Resource Listing
for Weather and Climate Instruction

Web Sites

Last updated: March 19, 2001

Climate

Climate Prediction Center: www.cpc.noaa.gov
Colorado Climate Center: ulysses.atmos.colostate.edu
El Nino / La Nina
   NOAA: www.elnino.noaa.gov
   National Climatic Data Center: www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/climate/elnino/elnino.html
   National Weather Service: www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/impacts/enso.html
   UCAR: www.esig.ucar.edu/un/
Environmental Protection Agency: www.epa.gov/globalwarming/
Climate Summaries for Cities and States: www.cdc.noaa.gov/USclimate/
National Climatic Data Center, NOAA: www.ncdc.noaa.gov
   Worldwide Weather Events of 1991-2000: www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/reports/weather-events.html

 

Current US Weather

AccuWeather: www.accuwx.com
CNN Weather: www.cnn.com/WEATHER/
NCAR-RAP: www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/
NWS - Interactive Weather Information Network: weather.gov
Oklahoma Weather Roundup: weather.ou.edu/~weather/
Purdue University - UNISYS: weather.unisys.com
The Weather Underground: cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/
University of Wisconsin: www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/
USA Today Weather Page: www.usatoday.com/weather/
The Weather Channel: www.weather.com
Weather Links: cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/servers.html
Wind Profilers: profiler.noaa.gov/npn/data.jsp

 

Federal Agencies (Except NOAA)

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): www.fema.gov
   Taking Shelter From the Storm: www.fema.gov/MIT/saferoom/
   Weather Information for Kids: www.fema.gov/kids/
NASA: www.nasa.gov
   Education: education.nasa.gov
   Marshall Space Flight Center: www.msfc.nasa.gov
   Satellites - Weather: www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/weathsat.html
   J-Track / J-Pass Satellite Tracking: liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/RealTime/Jtrack/
   Spaceflight Meteorology Group: spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/weather/
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR): www.ucar.edu
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR): www.ncar.ucar.edu
   Earth Observing Laboratory : www.atd.ucar.edu
   COMET: www.comet.ucar.edu
   Photo Archive: www.ucar.edu/imagelibrary/
   MM5 Research Model - NCAR: rain.mmm.ucar.edu/mm5/
MM5 - Washington: www.atmos.washington.edu/mm5rt/
Time: time.gov
Time Zone Conversions: atm.geo.nsf.gov/ieis/time.html
Water Science for Schools - USGS: ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/
USGS Real-time Streamflow and Lake Level Data: water.usgs.gov/realtime.html


Foreign Weather

All Foreign Weather Agencies - World Meteorological Organization: www.wmo.ch
Australia: www.bom.gov.au
Canada
   Canadian Meteorological Centre: www.cmc.ec.gc.ca/indexe.html
       Canada's Severe Weather Watcher Handbook: www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/severe_weather/
   Canadian Storm Chasers: www.interlog.com/~jmckay/chaser.htm
   Environment Canada (English and French): www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/index_e.cfm
Finland: www.fmi.fi/research/index.html
France (French): www.meteo.fr
Indonesia: www.cbn.net.id/commerce/bmg/
Spain (Spanish): www.inm.es
Worldwide 5-day Forecasts: weather.yahoo.com

 

Lightning

Children's Lightning Safety:
   Sabrina Harwood: www.azstarnet.com/~anubis/zaphome.htm
   Weather Safety for Kids and Adults: www.strikingimages.com/safety.htm
Lightning Safety Group Recommendations: www.glatmos.com/lightinfo/recommendations.html#recomm
Lightning Strike and Electric Shock Survivors International, Inc.: www.mindspring.com/~lightningstrike
National Lightning Safety Institute: www.lightningsafety.com
Optical Transient Detector: thunder.msfc.nasa.gov/otd/
Sprites and Jets: elf.gi.alaska.edu
Striking Images: www.strikingimages.com
Univ. of Illinois at Chicago - Medical, Dr. Cooper: www.uic.edu/labs/lightninginjury/

 

Meteorological Education Sites

American Meteorological Society: www.ametsoc.org/AMS/amsedu/
Blue Hill Observatory: www.bluehill.org
Careers in Atmospheric Science: www.ametsoc.org/AMS/AtmosCareers/index.html
COMET: www.comet.ucar.edu
COMET - Meteorological Education: meted.ucar.edu
DataStreme - University of Wisconsin: www.meteor.wisc.edu/~hopkins/ams/
Dictionary of Science (Academic Press): www.harcourt.com/dictionary
GLOBE: www.globe.gov
How the Weather Works: www.weatherworks.com
One Sky, Many Voices Project: groundhog.sprl.umich.edu
Oakfield, Wisconsin Tornado: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/oakfield/cs1.htm
SkyMath: Making Mathematical Connections: www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/blynds/Skymath.html
Tornadoes: Going Around in Circles: whyfiles.org/013tornado/
Weather World 2010: ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu
Weather (various exhibits) www.learner.org/exhibits/weather
The Weather Channel: www.weather.com/education
World Meteorological Organization: www.wmo.ch/web/etr/

