Dr. Harnack’s Favorite Web Sites
http://WWW.WX.RUTGERS.EDU/
Rutgers Weather Center
http://www.michaelsager.com/weather/modelnew/imageloop.html
Sager’s model display site
http://www.met.fsu.edu/weather
WEB-based WEATHER retrieval
http://www.valpo.edu/student/vusit/archive_dat.html
List of links to sites with archived maps, images, and raw data
http://www.wxportal.com
New comprehensive map display for models, etc. (some unique fields; customize
overlays)
http://weather.gov
NWS office WEB sites (clickable US map)
http://weather.noaa.gov/fax/nwsfax.shtml
NWS FAX maps (TIFF format)
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov
Hydromet. Prediction Center (discussions, QP graphics, medium range)
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/
Storm Prediction Center (Convection)
http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/
Climate Prediction Center
http://www.met.utah.edu/models.html
Univ. of Utah
http://WWW.WEATHER.UNISYS.COM/
UNISYS site
http://www.ems.psu.edu/wx/newx.html
NE U.S. Weather Page
http://twister.sbs.ohio-state.edu/models.html
OSU model and forecast page
http://www.weather.niu.edu/machine/modcontour.html
Gilbert's site (storm machine, etc.)
http://www.arl.noaa.gov/ready/cmet.html
ARL site (Forecast sounding, meteograms, interactive maps)
http://www.accuwx.com
Accuwx (DIFAX)
http://vortex.plymouth.edu
Plymouth State College
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/
TDL MOS/Lamp products
http://www.weathermatrix.net/forecasts/winter/
Winter weather discussion & graphics
http://www.stansweather.net/
Handy list of links grouped by product type
LOCAL & REGIONAL SFC OBS (TEXT/MAPS)
http://climate.rutgers.edu/njwxnet/
NJ surface obs: table & map views
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/surface/java_metars/
National or regional clickable sfc. plots (shows METAR text also)
http://climate.rutgers.edu/stateclim/njclimdata.html
NJ climate data
http://www.ems.psu.edu/wx/userobs.html
Regional/local submitted obs.
http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/nj/nj.html
Clickable NJ sta. obs. (current/past)
http://met-www.cit.cornell.edu:80/cgi-bin/stn_list?KWRI
Last 24 hr. obs. for selected sta.
http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/metar.shtml
Recent sfc. obs. for last 24 hrs.
http://www.uswx.com/us/stn/
Archived sfc. obs. back at least one month
http://met-www.cit.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/sfc_map/pnj/st/2520
Local region sfc. plot
http://twister.sbs.ohio-state.edu/
NCEP discussions
http://twister.sbs.ohio-state.edu/statewx.html
State discussions
http://wxnew.meteostar.com/disc/
state discussions (clickable map)
NCEP reanalysis (create contoured maps, incl.
means 1948-present)
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cdc/data.ncep.reanalysis.html/
NCEP/NCAR customized time averages avail. to
within 2 weeks of present
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/obswx/maps/
Archived upper level analyses, latest 500 mb ht. anom. & lastest 7-day
mean 500 mb hts.
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/ENSO/
ENSO related data & maps
http://ggweather.com/enso.htm
ENSO related maps
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/~gtb/tele/
Real-time circulation indices time series
http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/spi/spi.html
SPI (Drought) & other precip indices for any climatic division and
time scale
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov:80/USclimate/
Historic climate maps and stats. (U.S.)
