Month: February 2000

Weather Resources

Enthusiasts who are passionate about weather, water, and climate science can Enthusiasts who are passionate about weather, water, and climate science can increase their knowledge with these links. Educational Resources for Learning about the Weather and Climate.
  1. AccuWeather
  2. Advanced Designs Corporation
  3. Aerospace & Marine International
  4. Agricultural Weather Information Service (AWIS)
  5. Arkansas Red River Forecast Center – Radar images of Tornado Alley
  6. Automated Weather Source – Localized real-time weather forecasts.
  7. BBC Weather Centre
  8. CNN Weather Page
  9. Canada Atmospheric Center – Latest weather information specific to Canada.
  10. Climate Finder – “Pick a set of climate criteria like temperature, humdity and air quality and find cities that match.”
  11. Centre for Atmospheric Science – European Weather and Satellite Imagery
  12. CIMSS Tropical Cyclones – images and movies
  13. Climate Diagnostics Center – purpose of this site is to identify the nature and causes of climate variations, on time scales ranging from a month to centuries to predict future climate.
  14. Climate for Me – “Browse and compare climates of locations all over the world. Search locations or pick them from the map. Use charts and tables to check temperature.”
  15. Climate Visualization System – CLIMVIS
  16. Cloud Boutique – Images and descriptions of the different types of clouds such as cirrus, cumulus, stratus, fog, and others.
  17. Colorado State Univ. – Atmospheric Science Dept.
  18. El Nino Theme Page – NOAA site accessing distributed information related to El Nino
  19. Florida Explores
  20. Fox Weather
  21. France Weather – Meteo-France
  22. Franklin’s Forecast – Information for students about various weather phenomenon and forecasting.There is a simple experiment that demonstrates the causes of El Nino, instructions for building a weather station, and has links to related science projects to do either at home or online.
  23. Global Climate Change: Research Explorer – At this site produced by The Exploratorium, you can explore scientific data relating to the atmosphere, the oceans, the areas covered by ice and snow, and the living organisms in all these domains. You’ll also get a sense of how scientists study natural phenomena – how researchers gather evidence, test theories, and come to conclusions.
  24. Green Lane, The – Current weather conditions and forecasts for Canada.
  25. Hazardous Weather: USA Today – Links on this page take you to the official hazardous weather text alerts and graphics produced by the National Weather Service when severe weather threatens the USA.
  26. Historical Hurricane Tracks – This Historical Hurricane Tracking tool by NOAA is an interactive mapping application that allows you to easily search and display 150 years of Atlantic Basin tropical cyclone data.
  27. Holiday Weather – “Holiday-weather.com was launched in 2003 to offer an accurate and comprehensive weather report for major worldwide holiday destinations and cities around the world.One of the unique features of this website is the Holiday Weather Planner, which allows customers who are not sure of their destination, to search the average temperature, month of travel and area of travel, so that they plan their holiday based on the temperature of the holiday destination.”
  28. Historical Weather Database – Washington Post – search through more than 2000 cities to find monthly historical weather data.
  29. Home Town Locator – Current weather and forecast weather for all local communities in the US and major ones in Canada. Airport weather for 6,000 airports in 200 countries. Local times for sunrise and sunset.
  30. iWeatherNet – “iWeatherNet.com is a division of Robbins Meteorological Consulting. We provide atmospheric data analyses and weather forecasts for high-impact events across portions of the South, particularly North Texas (Dallas/Fort Worth) and northern Georgia (Atlanta metro).”
  31. Intellicast
  32. Lightning Explorer – “Vaisala’s National Lightning Detection Network (NLDN), the leading lightning information system, tracking cloud-to-ground lightning activity across the continental United States”
  33. Live Weather Images
  34. Meteorology FAQ’s
  35. My-Cast Personal Weather Forecasting – “My-Cast is neighborhood-level weather intelligence, tailored for hobbies, sports and lifestyles. With nation-wide coverage, it is available on the Web, email, and coming soon to wireless devices.”
  36. Natural Hazard Statistics – The U.S. Natural Hazard Statistics provide statistical information on fatalities, injuries and damages caused by weather related hazards. These statistics are compiled by the Office of Services and the National Climatic Data Center from information contained in Storm Data, a report comprising data from NWS forecast offices in the 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands.
  37. National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) – Archives snow and ice data, maintains information about snow cover; avalanches; glaciers; ice sheets; floating, ground and atmospheric ice; permafrost; ice breakup; freezing and thawing indices; paleoglaciology and ice cores.
  38. National Weather Association
  39. National Weather Service – Home Page
  40. NOAA’s Home Page
  41. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Photo Collection – collection of more thann1000 photographs is grouped in four categories: The National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) Collection, ThenNational Undersea Research Program (NURP) Collection,nThe NOAA Historical Photo Collection, and the General Collection.
