Weather Links

Useful Sites

http://weather.noaa.gov/fax/nwsfax.html (Official NWS DIFAX maps)
http://weather.cod.edu/sfc.html                 (Surface maps, plots)
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/obswx/maps/   (Archived analyzed data)

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/sfctxt.html   (Surface maps)
http://www.wx.rutgers.edu/index.html        (A great site)
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/               (weather data and archived radar data)
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/dailywxmap/  (Great Daily WX Maps)
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/wx/home.rxml  (Excellent color/pdf surface maps)
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/tg/siteloc.shtml       (Locate Station)
http://www.met.tamu.edu/personnel/students/weather/weather_interface.html  (METAR/TEXT)
http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/taf.shtml   (TAF Forecast)

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov                   (National Hurricane Center/NOAA)
http://www.weather.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=gsp (Daily/Monthly summary)
NWS GSP Asheville Forecast

http://data.nssl.noaa.gov/dataselect/ 
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/PublicData/getpage.pl

http://198.46.75.215/                         (EMWIN Huston)

http://weather.unisys.com                 (A comprehensive site)
http://weather.uwyo.edu/                   (Weather maps and data)
http://www.ametsoc.org/dstreme/index.html   (AMS Data Stream project)
www.weatherroanoke.com/surface.html  (Surface Plots/Maps/Radar Overlay)

http://ils.unc.edu/parkproject//webcam/webcam.html (Mt. Mitchell web cam)

http://www.atmos.albany.edu/weather/data1/upperair/      (WMO upper-air data)
http://meteora.ucsd.edu/weather/observations/upperair/  (Upper air WMO data)

http://www.afws.net/ (15-minute real-time rainfall amounts in Appalachian mountains)
http://asp1.sbs.ohio-state.edu/            (OSU Weatehr)
http://apollo.lsc.vsc.edu/                      (Upper air maps and others)

http://theweatherprediction.com         (A great site)

http://adds.aviationweather.gov/progs/ (NOAA prognostic charts)
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/forecasts/graphical/ (NOAA digital forecast maps)
http://weather.gov/                                  (NWS site)
http://www.cmc.ec.gc.ca                         (CANADIAN DIFAX GIF MAPS)

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/gsp/climate/climate.htm (GSP climate data)
http://wxportal.com                                (AWIPS on the Internet for free)
http://ols.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/nndc/buyOL-006.cgi?FNC=chart__Ancep_get_chart_htm 
(Archived NCEP DIFAX maps from NCDC)


http://downdraft.caps.ou.edu/wx/p/wx/  (Real-time weather data/model)
http://www.stormchase.us                         (Storm data)

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/compmap/    (National Severe WX Analysis)
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/nwa/              (Great Links for Analysis/Forecast)

http://meted.ucar.edu/mesoprim/cape/print.htm (Great tutorials on CAPE)
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/mesoanalysis/help/sfcoa.html (Explanation of severe WX parameters)

http://weather.admin.niu.edu/machine/surface.html  (Make Surface plot)
http://vortex.plymouth.edu/u-make.html      (archived data)
http://www.weather.com/index.html             (The Weather Channel)

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/sfctest/main2.htm (1999 Central Plains Mesoscale Analysis)
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/staff/carbin/mdcomp/  (Old satellite Composite Map)
http://www.uga.edu/atsc/wx/svr/spcmesoanalyesbar.html (Old infomration)

MAPS and State Counties Maps
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/printmaps.html  (County Maps)
http://www.graphicmaps.com/webimage/countrys/asia/tw.htm
http://gw.ehnr.state.nc.us/new_page_7.htm
http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/image.aspx?t=2&s=13&x=224&y=2462&z=17&w=2  (Asheville)

LINKS to CLOUD ATLAS     (Lots of cloud pictures)

http://www.met.fsu.edu/wxstation/mainpage.html
http://www.met.fsu.edu/Ugrads/scavallo/
http://www.weatherwarn2000.com/warnmap/mainindex.asp?UID=3167
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/mesoanalysis/
http://www.ua.nws.noaa.gov/nws_upper.htm

http://www.rap.ucar.edu/staff/pneilley/NIDS_archives.html
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/staff/pneilley/nids_map.html

Some Good Sites:
http://www.pilotweather.com/avibinf/difax?wxcity=US%3B08628&partner=jetlinks&metrix=
http://www.jetlinks.net/weather_services.htm#Free%20wx%20US
http://hurricane.terrapin.com/
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/
http://www.lattery.com/pilotwx/surface.htm
http://hurricane.terrapin.com/ATL-10A/
http://hurricane.terrapin.com/CurrentSeason.html.en
http://www.lattery.com/pilotwx/other.htm
http://weather.ou.edu/~weather/
http://www.pilotpointer.com/
http://aviationweather.gov/fltfldr/
http://meted.ucar.edu/resource/soo/types.htm

http://www.webmet.com/State_pages/SAMSON/03812_sam.htm
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/Composites/printpage.pl
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/DataMenus.pl?stat=mon.mean&dataset=NCEP
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/map/wx/current.shtml
http://www.everythingweather.com/links/archived-data.shtml
http://meteora.ucsd.edu/wx_pages/surface_maps.html
http://www.geog.ouc.bc.ca/physgeog/contents/table.html
http://www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/class/333/contour/lab.html