http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/spiMAIN.pl?2802+spi1+spi1
Graphs and maps of historic precip. & temp. by climate division
http://met-www.cit.cornell.edu/nrcc_home.html
NE Climate Center
http://www.srcc.lsu.edu/ucan.net/listers.html
Historic clim. data by coop station
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov
Station ID numbers for above
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov
National Clim. Data Ctr. (archived CD and LCD data)
http://www.nndc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/nndc/buyOL-002.cgi?FNC=qcall_Alcdqmain_htm
Select LCD Data by sta. & date
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov:80/USclimate/
Interactive page with city and mapped past climate (historic)
http://www.wunderground.com/
Archived surface station obs. back to 1994
http://meteora.ucsd.edu/weather/observations/airways
Archived surface station obs. for last 30-60 days
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/season_update/index.html
Snow depth data
http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/snow/recent.html
Snow depth data plotted maps (for on ground & accum. values for various
periods, national & by state)
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/regional_monitoring/usa.html#menu
CDC past week & month anomaly maps
http://ggweather.com/normals/index.htm
http://www.scotese.com/climate.htm
Climates of the geologic past
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cdc/data.ncep.reanalysis.html
NCAR reanalysis data (1948 to within 2 mo. of present)
http://www.giss.nasa.gov/data/stormtracks/
NASA extratropical storm tracks (1961-1998)
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/dailywxmap/pdffiles.html
Daily weather map publication online (last 6 mos. only)
http://www.caps.ou.edu/wx/p/
Last 10 days of sfc. plots (hourly), upper-air (twice daily), SKEWTs,
sat. & radar images (every 3 hrs. or less)
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/HistData/
Produces time-ave. maps (many vars.) for any length in period 1980-present
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/misc/
Satellite & radar images for selected events in period (1996-present)
http://www.met.fsu.edu/Data/archive/
Text products only: METAR, buoy, synoptic,aircraft,pibal, rawinsonde,
fronts, radar (last 2 weeks)
http://www.goes.noaa.gov/search82.html
Satellite images (vis., IR, water vapor) of GOES 8 (last 3 weeks)
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/radar/radardata.html
Radar images (nat'l & regional) for 1995-present (hourly), includes
animation
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/satellite/satellitedata.html
Satellite. images for hemis/global (IR, visible, water vapor, & other
vars.) for 1992-present (1-2 per day)
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/climate/climatedata.html
NCDC archives for surface, upper-air, and marine data (mostly 1990s to
present, variable)
Includes: LCD, CD, COOP, HPD links AND surface/upper-air maps (1998-present)
http://raob.fsl.noaa.gov/
Raw (text) RAOB data by station (1998-present)
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/staff/pneilley/NIDS_archives.html
Radar (nat'l, regional, local) from last 30 days to 3 days ago, looping
available
http://www.arl.noaa.gov/ready/amet.html
Analyses, soundings, meteograms, stab. time series from model initial
fields (1997-present, variable, hourly)
http://weather.unisys.com/archive/
Composite surface, 4-panel upper -air, IR sat. images (1996-present)
http://weather.uwyo.edu/upperair/uamap.html
Constant pressure maps (last 5 days)
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/satellite
http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/goes8conus.html
1 km visible with county outlines
http://wxweb.meteostar.com/satellite/goes.shtml?map=SYS_GOES_IR.gif
Satellite images (comprehensive: all types & sectors)
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/satellite
Satellite images:comprehensive (NCAR)
http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/goes8conus.html
Interactive (customizable) images (clickable or lat/lon entry)
http://virga.sfsu.edu/crws/jetstream.html
Jet anal. On sat. images, also archived
http://virga.sfsu.edu/crws/press.html
Pressure fields on sat. images, also archived
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/realtime/realtime.html
Satellite derived stability & other parameters (Univ. Wisc.)
http://defiant.wrh.noaa.gov
Special events images
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/
Tropic storm images
http://weather.gov/tg/2kmradar.html
Regional and national radar mosaics
http://wxweb.meteostar.com/radar/radar_link.shtml?map=SYS_BASE_REFL.gif
