Weather & Climate Links

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	Numerical Weather Prediction Links	Lightning Links
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NOAA/NWS Weather & Climate Data Links

• NWS Internet Weather Source
• Interactive Weather Information Network: Enhanced-Graphics version or Graphics version or Text version
• NWS Current Weather and Products Page
• NOAA's Interactive current snowfall maps and data
• Interactive Precipitation Analysis Maps
• NOAA Coastal Ocean Forecast System
• NWS Aviation Weather Center's National Radar Composite (updated twice hourly) | Aviation Digital Data Service
• Aviation Station Climatologies
• Local Area MOS Analyses and Forecast Products from the NWS Meteorological Development Laboratory (formerly TDL)
• National Severe Storms Laboratory
• TDL's Medium-Range Forecast Model Objective Guidance
• Environmental Modeling Center's Ensemble Forecasts | Latest National Multi-Sensor ("Stage IV") Precipitation Estimates | Precipitation Skill Scores for NCEP Operational Models
• NWS Hydrologic Information Center
• NOAA/CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center
• NOAA Forecast Systems Lab's: Ground-Based GPS Meteorology Demonstration Network | Interactive Precipitation Map | Profiler Network Data | Rawindsonde & Precipitation Data
• Marine Products Page
• NESDIS GOES 8/10 derived soundings
• National Data Buoy Center Real-Time Data
• Ocean Surface Winds derived from the SeaWinds "QuikSCAT" scatterometer
• Online Severe Weather Climatology by WSR-88D from the NWS Storm Prediction Center
• Historical Hurricane Tracks from NOAA's Coastal Services Center
• Climatological Precipitation Frequency Data from the NWS Hydrometeorological Design Studies Center

Other Weather & Climate Data Links

• Texas A&M's Weather Center
• Florida State 's Weather Data
• Florida Automated Weather Network
• Oklahoma Weather Roundup
• Center for the Analysis and Prediction of Storms (CAPS) Regional Analyses for Southern Plains
• U.S. Navy Fleet Numerical Meteorology & Oceanography Center | FNMOC NWP Maps
• Ohio State's National Weather Data
• University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Real Time Weather Data
• Spatial Climate Analysis Service (PRISM) from Oregon State University
• US Geological Survey Water Resources Information
• Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies' Experimental Long-Lead Forecast Bulletin
• Weather Forecasts from Around the Globe from the World Meteorological Organization. (This site contains information from 69 national meteorological services to provide official forecasts for 680 cities.)
• Spatial Climate Analysis Service (PRISM) from Oregon State University

Interesting Southern Region Satellite Links

• NASA Earth Science Office interactive Web site
• NESDIS Geostationary Satellite Imagery Browser
• NESDIS Satellite Product Overview Display
• Rapid Scan GOES-10 Visible Imagery from the Univ. Wisconsin.
• NCDC Online Satellite Data
• Texas images from the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission.
• Satellite Imagery on the Internet. (from the National Weather Association)
• NESDIS Satellite Services Division Data
• Operational Significant Event Imagery from NESDIS Satellite Analysis Branch.
• Saharan Air Layer Analyses from the Univ. Wisconsin.

Polar Orbiting Satellite Data:

• NESDIS Marine Observing Systems Team
• NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research
• Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit from CIRA (Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere) at Colorado State Univ.
• NexSat Next Generation Polar Orbiting Satellite System from the Naval Research Laboratory in Monterey, Calif.
• Satellite Meteorology from the Naval Research Laboratory in Monterey, Calif.

• Ocean Surface Winds Derived from the SeaWinds Scatterometer (QuickScat)
• Experimental Wildfire Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm Imagery from the University of Wisconsin
• CIMSS (GOES Sounder) Derived Products:
  • Total Precipitable Water Image
  • Lifted Index Image
  • Sea Surface Temperature Image
  • Cloud Top Pressure Image

• RAMSDIS Online (RAMM (Regional & Mesoscale Meteorology)
  Advanced Meteorological Satellite Demonstration and Interpretation System)
• Interactive GOES imagery from NASA's Global Hydrology and Climate Center
• Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey Satellite Meteorology page.
• University of Wisconsin's Space Science Engineering Center Data Page
• Sea Surface Temperature Imagery from Johns Hopkins University.
• Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Satellite Data
• NCAR Realtime Satellite Image Page
• NASA's GOES Project Page

