Resources

Forecasting Tools

• Weather Models

  • WeatherBell (Requires a subscription)

  • College of DuPage

  • Twister Data

  • Tropical Tidbits

  • Pivotal Weather

  • Iowa State Meteogram

  • National Blend of Models (NBM)

  • Windy

  • Weather.us

  • Weathernerds

  • NOAA Model Analysis and Guidance 

  • Earth.nullschool 

• Satellite and Radar

  • Satellite

    • GOES Image Viewer

    • Zoom Earth

    • NESDIS STAR (Center for Satellite Applications and Research)

    • NOAA CLASS (Satellite Data Archive)

    • NASA SPoRT

    • College of DuPage (COD) Satellite 

    • Tropical Tidbits Satellite Imagery

  • Radar

    • National Weather Service Radar

    • Wundermap

    • Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD)

    • College of DuPage (COD) Radar

    • Iowa Environemntal Mesonet (NEXRAD archive, dual-pol products)

    • AccuWeather Radar

    • The Weather Channel Radar

    • ZoomRadar

• Skew-T Plots

  • SPC Observed Sounding Archive

  • University of Wyoming Soundings

  • Interactive Skew-T Plotting

  • NWS Model Sounding

  • SkewTLogPro

  • Interactive Skew-T/Log-P Diagram

• Ensembles

  • SPC SREF (Short-Range Ensmble Forecast)

  • EMC/NCEP/SREF Homepage

  • NCEP Ensemble Weather Plots

• Model Output Statistics (MOS)

  • NWS MOS Text Bulletins

  • University at Albany Quick Look at Weather Information

  • Texas A&M Weather Data Interface

  • NWR Station Listings (KXXX-4 station identifiers)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

• NOAA Core Websites

  • National Weather Service Homepage (Type in your location for your local NWS Office)

  • NOAA Main Portal

  • NOAA Online

  • National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS)

  • Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research

  • National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)

• NWS National Centers (All 9+ RFC)

  • Weather Prediction Center

  • Storm Prediction Center

  • National Hurricane Center

  • Climate Prediction Center

  • Ocean Prediction Center

  • Aviation Weather Center

  • Environmental Modeling Center

  • Space Prediction Center

  • NCEP Central Operations Center

  • River Forecast Center

• NWS Regional Headquarters (All 6)

  • Alaska Region

  • Central Region

  • Eastern Region

  • Pacific Region

  • Southern Region

  • Western Region 

Private Sector Institutions and Organizations

• Private Sector (Notable Ones)

  • AccuWeather

  • The Weather Channel

  • The Weather Company

  • DTN

  • Perry Weather

  • Baron Weather

  • Campbell Scientific

  • Tomorrow.io

  • WeatherBug

  • Weather Underground

• Weather and Climate Organizations 

  • American Meteorological Society

  • National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

  • National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)

  • American Geophysical Union (AGU)

  • World Climate Research Program (WCRP)

  • University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)

  • Mount Washington Observatory

Historical Weather and Climate Archives (Data Analysis)

• WPC's Surface Analysis Archive

• Plymouth State Weather Center

• College of DuPage (COD) Analysis Data

• SPC's Surface and Upper Air Map Archive

• OGIMET (Archived METAR/SPECI/TAF

• AMS Journals

• NHC Hurricane Season Storm Archives

• SPC Severe Weather Events Archive

• University of Wyoming Atmospheric Science Radiosonde Archive

• Climate Data Online

• NCEI Past Weather Tool

• Past Weather by Zip Code

• Weather Underground Historical Weather

• NOAA CLASS (Satellite Data Archive)

• NOAA Storm Events Database

• NOAA Operational Model Archive and Distribution System (NOMADS- archived model data)

• Mesowest (archived surface observations from mesonets nationwide)

• ECMWF Reanalysis v5 (ERA5)- atmospheric reanalysis data

Educational Resources

• Online Weather Courses and Information

  • Beginner Level Learning

    • Fundamentals of Physical Geography

    • Surface Weather Analysis Chart

    • UCAR Learning Zone

    • AMS Glossary of Meteorology

    • JetStream- An Online School for Weather

    • University of Illinois Online Modules

    • Weather Academy

    • NWS 101 Weather Classes

    • Tornado FAQ

  • Advanced Level Learning

    • Dual-Polarization Radar Training NWS

    • Penn State METEO 300: Fundamentals of Atmospheric Science

    • The Ultimate Weather Education Website

    • Comet MetEd

    • VISIT Training Sessions

    • Definitive Guide to Weather Map Analysis (Convective Chronicles on YouTube)

    • Definitive Guide to Skew-Ts and Hodographs (Convective Chronicles on YouTube)

    • Dynamic Meteorology Holton (YouTube)

• Meteorology Programs

  • University at Albany

  • Cornell University

  • Penn State University

  • Rutgers University

  • UMass Lowell 

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • University of Illinois

  • The Ohio State University

  • Iowa State University

  • Northern Illinois University

  • The University of Oklahoma

  • Texas A&M University

  • Florida State University

  • University of South Alabama

  • North Carolina State University

  • University of Washington

  • UCLA

  • San Jose State University

  • The University of Utah

  • Oregon State University

  • University of Miami

  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

• Atmospheric Sciences Scholarships 

  • AMS Scholarships

  • AMS Graduate Fellowships

  • NWA Grants and Awards

  • Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship

  • Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship

  • Department of Homeland Security Summer Internship Program

  • National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship

  • Research Experience for Undergrads (REUs)