Weather Links

As a weather enthusiast, I've always found it difficult to find resources on the internet to find meteorological data, so I've compiled a set of links that I believe will be helpful resources for weather enthusiasts such as myself. There are a few charts for different categories ranked roughly by how usefel I find them.

Quick Links

NHC SPC Pivotal Weather SPC Mesoanalysis PolarWX DuPage GOES-16/17 DuPage NEXRAD WoFS M. Nissenbaum Radar SPC Surf Analysis

Tropical Weather

https://www.nhc.noaa.govNational Hurricane Center (NWS)

Official National Hurricane Center guidance on tropical systems. 2 Day & 5 Day tropical weather outlooks and impact guidance.

https://www.tropicaltidbits.comDr. Levi Cowan

Collection of commonly used tools. Blog posts with a professional opinion on US-affecting tropical cyclones, current storm information, satellite imagery, forecast models, aircraft reconnaissance data, climate analysis tools.

http://weather.cod.edu/satrad/exper/College of Dupage

GOES-16 & GOES-17 easy to navigate high quality visualization with localized imagery sectors. Overlays for extra data visualization.

https://cyclonicwx.com/recon/Alex Boreham

Recon data

https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/ocean/sst/contour/index.htmlOSPO (NOAA)

Detailed Sea Surface Temperature analysis images.

https://rammb-data.cira.colostate.edu/tc_realtime/CIRA (CSU)

Compilation and archive of storm imagery and data. Many graphs of numerical product data, mainly regarding TC intensity forecasts.

https://bmcnoldy.earth.miami.edu/Brian McNoldy

http://www.atmos.albany.edu/student/ppapin/Phillipe Papin

Hyperspecific TC research. Authored paper on Central American Gyres, website has great CAG Diagnostics charts. Historical IR imagery.

http://tropic.ssec.wisc.edu/SSEC (UW-Madison)

Wide variety of specific products. ADT, AMSU, ARCHER, SATCON for estimating TC strength and position, MIMIC microwave imagery, basin-wide wind analysis, SAL tracking.

http://moe.met.fsu.edu/~rhart/web.phpRobert Hart (FSU)

Various TC research products.

http://spaghettimodels.com/

Busy webpage compiling graphical products from many sources.

https://www.weathernerds.org/tc_guidance/WeatherNerds

Spaghetti plots.

https://web.uwm.edu/hurricane-models/models/index.htmlUW-Milwaukee

https://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/charts/tcyclone/ECMWF

ECMWF tropical cyclone forecasts

http://www.cyclocane.com/

http://www.atmos.albany.edu/facstaff/tang/tcguidance/SUNY-Albany

Severe Weather

https://www.spc.noaa.gov/Storm Prediction Center (NWS)

Official Storm Prediction Center severe weather outlooks for Days 1-7. Watches, mesoscale discussions, specific hazard based guidance.

https://cams.nssl.noaa.gov/NSSL (NOAA)

CAM viewer

https://www.pivotalweather.com/model.phpPivotal Weather

Model visualizations with large model selection, extensive list of parameters to visualize, and visually pleasing colormaps. Severe weather focus.

https://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/mesoanalysis/Storm Prediction Center (NWS)

Versitile mesoscale analysis and forecasting tools with a variety of data types.

https://wof.nssl.noaa.gov/realtime/NSSL (NOAA)

Warn on Forecast model for short-range forecasting with 30 minute refresh, 10 minute time steps, and 6 hour range.

http://autumnsky.us/vad/

Vertical Wind Profiles from radar velocity data.

https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/projects/ncar_ensemble/camviewer/NCAR (UCAR)

Viewer for certain Convection Allowing Models (CAMs)

https://cameronjnixon.wordpress.com/Cameron N. Nixon

Storm Spotter Training, Hodograph Research

https://apps.dat.noaa.gov/StormDamage/DamageViewer/NOAA

Detailed tornado and thunderstorm damage survey results with EF scale ratings and pictures,

http://wxuas.com/Map/LiveCIWRO (NSSL)

Real Time Weather Drone Flight Data

https://data.mesoscaleforecast.com/loginMMFS

AI Severe Storm Forecasting Models. Paid Subscription

Satellite Imagery

http://weather.cod.edu/satrad/exper/College of Dupage

GOES-16 & GOES-17 easy to navigate high quality visualization with localized imagery sectors. Overlays for extra data visualization.

https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/OCLOFactSheetPDFs/SSEC (UW-Madison)

Satellite data product information fact sheets

https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/sat/Dr. Levi Cowan

Tropical Weather specific satellite imagery.

http://rammb-slider.cira.colostate.eduCIRA (CSU)

GOES-16, GOES-17, Himiwari-8, Meteosat-8, Meteosat-11, JPSS visualizer. Zoomable, wide product range, and easy to use, but choppy.

https://himawari8.nict.go.jp/Japan Govt.

https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/tcweb/cgi-bin/tc_home.cgiFNMOC (U.S. Military)

High quality visualization of microwave satellite imagery. Sketchy website entry, but trusted U.S. Military site.

https://apps.sentinel-hub.com/eo-browser/

Archive of satellite imagery, many false color bands, from many different satellites

https://geosphere.ssec.wisc.edu/SSEC (UW-Madison)

GOES-16 only, similar to RAMMB Slider.