Comprhensive radar (various scales, up-to-date)
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/USLocalWide.asp?loc=kdov&seg=LocalWeather&prodgrp=RadarImagery&product=RadarLoop&prodnav=none
WSI latest radar loop for mid-Atlantic region
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/USLocalWide.asp?loc=klga&seg=LocalWeather&prodgrp=RadarImagery&product=MetroRadar&prodnav=none
WSI latest NYC radar with county & roads
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/radar/mosaic_webpage.htm
TDL produced radar mosaics, animation (last 3 hrs.), & locations of
precip. vis METAR
http://cdm.aviationweather.noaa.gov/ncwf/index.html
Nat'l & regional convective areas & 1 hr. forecast (includes 24
hour looping)
http://www.weatherpoint.com/wximages/nycrad.gif
Local radar composite
http://www.wunderground.com/radar/map.asp
Real-time (clickable) doppler radar map with national mosaic
http://weather.noaa.gov/radar/national.html
Real-time (clickable) doppler radar map
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/monitor/radar/
NWS radar site latest update time table
http://www.weather.com/maps/maptype/dopplerradarusnational/usdopplerradar_large.html
Real-time radar mosaics from the Weather Channel
http://www.lightningstorm.com/ls2/gpg/lex1/mapdisplay_free.jsp?jrunsessionid=101198172900833467
Real-time nat'l lightning map
http://www.lightningstorm.com/tux/jsp/gpg/lex1/mapdisplay_free.jsp;jsessionid=70303033741064958074373
http://virga.sfsu.edu/crws/NA_radar.html
Nat'l radar for past 2 days
http://www.intellicast.com/LocalWeather/World/UnitedStates/Radar/
Intellicast NYC radar – (enter NYC NY)
http://www.intellicast.com/LocalWeather/World/UnitedStates/Radar/
Intellicast Nat'l Radar (clickable map )
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/radar.html
Radar (composites/individual sites)
http://www1.accuweather.com/adcbin/index.asp?partner=accuweather
Accuweather State,region,nat'l radar
http://www.kgan.com/wx_/xr_nat_lg.shtml
Realtime nat'l radar
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/staff/pneilley/NIDS_archives.html
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/~pneilley/NIDS_archives.html
Archived US hourly radar composite from 1008 to within 3 days of present
http://wwwghrc.msfc.nasa.gov/ims-cgi-bin/mkbrowse?2kdayrain+/pub/browse/surface/radar-precip/gif-daily
Archived radar derived 24-hr precip. maps
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/tdl/scan/03h.htm
Real-time 0-3 hr precip. forecasts
SFC MAPS/PLOTS
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/surface
Surface maps/plots (nat'l & regional)
http://cyclone.plymouth.edu/make.html
Customized maps & meteograms
http://www.k5kj.net/surface.htm#Surface
Comprehnsive links to surface plots & analyses, plus stability related
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/sfc2.shtml
Regional & national plotted/analyzed surface maps (HPC)
UPPER LEVEL MAPS/SKEWT/PROFILERS
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/upper
Standard upper-air maps, SKEWT
http://www.profiler.noaa.gov/jsp/profiler.jsp
Profilers (including RU)
RU Profiler
http://www.met.fsu.edu/CUDOS/rawin.html
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/model
NWP maps (RUC,ETA,AVN,MRF)
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/analysis/
NCEP model graphics from NCEP (earliest avail. guidance)
http://www.meteo.psu.edu/~gadomski/ewall.html
Comprehesive model site, includes model comparisons & overlays
http://wwwt.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/precip_type/
Precip. type related Eta output
http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/precip_type/images/000280.type.gif
Precip. type related Eta output for New Brunswick, NJ
wwwt.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/mmbpll/etapllsup12.off/
NCEP Eta-12 km model runs
http://eyewall.met.psu.edu/SREF/index.html
Model ensembles and forecast departure from climatology
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/prodstat/
NCEP model run status
http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/meteograms/
Eta forecasts in time series format for any (clickable) station
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/map/images/ens/ens.html
MRF ensemble (out to 14 days, animated, includes anomaly maps)
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dtx/?page=xxdisplay
Extended Eta maps
http://ggweather.com/loops/ncep_loops.htm
NCEP model graphics (comprehensive, allows load all times at once)
http://www.nemas.net
Comprehensive model links
http://www.arl.noaa.gov/ready/cmet
Customizable (by area, variable, & appearance) model output
http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/mmbpll/etapll/
