisys Wx Page -- NWS and
European Center forecast model output.
Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere
Studies (Univ. Maryland) -- NWS global model
output--click on "Weather Forecasts" then on a region of the
world.
NCAR
Research Applications Program (RAP) Model Page -- defaults
to the RUC (Rapid Update Cycle) designed for short term aviation
forecasting.
NCAR--RAP
Eta Model Page -- The Eta forecast model output page of the
NCAR Research Applications Program.
NCAR--RAP
GFS Model Page -- The GFS forecast model output page of the
NCAR Research Applications Program.
NOAA Forecast Systems Lab
(FSL) RUC (Rapid Update Cycle) Model -- 0 to 12 hr short
term high resolution
aviation wx forecasts for N. America.
NOAA
Model
Output Statistics (MOS) Page --useful for creating point
forecast for individual locations.
Interactive
Model Soundings --NOAA Forecast Systems Lab Interactive
Skew-T of Model Soundings
San
Francisco
Bay Area Wind Flow -- Animation of modeled current wind flow
over my home town!
Weather Radar:
U.S. Radar
Reflectivity Summary--National Weather Service Click on any
U.S. location. Links to "RIDGE" radar.
U.S.
Radar Reflectivity Summary Lite--National Weather Service
Click on any U.S. location.
U.S. Doppler
Radar (NEXRAD) Locations--National Weather Service --Click
on any U.S. Doppler location.
Florida
Base Reflectivity--National Weather Service --Looping
capability, composite reflectivity, base and storm-relative
velocity.
NWS
U.S./Alaska/Hawaii/Guam/Puerto Rico/Virgin Islands Reflectivity
Mosaics--Image or loops
Doppler
Weather RADAR Tutorial--Basics of weather radar by the NWS
"Jetstream" Online School for Weather.
Wx Observations and Tools for Interpreting
Them
Surface
Observations (Univ. Wyoming)
Upper Air
Soundings (Univ. Wyoming)
Upper Air
Soundings (College of Dupage) --Click on Upper Air Soundings
dropdown menu on left.
TAF
(Terminal Aerodrome Forecast--National Weather Service)
--type in a station identifier.
Surface
Wx/Station ID Plots --regional plots of current sfc. obs.
that includes the three letter station identifiers.
Station
Identifier Lookup -- type in a station identifier to find
out station info.
Station
Identifier
Codes --sfc, upper air, Nexrad etc.
Key
to the METAR
TAF
Decoder
Sample
Station Plot and Explanation of Symbols
Present
Weather Symbols
Present
Weather Symbols with Coded METAR Designations
Surface
Analysis
Chart Explanation (Chapt. 5 of AC 00-45E) --note: you must
have a pdf file reader like Adobe Acrobat to view this page.
Surface
Fronts--Symbols and Codes
Weather
Depiction
Chart Explanation (Chapt. 6 of AC 00-45E --note: you must
have a pdf file reader like Adobe Acrobat to view this page.
Upper
Air Constant Pressure Maps Explanation (Chapt. 8 of AC 00-45E)
--note: you must have a pdf file reader like Adobe Acrobat to view
this page.
Upper
Air
Codes--Explanation --by Dr. Paul Ruscher, Dept. of
Meteorology, Florida State University
National Data Buoy
Center --Oceanic surface observations from NOAA.
International
Weather Reports --from the National Weather Service.
Aviation Wx:
Aviation
Weather (AC 00-6A) --FAA/NWS publication for pilots and
flight operations personnel. Free! (Note: it's faster to walk over
to the bookstore!)
Aviation
Weather Services (AC 00-45E) --Explains how to read the
numerous U.S. Govt. aviation wx charts. Free!
Aviation Weather
Center --access to numerous NWS aviation wx products.
Aviation Digital Data
Service--access to numerous NWS aviation wx products.
Dispatcher's
Weather Briefing" -- Dispatcher-oriented assemblage of
aviation wx links.
Airport
Delay Status
Tropical/Hurricane
National Hurricane
Center/Tropical Prediction Center
Univ.
Wisc.--Madison
Tropical Cyclone Page
Weather
Underground
Tropical Page --Click on "Computer Models" for forecast
tracks.
Sea
Surface
Temperature and Heat Content --Atlantic Oceanographic and
Meteorological Laboratory (AOML)
Sea
Surface Temperature (SST) --National Hurricane Center
Regional/Global
SST --Rutgers University
Quickscat
Storm Page --Polar orbiting satellite-derived winds in storm
areas.
Quickscat
Current
Data Page --Polar orbiting satellite-derived winds.
El Nino/La Nina
Center for
Ocean-Atmosphere Prediction Studies (COAPS--Florida State Univ.)
El
Nino
Theme
Page
--
NOAA's
Pacific
Marine Environmental Lab (PMEL)
Global/Climate
EPA's Stratospheric
Ozone Depletion Page
NOAA Climate
Prediction Center -- Hurricane outlooks, seasonal forecasts,
ozone depletion and more.
National
Climatic Data Center Global Warming Page
Ocean Wave Height Forecasts
U.S.
Navy
Wave
Height Forecasts
NOAA
Wavewatch--Pick a region of the world: up to 180 hour
forecasts and animations.