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/wxwise/contour/contour1.html
http://www.adds.aviationweather.noaa.gov/projects/adds/progs

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/er/gsp/localdat/lcldata.htm    (NWS GSP site)
http://weather.admin.niu.edu/machine/surface.html  (Make Surface plot)
http://vortex.plymouth.edu/u-make.html                     (Archived data)
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/obswx/maps/                     (Archived analyzed data)
http://meteora.ucsd.edu/wx_pages/surface_maps.html    (Surface gif plots)
http://www.met.fsu.edu/wxstation/mainpage.html    (all weather data)
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/mesoanalysis/          (OK meso map)

http://www.met.fsu.edu/Ugrads/scavallo/
http://www.ua.nws.noaa.gov/nws_upper.htm

http://www.webmet.com/State_pages/SAMSON/03812_sam.htm
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/Composites/printpage.pl
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/DataMenus.pl?stat=mon.mean&dataset=NCEP
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/map/wx/current.shtml
http://www.everythingweather.com/links/archived-data.shtml

http://www.geog.ouc.bc.ca/physgeog/contents/table.html
http://www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/class/333/contour/lab.html
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/wxwise/contour/contour1.html
http://adds.aviationweather.noaa.gov/projects/adds/progs/
http://weather.unisys.com/radar/index.html         (Radar imagery loops)
http://cyclone.plymouth.edu/make.html        (Interactively plot Meteogram, soundings)

http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/upper.html (Upper air sounding)
http://www-das.uwyo.edu/upperair/sounding.html       (Upper air sounding)
http://mrd3.nssl.ucar.edu/~pietrych/www/noll.html
http://asp1.sbs.ohio-state.edu/                (All WX data)

http://www.uswx.com/us/almanac/NC/KAVL/   (AVL DAILY Almanac)
http://www.uswx.com/us/wx/NC/KAVL/?obshr=240#GRA    (AVL 10-day graph)

http://www.pollen.com/Pollen.com.asp  (Four-day forecast for Pollen Count)
http://www.weather.com/activities/health/pollen/us_nc_asheville.html  (Pollen count)
http://www.schoolasthma.com/pollen.asp
http://www.aerochart.com/mapping/weather/weatherplot.cfm  (B/W maps)

http://hail.met.psu.edu/comet/automet2/automet2.html        (plots)

INTERNET METEOROLOGY LEARNING: 
http://cw.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/lutgens3/(Weather Test)
classnet.cc.iastate.edu                                   (Weather forecast exercise)
http://globalchange.gov/                               (Global change data)

NWS DATA and FORECAST:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/er/gsp/PRODUCTS/RDUCLIAVL     (Climate Data at AVL)
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/       (NWS US Forecast Surface Map)
http://www.wunderground.com/US/NC/Asheville.html (Data/Forecast for AVL/ Buncombe)
http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/KAVL.html  (WX Data at KAVL)
http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/nc/nc.html             (NC Weather Information)
http://www.webmet.com/State_pages/SAMSON/03812_sam.htm
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/Composites/printpage.pl
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/DataMenus.pl?stat=mon.mean&dataset=NCEP
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/map/wx/current.shtml
http://www.everythingweather.com/links/archived-data.shtml
http://meteora.ucsd.edu/wx_pages/surface_maps.html
http://www.geog.ouc.bc.ca/physgeog/contents/table.html
http://www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/class/333/contour/lab.html
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/wxwise/contour/contour1.html 

SATELLITE IMAGES:
http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/images/ecir.html      (GOES-East Satellite Imagery)
http://weather.unisys.com/satellite/index.html         (Satellite imagery loops)  
http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/composites.html     (Global Imagery)
http://www.met.fsu.edu/explores/imagery.html        (All kinds of satellite imagery)
ftp://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/Weather/weather.html  (GLOBAL SATELLITE IMAGES)
http://www.goes.noaa.gov/                                           (All GOES imagery)  
http://goeshp.wwb.noaa.gov                                        (GOES satellite real time imagery)

RAWINSONDE DATA:
http://www.ua.nws.noaa.gov/nws_upper.htm
http://www.aos.wisc.edu/weather/index.html           (Upper air maps)
http://www.met.fsu.edu/Data/archive/usupperair/    (Raw RAWINSONDE data)
http://incolor.inetnebr.com/walker/met/upper.htm#soundings  (Info)
http://www.theweathercenter.com/skewt/index.html    (All SKEWT SOUNDINGS)
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/department/classes/ge406/cmriley/index.html (Great Site)