Experimental 22 km ETA model graphics)
http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/mmbpll/etapll10.East10/
Experimental 10 km ETA model graphics
http://maps.fsl.noaa.gov/MAPS.real_time.cgi#NEmenu
RUC detailed maps
http://cheget.msrc.sunysb.edu/html/alt_mm5.cgi
MM5 detailed maps
http://www.ems.psu.edu/wx/etats.html
NGM/ETA time-ht cross-sections
http://www.envsci.rutgers.edu/~metclub/model/imageloop.html
Animated model graphics (Sager)
http://itg1.meteor.wisc.edu/wxp_images/mrf/
MRF model graphics to 10 days (various map projections)
http://ecpc.ucsd.edu/m2s/m2s_ECPC_forecasts.html
Experimental long range model forecasts from Scripps
http://speedy.meteor.wisc.edu/~swetzel/winter/winter.html
Wetzel's ingredients based maps for winter forecasting
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/er/bgm/models.htm#Background
Info
Information on operational models
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/synop/products.shtml
All MOS products from TDL site
http://isl715.nws.noaa.gov/tdl/forecast/tdl_etamet.txt
Full Eta MOS text message:
http://isl715.nws.noaa.gov/tdl/synop/NJ.Eta.htm
(NJ Eta MOS)
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/synop/index.htm
MDL's MOS page (includes one click for all MOS by station)
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/synop/products.htm
Current MOS Products:
http://eyewall.met.psu.edu/mos/index.html
MRF MOS graphical ensembles by selectable station & run to run comparisons
http://eyewall.met.psu.edu/mos/weather/index.html
MRF MOS text ensembles by selectable station
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/tdl/scan/03h.htm
QPF PoP for 0-3 hrs. updated hourly
http://www.met.tamu.edu:80/personnel/students/weather/weather_interface.html
FOUS/MOS/other text query
http://wxweb.meteostar.com/mos/
MOS (AVN, MRF) graphs (excellent) for any station
http://wxweb.meteostar.com/sample/
Table of 3-hourly GFS model output by station (out to 15 days)
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/other.html
Educational/reference links
http://www.theweatherprediction.com/
Educational/reference links
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/rah/noframe/nws/education.html
Training & tutorial links (esp. forecasting)
http://meted.ucar.edu/index3.htm
Meto. education & training modules, incl. COMET
http://www.ametsoc.org/dstreme/junction/
Education links and listing of useful sites by category
http://www4.ncsu.edu:8030/~nwsfo/
East Coast winter phenomena studies
http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/BadMeteorology.html
Frazier's bad science/meteorology list
http://meted.ucar.edu/winter.htm
Winter weather tutorials
http://www.pals.iastate.edu/svr_frcst/index.html
Tutorial with Q & A and weather maps for many winter and summer cases
http://meted.ucar.edu/resource/soo/catalogu.htm
Education & training materials from NWS sources
http://www.weathergraphics.com/station.htm
Links for station Ids (Tim Vasquez list)
http://www.weathergraphics.com/links.htm
Links to websites with decoders, software, data, analysis techniques,
handbooks &ID’s
http://ams.allenpress.com/amsonline/?request=index-html
AMS journal abstracts (1997+)
http://weather.cod.edu/classnotes.html
Sirvatka's class notes/exercises
http://www.BoM.GOV.AU/library/metinfoext.shtml
Meteorological library and reference links
http://www.lib.noaa.gov
NOAA Central Library
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/surface/stations.txt
Weather station (srfc. & RAOB) locations & identifiers
http://www.weathergraphics.com/station.htm
Weather station identifiers
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/climate/stationlocator.html
Weather stations identifiers
http://www.faa.gov/asos/
FAA ASOS sites on clickable map
http://weather.unisys.com/info/stations.html
UNISYS global list of sfc. & upper-air stations
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/chiz/stations/stations.shtml
Weather station identifiers
http://www.weathergraphics.com/station.htm
Links to weather station identifiers
http://weatheronline.com/wxtool.html
Weather WEB sites listing
http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/servers.html
Weather WEB sites listing
http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/software.html
Weather software list
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/russ/met-standards.html
Comprehensive list of meteorological data documents & references (decoders,
headers, etc.)
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/mdlbias/
Model biases page from NWS
http://www.weatherwatchers.org/wxstation/
Weather instruments descriptions/reviews
http://www.ofcm.gov/copc/opc-linking.html
Links to operational forecast centers (NCEP, Navy, etc.)
