Weather and Climate Sources (including maps)
Jul 1, 2018 11:51:45 GMT -5
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Post by nei on Jul 1, 2018 11:51:45 GMT -5
Though I'd post the weather links I use for US weather. Not going to bother for other countries cause posters there know better links on this thread. II can always add more to this post if there's others I missed, I tried to avoid commercial sites like weather.com and wunderground.com since we're all familiar with them and they're often annoyingly slow with ads. Hopefully some of these are new to American posters, or at least this post will be a good reference with all the links.
Free weather model sites
www.tropicaltidbits.com
nice interference, has stuff on tropical storms. Neat that it's started by one young guy rather than a company. Also like its surface level sea level pressure and precipitation plots
www.weather.us
has the ECMWF [rare on free sites], also localized zoom & forecasts
www.pivotalweather.com
lots of different levels for viewing temperature & height.
www.twisterdata.com
all except weather.us have sounding plots where you click on the map and see the vertical temperature and humidity. Set the forecast hour to 0 and it's close to observation.These plots are a bit complicated looking
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Maps of current temperature
current humidity & temperature nationally
www.mesonet.org/index.php/weather/map/dewpoint1/dewpoint_humidity
pannable GOES
Nationwide maxes and mins
mp1.met.psu.edu/~fxg1/SFCUS/yesmax.html
just the Northeast: mins, maxes, current temperature, dewpoint and dewpoint
www.weather.gov/ctp/ObsMaps
If you want a map with unofficial stations (not personal weather stations, NWS still uses these) for very local weather. Most stations are trustworthy but a few aren't…
detailed weather map
click on a station and you can get the 3 or day weather history. Switch layers and you can get a map of precipitation totals, forecast temperatures, more localized than most. if you want to find weather history for the unofficial stations on the map, explore this site
mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base_dyn.cgi?stn=AU540
Forecast Maps
digital.weather.gov
click for a region; shows highs/lows/precipitation for a day or 3 hour period.
www.weather.gov/erh/gis_wfo?id=BOX
each NWS weather office has its own, maps change the 3 letter code after id= to get yours. Has maps for minimum temperature, maxes, precipitation.
Past Weather History
weather history for "official" station. ASOS [mostly airport] have hourly data and observe from midnight to midnight, COOP just have max & min temperatures and measure from 7 am to 7 am, ending the day's observation on 7 am. So the max of the day gets recorded on the next day
mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/sites/locate.php
you can get ASOS / COOP average data and other stats from the western climate center or NOWData. Also has a neat plotting feature which makes cool graphs of station stats including dewpoint & cloud cover. Western Climate Center
wrcc.dri.edu/summary/
ACIS page makes custom timeseries graphs as well as well as the same tables NOWData has
xmacis.rcc-acis.org/
or use NOWData by going to your forecast from the NWS -> click on Local Forecast page -> Climate and Past Weather -> Past Observed Weather -> NOWData. Your forecast office page also has a lot of other past weather data. Next link has snow depth, temperature and precipitation data for many western US mountain sites. Not all sites have temperature data
WRCC map
Same detailed weather map I linked to for observations also has weather map back for any hour & day back to 1950. Temperature, dewpoint, wind and precipitation
detailed weather map
Maps of cloudcover, surface synoptics
Daily map with surface pressure & fronts, also has the frontal pattern forecast for the next week, explore its tabs
www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/
another site with a few decent weather frontal maps
www.intellicast.com/National/Surface/Mixed.aspx
current cloud cover in a colorful satellite
www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/GOES16_CONUS.php
radar map; save your location
digital.wsi.com/nab2015/map.html
a good radar map that has forecast predictions
www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/sfc/satradsfc.html
want current regional radar and pressure + lots of obscure parameters such as CAPE? One of the best maps by amount of information, but usually overkill. Has the lapse rate at different levels, its main purpose for gauging thunderstorm potential nad convection.
www.spc.noaa.gov/sfctest/new/viewsector.php?sector=16&parm=850mb&underlay=1&source=1#
main webpage has thunderstorm stuff; also my link was for the Midwest & Great Lakes, use this page for links to other regions. Current lightning map, global:
www.lightningmaps.org/?lang=en#m=oss;t=3;s=0;o=0;b=;ts=0;
www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/mesoanalysis/
Vertical soundings
Historical soundings; see what temperature & dewpoint it washigher in the atmosphere was for various airport stations. With statistics
www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/soundingclimo/
for every 6-12 hours
weather.uwyo.edu/upperair/sounding.html
Past weather maps
for surface level fronts use:
www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/dailywxmap/index.html
past precipitation
water.weather.gov/precip/
recent precipitation maps and reports
www.cocorahs.org/
past averages for any region of the US by month or season
hprcc.unl.edu/maps.php?map=ACISClimateMaps
archives of maps of temperature & pressure reanalysis maps by vertical level. Interface is clumsy but allows you to customize, can also average a range of dates.
www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/composites/day/
You can make cool mean plots like get the January mean temperatures for 700 hPa (about 10,000 feet). Or look up the where the ridges, troughs and mid-level temperatures on an unusually hot or cold day.There's also past weather maps that have neat visualizations for any day.
