Weather Links

Realtime Analysis

• Live Analysis (College of DuPage Meteorology)

• Satellite and Radar (College of DuPage Meteorology)

• Tropical Cyclone Satellite Data

  • University of Wisconsin Website

  • Colorado State University Website

• Hourly Mesoscale Analysis (NOAA Storm Prediction Center)

• Hourly Surface Observation Charts (NOAA Storm Prediction Center)

• 12-Hourly Upper-Air Observation Charts (NOAA Storm Prediction Center)

• Kev54 Weather (Kevin Polston)

• Vertical Wind Profile Hodographs (Tim Supinie)

Forecast Data

Computer Models

Operational Models

• Pivotal Weather

• Tropical Tidbits

• College of DuPage Meteorology Forecast Models

• WeatherNerds

• Spaghetti Models (a.k.a. "Mike's Weather Page)

• Tropical Cyclone Guidance Project (National Center for Atmospheric Research)

• High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) (NOAA Storm Prediction Center)

• High-Resolution Ensemble Forecast (HREF)

  • NOAA EMC Viewer (NOAA Environmental Modeling Center)

  • NOAA NCEP Viewer (NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction)

  • NOAA SPC Viewer (NOAA Storm Prediction Center)

• Short-Range Ensemble Forecast (SREF) (NOAA Storm Prediction Center)

• Climate Forecast System Severe Weather Guidance (NOAA Storm Prediction Center)

• Cyclone Phase Space Diagrams (Florida State University)

Experimental Models

• High-Resolution Ensemble Forecast Version 3 (HREFv3) (NOAA Environmental Modeling Center)

• Model for Prediction Across Scales (MPAS)

  • NSSL Viewer (NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory)

  • NCAR Viewer (National Center for Atmospheric Research)

• Statistical Severe Convective Risk Assessment Model (SSCRAM) (NOAA Storm Prediction Center)

• System for High-Resolution Prediction on Earth-to-Local Domains (SHIELD) (NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory)

• Cooperative Institute for Precipitation Systems (CIPS) (St. Louis University)

  • Deterministic Model Guidance

  • CIPS Analogs

  • CIPS Severe Weather Probabilities

• Southern Plains 3km Real-Time Weather Research and Forecast Model (Texas Tech University)

Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence Models

• Severe Weather Neural Network Forecast (National Center for Atmospheric Research)

  • HRRR-based Neural Network Forecast

  • SHIELD-based Neural Network Forecast

• Machine-Learning Probabilities Prediction (Colorado State University)

• Warn-on-Forecast System (NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory)

• NadoCast (University of Chicago)

• Medium-Range ECMWF-based Severe Weather Forecasts (National Center for Atmospheric Research)

• Medium-Range GEFS-based Severe Weather Forecasts (NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory)

NWS Webpages

• National Weather Service main website

• NOAA Aviation Weather Center

• NOAA National Hurricane Center

• NOAA Storm Prediction Center

• NOAA Weather Prediction Center

Other Tools

• Latitude/Longitude Distance Calculator (NOAA National Hurricane Center)

• GR2Analyst Radar Range Ring Generator (Iowa State University Meteorology)

• Global Wind Map

• NOAA Weather and Hazards Data Viewer

Past Weather Information

• Severe Storm Reports (NOAA Storm Prediction Center)

• Local Storm Reports (NOAA Weather Prediction Center)

• xmACIS2 (NOAA Regional Climate Centers Consortium) -- observed temperature and precipitation data

Weather Education

• NOAA Warning Decision Training Division (WDTD) Severe Weather Quick References

  • Hail (PDF)

  • Tornadoes (PDF)

  • Wind (PDF)