RADAR INFORMATION: 
http://www-cmpo.mit.edu/Radar_Lab/FAQ.html#1    (Radar FAQ)
http://www.osf.noaa.gov/dlcourses/wbt/sysview/syscss.html   (Intro to RADAR)
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lmk/soo/      (Online info. on NWS RADAR, AWIPS)
http://www.intellicast.com/weather/usa/nexrad/      (NEXRAD sites)
http://www.osf.noaa.gov/ops/hotline.htm  (WSR-88D HOTLINE/INFORMATION/ALGORITHMS)
http://www.osf.noaa.gov/news.htm   (NEXTRAD info from OSF/NOAA)
http://www.osf.noaa.gov/OTB/papers/minimeso/minimeso.htm  (mesocyclone)  

SATELLITE INFORMATION:
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~dbaron/sat/na/na1b.html#arc (Archived satellite imagery)
http://www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/tutorial/g8modpg1.htm (GOES Tutorial)
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/hazard/activity/satellite.html (Satellite info and data)
http://orbit-net.nesdis.noaa.gov/ora/fpdt1/tutor.html    (Understanding satellite images)  
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/satellite/satelliteresources.html (Satellite resources)
http://www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/tutorial/g8modpg1.htm (GOES tutorial)
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/satellite.html  (Satellite images showing supercooled cloud water and distinguishing between liquid and ice clouds)

http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/
http://www.noaa.gov/tornadoes.html
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/satgallery/tornadoes/tornadoes.html

http://hurricanes.noaa.gov/
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/climate/severeweather/hurricanes.html
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Tropical/
http://lumahai.soest.hawaii.edu/Tropical_Weather/tropical.shtml
http://aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/tcfaqA.html

MISC.
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/severewx/glossary.html
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/radar/part2/index.html
http://www-cmpo.mit.edu/Radar_Lab/Glossary.html
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/radar/radinfo/radinfo.html
http://clem.mscd.edu/~christib/wprof/dspchcrs/dispwx.htm
http://www.awc-kc.noaa.gov/awc/radar_obs_text.html#West%20Virginia
http://knidmidds.chinalake.navy.mil/
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/climate/severeweather/rainfall.html
http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/ccus.html (Current conditions from NWS)
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/satgallery/cyclones/cyclones.html (Satellite gallery of extratropical cyclones)
http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/                            (Excellent pictures)
http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/graphicsversion/rbigmain.html  (Optional NWS site)
http://www.education.noaa.gov/sweather.html    (Excellent site for teachers)
http://eyewall.met.psu.edu/kidswx/teachers.html    (Teacher resources)
http://nws-sc.wctp.noaa.gov/Office/kidsweather/index.html    (Kids weather pages)
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/toga-tao/el-nino/nino-home.html    (ENSO)
http://topex-www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/el-nino-poster.html (ENSO)
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/climate/elnino/elnino.html (ENSO)

http://www.page.ucar.edu/Pub/Gerds/
http://www.wadsworth.com/geo
http://www.usatoday.com/weather
http://meted.ucar.edu/met_links.html
http://www.wundergraound.com
http://www.aviationweather.com              (Excellent site for pilots)
http://www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/ghcc_data.html   (Current date collection)
www.websites.noaa.gov                (List of NOAA sites)
www.noaa.gov                             (Good beginning point for NOAA)
http://nimbo.wrh.noaa.gov             (excellent source for all weather information)
http://goeshp.wwb.noaa.gov          (excellent collection of  GOES images)
www.theweathercenter.com          (Good starting place for maps, live radars)
www.aws.com                              (Live weather observations)
http://www.nnic.noaa.gov/SOCC/SOCC_Home.html   (GOES images and information)

http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/goes                 (GOES hot stuff)
http://www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/tutorial/g8modpg.htm  (introduction to GOES)
http://www.mmm.ucar.edy/pm/satellite/geo_coverage.html   (intro to GOES satellites)
http://virga.sfsu.edu/m101/satlab/docs/wthr_sat.1.html        (intro to GOES images)
www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/satellite/satellitesources.html        (Intro to GOES and POES)

http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/old_data/nsrdb/  (U.S. Solar Radiation Data Base)
http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/text_only.html#sst
http://enso.unl.edu/ndmc/climate/climographs/climmap.htm
Http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/sustdev/EIdirect/climate/EIsp0002.htm (Global Climate Maps)
http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/CAMPAIGN_DOCS/FTP_SITE/inter_disc.html
http://www.worldclimate.com (Global climate datasets)
http://www-nsidc.colorado.edu/NSIDC/EDUCATION/ (sea and ice)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/ (maps)
http://www.3datlas.com/ (maps)
http://nsidc.org/NASA/GUIDE/docs/reference_documents/ppgc.html (mapping)

Department of Atmospheric Sciences, CPO #2450, UNC Asheville, One University Heights, Asheville, NC 28804-8511
Phone: (828) 251-6149  Fax: (828) 232-5046  Email: Dr. Doug Miller at UNCA