Interactive maps
using model data for current and forecast but nice visualizations
earth.nullschool.net/#2018/03/02/0900Z/wind/isobaric/850hPa/overlay=temp/orthographic=-73.92,44.86,1332/loc=-58.795,45.519
only way I've figured out how to changed the date is by modifying the URL. Similar, controls are a bit better
www.ventusky.com
and to finish, the answer to the most important climate question everyone wants to know "what would the climate of the earth be if its tilt was 90°?"
www.quora.com/What-would-the-climate-be-like-on-an-Earth-like-planet-with-a-90-degree-axial-tilt
Free weather model sites
www.tropicaltidbits.com
nice interference, has stuff on tropical storms. Neat that it's started by one young guy rather than a company. Also like its surface level sea level pressure and precipitation plots
www.weather.us
has the ECMWF [rare on free sites], also localized zoom & forecasts
www.pivotalweather.com
lots of different levels for viewing temperature & height.
www.twisterdata.com
all except weather.us have sounding plots where you click on the map and see the vertical temperature and humidity. Set the forecast hour to 0 and it's close to observation.These plots are a bit complicated looking
=====================================
Maps of current temperature
current humidity & temperature nationally
www.mesonet.org/index.php/weather/map/dewpoint1/dewpoint_humidity
pannable GOES
Nationwide maxes and mins
mp1.met.psu.edu/~fxg1/SFCUS/yesmax.html
just the Northeast: mins, maxes, current temperature, dewpoint and dewpoint
www.weather.gov/ctp/ObsMaps
If you want a map with unofficial stations (not personal weather stations, NWS still uses these) for very local weather. Most stations are trustworthy but a few aren't…
detailed weather map
click on a station and you can get the 3 or day weather history. Switch layers and you can get a map of precipitation totals, forecast temperatures, more localized than most. if you want to find weather history for the unofficial stations on the map, explore this site
mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base_dyn.cgi?stn=AU540
Forecast Maps
digital.weather.gov
click for a region; shows highs/lows/precipitation for a day or 3 hour period.
www.weather.gov/erh/gis_wfo?id=BOX
each NWS weather office has its own, maps change the 3 letter code after id= to get yours. Has maps for minimum temperature, maxes, precipitation.
Past Weather History
weather history for "official" station. ASOS [mostly airport] have hourly data and observe from midnight to midnight, COOP just have max & min temperatures and measure from 7 am to 7 am, ending the day's observation on 7 am. So the max of the day gets recorded on the next day
mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/sites/locate.php
you can get ASOS / COOP average data and other stats from the western climate center or NOWData. Also has a neat plotting feature which makes cool graphs of station stats including dewpoint & cloud cover. Western Climate Center
wrcc.dri.edu/summary/
ACIS page makes custom timeseries graphs as well as well as the same tables NOWData has
xmacis.rcc-acis.org/
or use NOWData by going to your forecast from the NWS -> click on Local Forecast page -> Climate and Past Weather -> Past Observed Weather -> NOWData. Your forecast office page also has a lot of other past weather data. Next link has snow depth, temperature and precipitation data for many western US mountain sites. Not all sites have temperature data
WRCC map
Same detailed weather map I linked to for observations also has weather map back for any hour & day back to 1950. Temperature, dewpoint, wind and precipitation
detailed weather map
Maps of cloudcover, surface synoptics
Daily map with surface pressure & fronts, also has the frontal pattern forecast for the next week, explore its tabs
www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/
another site with a few decent weather frontal maps
www.intellicast.com/National/Surface/Mixed.aspx
current cloud cover in a colorful satellite
www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/GOES16_CONUS.php
radar map; save your location
digital.wsi.com/nab2015/map.html
a good radar map that has forecast predictions
www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/sfc/satradsfc.html
want current regional radar and pressure + lots of obscure parameters such as CAPE? One of the best maps by amount of information, but usually overkill. Has the lapse rate at different levels, its main purpose for gauging thunderstorm potential nad convection.
www.spc.noaa.gov/sfctest/new/viewsector.php?sector=16&parm=850mb&underlay=1&source=1#
main webpage has thunderstorm stuff; also my link was for the Midwest & Great Lakes, use this page for links to other regions. Current lightning map, global:
www.lightningmaps.org/?lang=en#m=oss;t=3;s=0;o=0;b=;ts=0;
www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/mesoanalysis/
Vertical soundings
Historical soundings; see what temperature & dewpoint it washigher in the atmosphere was for various airport stations. With statistics
www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/soundingclimo/
for every 6-12 hours
weather.uwyo.edu/upperair/sounding.html
Past weather maps
for surface level fronts use:
www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/dailywxmap/index.html
past precipitation
water.weather.gov/precip/
recent precipitation maps and reports
www.cocorahs.org/
past averages for any region of the US by month or season
hprcc.unl.edu/maps.php?map=ACISClimateMaps
archives of maps of temperature & pressure reanalysis maps by vertical level. Interface is clumsy but allows you to customize, can also average a range of dates.
www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/composites/day/
You can make cool mean plots like get the January mean temperatures for 700 hPa (about 10,000 feet). Or look up the where the ridges, troughs and mid-level temperatures on an unusually hot or cold day.There's also past weather maps that have neat visualizations for any day.
Interactive maps
using model data for current and forecast but nice visualizations
earth.nullschool.net/#2018/03/02/0900Z/wind/isobaric/850hPa/overlay=temp/orthographic=-73.92,44.86,1332/loc=-58.795,45.519
only way I've figured out how to changed the date is by modifying the URL. Similar, controls are a bit better
www.ventusky.com
and to finish, the answer to the most important climate question everyone wants to know "what would the climate of the earth be if its tilt was 90°?"
www.quora.com/What-would-the-climate-be-like-on-an-Earth-like-planet-with-a-90-degree-axial-tilt