  42. NRL Monterey Satellite Meteorological Applications
  43. Ohio State University – Atmospheric Science Program Weather Server
  44. Penn State Meteorology Home Page
  45. Plymouth State Weather Center
  46. SkyMetWeather.com – “Weather Forecast for India, weather news and temperature in major cities across the world. Live weather News and Updates about weather from India and across the world.”
  47. Spaceflight Meteorology Group
  48. SpaceWeather.com – News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids.
  49. Space Weather Resources
  50. Stormer Site – “We capture hail reports from around the United States”
  51. Stormpulse – “Professional weather-tracking from the makers of Riskpulse Sunrise.”
  52. Tornadoes: NOAA
  53. Tropical Storms Worldwide
  54. Unisys Weather – “The intent of this weather site is to provide a complete source of graphical weather information. This is intended to satisfy the needs of the weather professional but can be a tool for the casual user as well.”
  55. University of Hawaii Meteorology Home Page
  56. U.S. Drought Monitor – “The U.S. Drought Monitor is produced in partnership between the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.”
  57. U.S. Doppler Radar Precipitation Map
  58. Ventusky – “Animated wind, rain and temperature maps, detailed forecast for your place, data from the best weather forecast models such as GFS, ICON, GEM.”
  59. WeatherBell Analytics – “WeatherBELL Analytics LLC is a meteorological consulting firm that provides customized weather forecasts, data services, and weather intelligence tools to entities exposed to the weather. Our forecasting team is led by two meteorologists, Joe Bastardi and Joe D’Aleo, both of whom are widely acknowledged for their skill in short, medium, and long term weather forecasting. Their proprietary techniques and combined experience of more than 80 years provide a distinct competitive advantage to WeatherBELL Analytics’ clients.”
  60. Weather Channel Home Page
  61. Weather Glossary – WeatherPost
  62. Weather History: CityRating.com – Weather history is one of the most important factors to take into consideration when looking for the best places to live. CityRating.com offers a wide variety of historical weather data that includes temperature, relative humidity, precipitation and cloudiness.
  63. Weather History: The Old Farmer’s Almanac – Was it raining in Boston on Thanksgiving? From this page from The Old Farmer’s Almanac you can find out what the weather was like for any of 1,500 locations around the United States or Canada on any date from 1994 to the present.
  64. WeatherNet – “Over 380 weather links – Univ. of Michigan”
  65. WeatherNet4 – WRC-TV (Washington, DC)
  66. Weather Network Online – Canada’s 24 hour a day weather channel is now moving onto the web.
  67. WeatherOnline! – local forecasts, storm warnings and watches, current satellite images, maps
  68. Weather Planner – Long-range forecast predicts weather up to a year in advance – so you can choose the date for a wedding, an event, or a trip based on the best predicted weather conditions.
  69. WeatherPost – Washington Post
  70. Weather Underground
  71. Weather Warehouse: Historical Monthly Weather Data – Get historical monthly weather data – totals, means and extremes – for over 18,000+ current and former United States weather stations for every year that each station reported.
  72. Webcams in the World – “Here one of best webcam portal to view in real-time the images of the many webcams around the world.”
  73. WeatherSpark – “WeatherSpark: beautiful weather graphs and maps making in-depth weather information easily accessible.”
  74. What’s Up With the Weather? – The overwhelming majority of scientists agree: earth’s temperature has risen during the past century. But is it due to man’s use of fossil fuel energy? And if so, how can we prevent the catastrophic results that some scientists predict if global warming continues? In “What’s Up with the Weather?” the PBS series Nova and Frontline join forces to investigate the science and politics of one of the most controversial issues of the 21st century: the truth about global warming. This is the companion web site to this special.
  75. Windchill Chart
  76. WorldClimate.com – over 85,000 records on weather, rainfall, and temperature data
  77. World Meteorological Organization
  78. World Weather Information Service – This pilot web site presents OFFICIAL weather forecasts and climatological information for selected cities supplied by National Meteorological Services worldwide. By 19 September 2003, 997 cities from 153 WMO Members have their climatological data presented in this web site.
  79. WXnation.com – Your gateway to nearly 8,000 weather radars, live webcam images, weather warnings, traffic & current conditions, plus your local weather forecast.
  80. WxUSA – weather links for over 1295 US Cities
  81. Yahoo Weather

UPDATES:

Climate of 2003 – This site by NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center provides 2003 weather in historical perspective.

Extreme Weather Sourcebook 2001 – Site produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration presents economic and other societal impacts related to hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, lightning, and other U.S. weather phenomena.

GOES – Realtime Images – University of Wisconsin

Lightning Map – Real Time

National Climatic Data Center

Rain or Shine

Temperature World – contains news, links & resources on a subject that affects every aspect of our daily lives.

Weatherbase – site offers highs, lows, averages, precipitation information (up to 70 datapoints) and more for more than 16,000 places worldwide.