http://www.ofcm.gov/fmh-1/fmh1.htm
METAR code handbook
Http://www.ofcm.gov/fmh3/text/rawinson.htm
Rawinsonde code handbook
http://www.ofcm.gov/fmh12/pdf/fmh12.pdf
PIREPS code handbook
http://www.ofcm.gov/r14/pdf/profilers.pdf
Wind profiler document
TROPICAL STORM DISCUSSION/FORECAST
http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/
Comprehensive tropical site
http://www.weathermatrix.net/tropical/
Comprehensive tropical site
http://hurricanealley.net/
Comprehensive tropical storm site (includes model forecast tracks)
http://www.millenniumweather.com
(Gary Gray)
http://www.k5kj.net/maritime.htm
Comprehensive tropical & marine sites (many links)
http://hurricane.terrapin.com/
Hurricane tracks and forecast track
http://www.solar.ifa.hawaii.edu/Tropical/tropical.html
Tropical storm tracks and Trop. Storm model forecasting tracks
http://www.essc.psu.edu/~rhart/tcgengifs/
Penn St. model output (includes GFDL track)
http://hurricane.csc.noa.gov/hurricanes/index.htm
Historic tracks for all past topical storms
DATA SOURCES FOR SOFTWARE/ARCHIVED DATA
http://www.meteo.psu.edu/bufkit/map.html
Clickable map for Eta model BUFKIT files
http://www.wbuf.noaa.gov/bufkit/prof.html
Comprehensive BUFKIT files
http://tgsv5.nws.noaa.gov/er/btv/
Data sources for BUFKIT
http://tgsv5.nws.noaa.gov/er/phi/bufkit.htm
Data sources for regional stations BUFKIT
http://tgsv5.nws.noaa.gov/er/buf/bufkit/bufkitdocs.html
BUFKIT documentation
http://www.nowcoast.ncd.noaa.gov/nowcoast
Comprehensive marine site (click on web portal)
http://www.ems.psu.edu/wx/buoydata/curr/usneatl.gif
Western Atlantic buoy data plots
http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/surface
Tropical Atl. Marine Obs.
Coastal waters SST
National Data Buoy Center (obs.)
http://www.ems.psu.edu/wx/
Penn St. ship (buoy obs.)
http://www.oceanweather.com/data/
Atlantic plots and analyses
http://www.k5kj.net/maritime.htm
Tropical/marine mega link site
http://www.oceanweather.com/data/
Atlantic ship obs. Plot
http://205.156.54.206/om/marine/home.htm
NOAA marine products
http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/msc/atl_map_e.html
Atlantic Canada Weather page
http://www.cmc.ec.gc.ca/cmc/htmls/analysis.html
CMC (Canada) current maps
http://www.cis.ec.gc.ca/free/
Canadian Ice Service site (best sat. image: Gulf sect., models, forecasts)
http://www.cmc.ec.gc.ca/cmc/htmls/forecasts.html
Canadian Met. Center forecast models
http://www.cmc.ec.gc.ca/cmc/htmls/satellite.html
Canadian satellite images
http://www.mun.ca/weather.html
Forecast & obs. test for Newfoundland (Memorial Univ.)
http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/forecast/city_e.html?wzb
Port aux Basques obs. & forecast
http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/radar/index_e.html?id=XME
Marble Mtn. radar
http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/radar/index_e.html?id=XMB
Marion Bridge radar
http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/satellite/animateweb_e.html?imagetype=satellite&imagename=goes_ecan_visible_m_..................jpg&nbimages=1&clf=1
Eastern Canada visiible images and animation
http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/satellite/animateweb_e.html?imagetype=satellite&imagename=goes_ecan_1070_m_..................jpg&nbimages=1&clf=1
Eastern Canada IR images and animation
http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/charts/index_e.html
Observed and model weather maps home page
http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/forecast/maps/nf_e.html
Newfoundland sta. obs./forecast text
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/sfctest/s1/
Mesoscale analysis of SELS-related variables (updated hourly)
http://twister.sbs.ohio-state.edu/severe.html
Large, readable analysis available
http://www.stormchaser.niu.edu/machine/
NIU's storm machine: allows customized plots & anal.
including maps of stability indices
http://wwwt.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/svrfcst/index.html
Eta model forecasts for convective-related variables
http://vortex.plymouth.edu/make_select.html
Plymouth State College: allows customized plots & maps
http://www.intellicast.com/LocalWeather/World/UnitedStates/Radar/
Intellicast Nat'l Radar (clickable map--good starting point for various
radar prods.)
http://WWW.WX.RUTGERS.EDU/
Rutgers Weather Center
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov
Hydromet. Prediction Center (good sfc. anal w/fronts; somewhat delayed)
http://weather.noaa.gov/fax/nwsfax.html
NWS FAX maps (TIFF format)
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/compmap/
Customized composite analyses from SPC (poor for printing)
http://66.113.211.220/Forecasts/GrPage.htm
Model graphics for many convective-related variables (poor for printing)
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/wwa/
Map of all warnings & watches
SPECIAL EVENTS