 

Meteorological and Science Organizations

American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science: www.aaas.org
American Geophysical Union (AGU): www.agu.org
American Meteorological Society (AMS): www.ametsoc.org/AMS
Local AMS Chapters: www.ametsoc.org/AMS/amschaps/index.html
National Weather Association (NWA): www.nwas.org
Local NWA Chapters: www.nwas.org/chapters.html
Stormtrack Magazine: www.stormtrack.org
World Meteorological Organization: www.wmo.ch/web/etr/etrp98.html

 

NOAA - By Organization

NOAA Research Labs: www.oar.noaa.gov
   Aeronomy Lab: www.al.noaa.gov
   Air Resources Lab: www.arl.noaa.gov
   Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Lab: www.aoml.noaa.gov
   Climate Diagnostics Center: www.cdc.noaa.gov
   Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Lab: www.cmdl.noaa.gov
   Environmental Technology Lab: www.etl.noaa.gov
   Forecast Systems Lab: www.fsl.noaa.gov
   Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab: www.gfdl.noaa.gov
   Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab: www.glerl.noaa.gov
   National Severe Storms Laboratory: www.nssl.noaa.gov
   Pacific Marine Environmental Lab: www.pmel.noaa.gov
   Space Environment Lab: www.sec.noaa.gov
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service: www.nesdis.noaa.gov
   National Climatic Data Center: www.ncdc.noaa.gov
National Weather Service: www.nws.noaa.gov
NWS / Regions
   Alaska Region: www.alaska.net/~nwsar
   Central Region: www.crh.noaa.gov
   Eastern Region: www.erh.noaa.gov
   Southern Region: www.srh.noaa.gov
   Western Region: www.wrh.noaa.gov
NWS / National Centers for Environmental Prediction: www.ncep.noaa.gov
   Aviation Weather Center: www.awc-kc.noaa.gov
   Climate Prediction Center: www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov
   Environmental Modeling Center: www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov
   Hydrometeorological Prediction Center: www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov
   Marine Prediction Center: www.mpc.ncep.noaa.gov
   National Hurricane Center (Tropical Prediction Center): www.nhc.noaa.gov
   Storm Prediction Center: www.spc.noaa.gov
NOAA: www.noaa.gov
Publications of the NWS: www.nws.noaa.gov/om/index.html

NOAA - By Subject

Current Weather: weather.gov
Data - Official Archive: www.ncdc.noaa.gov
Fire Weather: www.spc.noaa.gov/fire/
Jobs - NOAA (incl. student): www.rdc.noaa.gov/~hrmo/jobs.htm
www.usajobs.opm.gov/b4.htm
History of the NWS: www.nws.noaa.gov/pa/special/history/
Hurricanes - Frequently Asked Questions: www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/tcfaqHED.html
Hurricane Information: www.nhc.noaa.gov
Modernization: www.nws.noaa.gov/modernize
NOAA Weather Radio: www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/
Outreach - NWS: www.nws.noaa.gov/om/reachout/
Owlie Skywarn Weather Book for Kids: www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/owlie/owlie.htm
Overpasses Are Not Tornado Shelters: www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/papers/overpass.html
Radar - Data: weather.noaa.gov/radar/national.html
Satellite Data: www.cira.colostate.edu/Special/CurrWx/currwx.htm
Satellite Data (faster): www.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/index.html
Satellites - Links to Satellite Pages: orbit-net.nesdis.noaa.gov/arad/fpdt/nwasat.html
Severe Weather Information: www.spc.noaa.gov
Severe Weather Research: www.nssl.noaa.gov
Severe Weather Climatology: www.nssl.noaa.gov/hazard/
Severe Weather Preparedness: www.nws.noaa.gov/stormready/
StormReady: www.nws.noaa.gov/stormready/
Tornadoes - Frequently Asked Questions: www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/
Weather Radio: www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/
Winter Weather Awareness: www.nws.noaa.gov/om/winter/index.shtml

 

This list of web sites is part of the Resource Listing for Weather and Climate Instruction at the National Severe Storms Laboratory.