Meteorological Observations

Hourly Weather Collectives

Northern and Central California
Southern California
Nevada
Oregon

Western United States Regional Maps

METAR is the international standard code format for hourly surface weather observations, which includes data on sky condition and weather, visibility, temperature and dewpoint temperature, wind direction and speed, station pressure, etc. The METAR observations are taken by automated weather observing equipment known as ASOS. Selecting a location on the map will display the latest 48 hours of observations.

Alternative Text Menu of METAR Weather Observations

Select from the pull-down list of METAR sites below.

Manual METAR Selection

Enter the 3 or 4 letter identifier and number of hours to retrieve observations or select from METAR locations anywhere in the U.S.

Hourly Buoy Reports - Northern California
3-Hourly Buoy and Coastal Reports - Northern California
3-Hourly Buoy and Coastal and Reports - Southern California
San Francisco Bay Area Real-time Winds - USGS
National Data Buoy Center observations - north of Point Arena
National Data Buoy Center observations - south of Point Arena

2009 Hydrometeorological Testbed Profiler/Surface Met Data - NOAA ESRL (project info)
Naval Postgraduate School Profiler Data

GPS-MET Real Time Water Vapor - NOAA/GSD

Oregon, Northern California, and Nevada
Southern California, Southern Nevada, and Arizona