https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/NESDIS (NOAA)

NOAA premade satellite GIFs.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/satellite.phpNational Hurricane Center (NWS)

Legacy NHC satellite imagery.

https://weather.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/MSFC (NOAA)

Customizable satellite GIF generator.

https://www.weathernerds.org/satelliteWeatherNerds

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/goesdata.htmlSSEC (UW-Madison)

A massive list of links to satellite imagery. Still working on visiting all of them.

https://www.goes.noaa.gov/NOAA

GOES imagery (similar to NESDIS link above)

Radar

https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/nexrad/College of DuPage

Level II Radar Viewer

https://radar.quadweather.com/QuadWeather

Online radar Level II model viewer

http://moe.met.fsu.edu/~mnissenbaum/radar.htmlMark Missenbaum

Sporadic Level II NEXRAD radar loops with particular focus on tropical systems.

https://mrms.nssl.noaa.gov/qvs/product_viewer/NSSL (NOAA)

Radar composite, including cumulative precipitation

https://arrc.ou.edu/raxpol/ARRC (OU)

One of OU's mobile "Doppler on Wheels"

https://arrc.ou.edu/px1000/ARRC (OU)

Another one of OU's mobile "Doppler on Wheels"

http://tropicalatlantic.com/radars/#database

Database of international radar sites.

https://radar.weather.gov/NWS

Stitched NWS weather radar maps.

https://www.weathernerds.org/radar/WeatherNerds

Customizable Level II NEXRAD loops.

https://www.wunderground.com/weather-radarWunderground

https://github.com/dpaulat/supercell-wxDan Paulat

Customizable cross-platform FOSS radar software

http://www.grlevelx.com/gr2analyst_3/GRLevelX

GR2Analyst 3, Proprietary Radar Software

Forecast Models

https://www.pivotalweather.com/model.phpPivotal Weather

Model visualizations with large model selection, extensive list of parameters to visualize, and visually pleasing colormaps. Severe weather focus.

http://arctic.som.ou.edu/tburg/models/Tomer Burg

Visually pleasing layer based visualizer. Limited selection in models and parameters.

https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/Dr. Levi Cowan

Similar to pivotal weather. Slightly different products and tropical focus.

http://arctic.som.ou.edu/tburg/products/Tomer Burg

Various model analysis tools

https://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/href/Storm Prediction Center (NWS)

https://weather.cod.edu/forecast/College of Dupage

https://wof.nssl.noaa.gov/realtime/NSSL (NOAA)

Warn on Forecast model for short-range forecasting with 30 minute refresh, 10 minute time steps, and 6 hour range.

https://weather.us/model-charts/standardweather.us

Large selection of uncommon forecast models with many parameters to visualize, including fire weather data.

https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/projects/ncar_ensemble/camviewer/NCAR (UCAR)

Viewer for certain Convection Allowing Models (CAMs)

http://www.atmos.albany.edu/student/abentley/realtime.htmlDr. Alicia M. Bentley

Specialized pre-generated information-dense GFS analysis and forecast maps.

https://www.weathernerds.org/models/WeatherNerds

http://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/NCEP (NOAA)

https://cyclonicwx.com/models/Alex Boreham

https://climatereanalyzer.org/UMaine

GFS Weather Maps, Sea Surface Temperatures, Climate Reanalysis

Winter Weather

https://www.weather.gov/source/crh/snowmap.htmlNWS

Snowfall Reports

http://arctic.som.ou.edu/tburg/models/Tomer Burg

Visually pleasing layer based visualizer. Limited selection in models and parameters.

Data Visualization

https://www.windy.com/

Mercator view simplified forecast visualization.

https://realearth.ssec.wisc.edu/SSEC (UW-Madison)

Layerable, zoomable data visualization tool mainly for use with satellite and radar.

http://moe.met.fsu.edu/maproom/Robert Hart (FSU)

Maps used in FSU map room.

http://earth.nullschool.net/

Simplified visualization of the world's weather.

https://www.ventusky.com/

Observations

https://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/surfaceMaps/SPC

SPC Surface Analysis Maps

https://www.wunderground.com/wundermapWunderground

Hyperlocalized map of IoT personal weather stations.

https://www.pivotalweather.com/maps.php?ds=rtma_ruPivotal Weather

Real Time Mesoscale Analysis.

https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/sfc2.shtmlWeather Prediction Center (NWS)

WPC Surface Analysis, showing fronts, surface lows, etc.

http://autumnsky.us/vad/

Vertical Wind Profiles from radar velocity data.

https://cyclonicwx.com/recon/Alex Boreham

Recon data

https://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/soundings/Storm Prediction Center (NWS)

NWS official radiosonde soundings. Launched from ~90 locations across the nation at 00z and 12z.

https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/Iowa State

Large database for current and historical data for many networks of weather stations.

https://www.flightradar24.com/

Provides current and a short archive of METAR data for various airports.

http://tropicalatlantic.com/recon/recon.cgi

Helpful recon data website

Historical Data

https://weather.us/reanalysisWeather.US

ERA5 reanalysis visualization.

https://www.ustornadoes.com/case-archive/

Archive of significant tornado environment analyses, with hodographs, skew Ts, and small area charts for graphical analysis. Archive for famous tornado events from 2005-Present.