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      • Tropical cyclone climatology and overview
      • Tropical cyclone life cycle and motion
      • Tropical cyclone structure
      • Hurricane forecasting learning material
      • Hurricane forecasting tools
      • Storm surge
      • TUTTs and LA/MS flood event of 2016
    • Ocean applications
      • Waves
      • Tides
      • Miscellaneous ocean products
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    • Regression, MOS, and NBM
    • Forecasting baroclinic systems and other products
      • Analysis
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      • Model Output Statistics and National Blend of Models
      • Useful forecast products
  • Synoptic class
    • Syllabus
    • Exam Information
    • Homework
    • Stability
      • The Basics
      • The SkewT and related diagnostic tools
      • POP, air mass thunderstorms, sea breeze thunderstorms
      • Severe Weather
    • Map analysis
      • Upper-level synoptic charts
      • Contouring
      • Surface analysis and fronts
      • Vertical structure
      • Jet Streaks
    • Dynamics
      • Review of dynamics
      • Dynamics applications
      • QG Theory and the Omega equation
      • Cyclogenesis and baroclinic instability
    • Modeling
    • Fog
    • Winter Weather
  • Intro Dynamics
    • Syllabus
    • Homework
    • Sample exam questions
    • Introduction (Chap. 1, HH)
    • Basic equations of meteorology (Chap. 2, HH)
    • Imbedded processes in equations of meteorology (Chap. 3, HH). Exam 2 material
    • Imbedded processes in equations of meteorology (Chap. 3, HH). Exam 3 material
    • Planetary boundary layer
    • Vorticity (Chap.4, HH)
    • Pertubation method and atmospheric waves (Chap 5, HH)
  • Numerical methods
    • Syllabus
    • Homework
    • Number Series
    • Interpolation
    • Basic matrix math
    • Filters And Fourier Analysis
    • Numerical derivatives
    • Numerical integration, random numbers, and Monte Carlo
    • Numerical solutions of differential equations and atmospheric modeling
    • Parameterization, data assimilation, and overview on WRF model
    • Final computer exercises
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​Upper air maps
  • Current upper air maps, University of Wyoming
  • Storm Prediction Center upper air maps
  • Northern Hemisphere 500-mb map, Canadian Weather Service
  • Northern Hemisphere 500-mb map, wxmaps.org
  • Northern Hemisphere 500-mb map, Penn State. (currently not working)

Surface maps
  • Current surface chart
  • Interactive surface chart
  • North American surface chart which includes marine obs
  • Link to a suite of land/sea surface charts (The NWS "unified" surface analysis)
  • Current TAFB analysis
  • Different NOAA surface charts
  • Temperature
  • Dewpoint
  • Theta-E
  • COCORAS precipitation observations

Current satellite and radar
  • National radar
  • GIS radar version (current conditions as well as archives)
  • NSSL's Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor (MRMS) product
  • Northern Hemisphere Infrared grey scale (Plymouth University)
  • Northern Hemisphere infrared
  • Northern Hemisphere water vapor
  • Northern Hemisphere visible

Vertical motion QG diagnostics from the CMC model, courtesy Thomas Galarneau of CIMSS/NSSL
  • Vertical motion associated with vertical change of vorticity advection from 900 to 500 mb
  • Vertical motion associated with Laplacian of temperature advection at 700 mb
  • Vertical motion combining two terms above from Omega equation
  • Vertical motion from Trenberth thermal wind diagnostic at 700 mb
  • Q-vectors at 700-mb

Mesoscale analysis
  • SPC mesoanalyses 
  • UCAR Rap website
  • SPC HRRR

SkewTs
  • WXCaster website
  • SPC website
  • University of Wyoming
  • GOES-derived
  • POES-derived: 1. Continental US; 2. Global (click on subsections)
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Severe weather outlook
  • SPC homepage
  • Weather Prediction Center - Winter Weather

International weather
  • Europe weather maps --- analysis and forecast (courtesy of Free University of Berlin's Dept of Geoscience)
  • Great Britain forecast charts (from UKMET)
  • West Pacific forecast charts (courtesy Hong Kong Observatory)
  • Additional sites on weathercsi.net

Archive information
  • Raw radar data
  • NWS watches, warnings, and advisories
  • Archived images
  • Amazon AWS access to Level 2 radar data through an agreement with NOAA's "Big Data Project"  (registration required)
  • SPC storm reports
  • Weather surface map archives
  • Daily weather maps back to 1871. Link to a talk on the history of weather maps here
  • Archived METARs (courtesy Plymouth State University)
  • Archived COCORAS precipitation reports
  • NEXRAD QPE CDR (courtesy NCEI)
  • Satellite archives (University of Wisconsin)
  • NOAA 21-day satellite archive
  • Plymouth State University weather archives (surface, satellite, radar, upper air, and model)
  • Colorado State University links to archives (courtesy Andrea Schumacher; some links may be old)
  • NCEI monthly climate reports
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  • Home
  • Contact information
  • Synoptic lab
    • Syllabus
    • Take-home exams
    • Homework
    • Tropical Cyclones
      • Tropical cyclone climatology and overview
      • Tropical cyclone life cycle and motion
      • Tropical cyclone structure
      • Hurricane forecasting learning material
      • Hurricane forecasting tools
      • Storm surge
      • TUTTs and LA/MS flood event of 2016
    • Ocean applications
      • Waves
      • Tides
      • Miscellaneous ocean products
    • Streamlines
    • Regression, MOS, and NBM
    • Forecasting baroclinic systems and other products
      • Analysis
      • Model guidance
      • Model Output Statistics and National Blend of Models
      • Useful forecast products
  • Synoptic class
    • Syllabus
    • Exam Information
    • Homework
    • Stability
      • The Basics
      • The SkewT and related diagnostic tools
      • POP, air mass thunderstorms, sea breeze thunderstorms
      • Severe Weather
    • Map analysis
      • Upper-level synoptic charts
      • Contouring
      • Surface analysis and fronts
      • Vertical structure
      • Jet Streaks
    • Dynamics
      • Review of dynamics
      • Dynamics applications
      • QG Theory and the Omega equation
      • Cyclogenesis and baroclinic instability
    • Modeling
    • Fog
    • Winter Weather
  • Intro Dynamics
    • Syllabus
    • Homework
    • Sample exam questions
    • Introduction (Chap. 1, HH)
    • Basic equations of meteorology (Chap. 2, HH)
    • Imbedded processes in equations of meteorology (Chap. 3, HH). Exam 2 material
    • Imbedded processes in equations of meteorology (Chap. 3, HH). Exam 3 material
    • Planetary boundary layer
    • Vorticity (Chap.4, HH)
    • Pertubation method and atmospheric waves (Chap 5, HH)
  • Numerical methods
    • Syllabus
    • Homework
    • Number Series
    • Interpolation
    • Basic matrix math
    • Filters And Fourier Analysis
    • Numerical derivatives
    • Numerical integration, random numbers, and Monte Carlo
    • Numerical solutions of differential equations and atmospheric modeling
    • Parameterization, data assimilation, and overview on WRF model
    • Final computer exercises
  • Dashboard