National Centers for Environmental Prediction

• Aviation Weather Center
  • Aviation Digital Data Service
• Climate Prediction Center
  • Forecast Products | Latest Monthly and Seasonal Outlook | | La Niña
    Weekly Threats Assessment (updated each Tuesday at noon) | Excessive Heat Outlook
• Environmental Modeling Center
  • Current Status of NCEP Production Suite
  • Mesoscale Modeling Branch
  • Global Climate and Weather Modeling Branch
  • Marine Modeling and Analysis Branch
• Hydrometeorological Prediction Center
  • Model Diagnostic Discussion | Short-Range Forecast Discussion | Extended Forecast Discussion
  • Forecast Products | QPF | Experimental Products | Daily Weather Map
• Ocean Prediction Center
  • Analysis Products | Forecast Products
• Storm Prediction Center
  • Forecast Products | Mesoscale Discussion. | Probabilistic Convective Outlooks | Surface & Upper Air Analyses | Mesoscale Analysis Page | SREF Page | Online Severe Weather Climatology
• Tropical Prediction Center
  • Tropical Cyclone Products | Other Products

National Climatic Data Center | NCDC Online Publications

NOAA's Climate Diagnostic Center

• Northeast Regional Climate Center
• Midwest Regional Climate Center
• High Plains Regional Climate Center
• Southeast Regional Climate Center
• Southern Regional Climate Center
• Western Regional Climate Center

Weather-Related Tutorials

• The DataStreme Project of the American Meteorological Society
• Univ. Illinois Urbana-Champaign Online Guide to Meteorology
• Meteorological Myths a.k.a. Bad Meteorology by Penn State Univ.'s Alistair Frasier
• Meteorology Education and Training (METED) Page.
• National Weather Service Training Center
• Trainer Materials and Electronic Presentations from the COMET NWP Symposia
• NHC Prediction Models Overview from NWS Southern Region
• Summary of NHC/TPC Tropical Cyclone Track and Intensity Guidance Models from NHC
• Tropical Cyclone Forecasters' Reference Guide from the US Naval Research Laboratory
• Christopher Landsea's Answers to Hurricane, Typhoon and Tropical Cyclone FAQs
• Weather Radar FAQs from MIT
• NWS Storm Prediction Center's Tornado FAQs
• NSSL's Conditional Symmetric Instability Page
• Climatological Risk of Severe and Violent Tornadoes in the United States.
• Quick Reference Guide to Operational Forecasting Papers from NWS Central Region.
• Forecast Systems Laboratory:
• Microburst Handbook

Weather Satellite Tutorials:

• CIRA RAMSDIS Picture of the Day.
• Satellite Interpretation Tutorials and Examples:
• GOES-8/10 Frequently Asked Questions from CIRA.
• CIRA GOES-8/10 Tutorial
• GOES 8/10 Imager
• GOES 8/10 Sounder
• GOES 3.9 micron Channel
• CIMMS Water Vapor Imagery Tutorial
• Advanced GOES Imagery Applications by the CIRA/ RAMM Team
• COMET Satellite Meteorology Page
• CIRA Virtual Satellite Lab
• Improved Forecasts Using GOES
• Satellite Meteorology Training Links from the Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey.
• Overview of the Dvorak Technique for satellite-based intensity estimates of tropical cyclones.

Other Links of Interest

• NWS Focus, an on-line newsletter
• Weather to Fly, a quarterly aviation newsletter for NWS staff with a focus on local aviation outreach and verification.
• U.S. Goverment Blue Pages
• NOAA Central Library
• NOAA Photo Library
• NOAA's People Locator
• NWS Publications
• American Meteorological Society | Newsletter | Policy Statements | A Career Guide for the Atmospheric Sciences
• National Weather Association | Newsletter | Electronic Journal of Operational Meteorology | Degree Programs in Meteorology or Atmospheric Science
• Schools Offering Meteorology Degrees (from NSSL)
• Private Vendors of Weather Information
• WeatherNet's Weather Sites
• Texas Severe Storms Association
• Weather Cameras in the NWS Southern Region and beyond
• The Library of Congress
• Worldwide Sunrise-Sunset Moonrise-Moonset Calculator
• Federal Emergency Management Agenciy's (FEMA)'s Online Library

• NWS Office of Industrial Meteorology's Software Pointer Pages: NWS Software | non-NWS S
oftware
• NWS Management Retrieval System
  (processing data into information our customers can use in their work.)
• NCDC's Billion Dollar Weather Disasters (1980-2005)
• COMET Case Studies