A collection of links to websites, tools, and pages for meteorology and weather.
Some of these links are localized to areas of interest for me but most are able to be switched to other locations or areas. Websites/links listed below should be free and don't require a login unless otherwise specified.
- Discussions & Forecasts
- Forecast Models
- Surface Maps
- Radar
- Satellite
- Drought
- Lightning
- Fire
- Air Quality
- Camera Feeds
- Aircraft Reconnaissance
- Marine
- Sun
- Historical Climate Data
- Data Analysis Tools
- Social Media
- Education & Reference
- Glossary & Acronyms
- NWS Current Conditions & 7 Day Forecast
- NWS Area Forecast Discussion
- NWS Zone Forecast
- NOAA National Forecast Charts [Day 1] [Day 2] [Day 3]
- SPC Outlook [Day 1] [Day 2] [Day 3] [Day 4-8]
- SPC Current Mesoscale Discussions
- CPC Outlook (6 days - 3 months)
- WPC Winter Weather Forecast
- NHC Forecast
- Atlantic hurricane season is June to Novemeber
- Eastern Pacific hurricane season is May to November
- OpenSnow (Paid)
- Forecast Lab YouTube
- SPC Current Convective Watches
- NWS Alerts Map (New)
- NWS Watch, Warning, Advisory Display (Old)
- NWS Weather Alerts by State (scroll down)
- NWS Weather & Hazards Data Viewer
- HRRR Hourly Forecast Graphics
- HRRR Subhourly Forecast Graphics
- RAP
- NWS Model Guidance (All NWS Models)
- College of DuPage Model Viewer (RAP, NAM, HRRR, GEM, GFS, GEFS)
- Weathernerds Model Viewer (Canadian, ECENS, ECMWF, GFS, HRRR, HWRF, HMON, ICON, NAM, RAP, WRF-ARW)
- AllisonHouse Maps (Paid)
- NOAA Current Surface Map
- NWS Current Surface Maps
- OPC Unified Surface Analysis
- NWS Surface Temperature (NWS Weather & Hazards Data Viewer)
- NWS National Radar Mosaic
- WeatherUnderground WunderMap
- GREarth (Download/Windows) (Paid)
- College of DuPage Composite Radar - Localized
- College of DuPage Composite Radar - Sub-Regional
- College of DuPage NEXLAB Dual-Pol Radar
- GRLevel3 (Download/Windows) (Paid)
- RadarScope (Download/Android) (Paid)
- Weathernerds
- GR2Analyst (Download/Windows) (Paid)
- RadarScope (Download/Android) (Paid)
- RAMMB/CIRA SLIDER
- SLIDER-cli
- NOAA GOES Latest Imagery
- NHC Latest Satellite Imagery
- NASA Worldview
- NOAA Satellite Messages (Operations Messages & Status)
- MODIS Image of the Day
- SPC Fire Weather Outlook [Day 1] [Day 2] [Day 3-8]
- HRRR-Smoke Hourly Forecast Graphics (Experimental)
- NIFC Significant Wildland Fire Potential Summary (Seasonal)
- NIFC Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook (This Month)
- NIFC Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook (Month 2)
- NIFC Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook (Month 3)
- CalFIRE Fire Season Incident Overview
- NWCG InciWeb Incident Information System
- NIFC FTP Server
- Alert Wildfire Cameras
- Caltrans CCTV Map
- CastroCam
- Dolores Park (DoloCam)
- Farallon Islands
- FogCam
- Is It Foggy
- Live Storm Chasing Map
- Muir Beach
- OpenSnow California Webcams (Paid)
- Stateline Lake Tahoe & Timber Cove
- NHC Aircraft Reconnaissance
- NHC Plan of the Day: [Today] [Tomorrow]
- For explanation see Sec 5.5.1.2. of the National Hurricane Operations Plan (Page 5-7)
- Tropical Tidbits Recent Missions
- EPA Hourly UV Index
- NWS Daily UV Index
- Gaisma Sunrise & Sunset
- NOAA Solar Calculator (Sunrise & Sunset)
- SunCalc
- NCDC Home
- NCDC Climate Data Access
- NWS Record Event Reports (Click on 'Record Event Report' in Product table)
- NOAA Weather and Climate Toolkit (Download/Windows/Mac/Linux)
- CIMSS ABI Quick Guides (GOES Satellite Bands)
- CIRA Satellite Imagery Quick Guides (includes many CIMSS guides)
- ABI = Advanced Baseline Imager (the primary image capture instrument on GOES satellites)
- CIMSS = Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
- CIRA = Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere
- CPC = Climate Prediction Center
- ECWMF = European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
- EPA = Environmental Protection Agency
- GEFS = Global Ensemble Prediction System
- GEM = Global Environmental Multiscale Model
- GFS = Global Forecast System
- GOES = Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
- GR = Gibson Ridge
- HRRR = High-Resolution Rapid Refresh
- HWRF = Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting
- ICON = Icosahedral Nonhydrostatic
- MODIS = Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
- NAM = North American Mesoscale Model
- NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- NCDC = National Climatic Data Center
- NCEP = National Centers for Environmental Prediction
- NHC = National Hurricane Center
- NIFC = National Interagency Fire Center
- NOAA = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- NWCG = National Wildfire Coordinating Group
- NWS = National Weather Service
- OPC = Ocean Prediction Center
- RAMMB = Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Branch
- RAP = Rapid Refresh
- SLIDER = Satellite Loop Interactive Data Explorer in Real-Time
- SPC = Storm Prediction Center
- WRF-ARW = Weather Research and Forecasting Model
- WPC = Weather Prediction Center
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