Meteorology Links
*please report broken links to Jon Merrick.
Advanced User Sites
| DIFAX Maps | This site has manual programs, short and medium range forecast, and
surface analysis including fronts. |
| NWS / NOAA Homepage | This site has forecast discussions (must click on map to get to discussion menu), maps, and all the usual forecasting tools. |
| Real-Time Weather Data | This site has upper air, satellite, radar, surface, and model data. |
| Great Lakes Region Forecasts (NWS-DTX) | This NWS site shows forecasts for the Great Lakes region. |
| National Severe Storm Laboratory | The home page for the National Severe Storms Laboratory. Here you can find severe weather outlooks, current watches and warnings, and information about the NSSL. |
| National Weather Data (OSU) | Source of climatic data for the United States, the hourly weather roundup, marine data, forecasts, and model outputs (AVN/MRF and NGM MOS:FOUS14) for selected cities. |
| NWS Weather Charts on the Net | Source of Upper Air Analyses from NOAA and NWS. |
| Ohio State Universities Atmospheric Sciences Homepage | This site is the start page to obtain information such as OSU's Quick Weather for Easy Access to Columbus Weather, Text Weather Data, and Ohio State Weather Images. |
| North American Upper-Air Data (OSU) | Atmospheric profiles (skew-t charts) at specific North American upper air stations. |
| Upper Air Information (OSU) | Upper Air Analyses. Faster download than the NWSFAX download from the WEATHER CHARTS ON THE WEB hyperlink but not as detailed on some maps. |
| Unisys Weather Data | Source for models (MOS, ETA, NGM, AVN, RUC, ECMWF, MRF) and satellite images. |
| Penn State Univerity Weather Information | Source of forecasts as well as some cool QUICKTIME-VR movies. |
| Grand Rapids, MI National Weather Service | The home of the Grand Rapids National Weather Service on the Web. This site offers information on current warnings, forecasts, radar, climatology, as well as model outputs using a city by city interface. The data available from these models on this site is enormous. |
| Interactive Weather Information Network (IWIN) | Website in which you are the one that chooses how you want it to look. |
| NOAA Profiler Real-Time Data Display | Source of wind profile data. |
| Weatherstock | A good source for weather photos and footage. |
| NOAA | The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration home page. |
| College of DuPage Weather | Next Generation Weather Lab. |
| University Corporation of Atmospheric Research | A good source of Meteorology and Oceanography training tools. |
| Weather Forecast and Real-Time Data | Large directory of real-time weather data. |
| National Buoy Database | Source for buoy weather data. |
| National Centers for Environmental Prediction | A wide array of weather information. |
| Severe Weather Products | This page contains non-tropical data and information on severe weather across the US. |
Quick Forecasts
| Michigan Weather Network | Michigan's most comprehensive internet weather site. |
| The Weather Channel Online | The popular television source for weather comes to the web. A good source for anything you like on the TV version. |
| Intellicast | Source of upper air charts, radar data (also gives local radar), as well as forecasts. Good source for general meteorological information. |
| Weather Underground | Get forecasts for any city you want. |
| UM Weather | Source of forecasts, ski forecasts, weather maps, weather pictures, etc. Also a link for software. |
Fun and Education Sites
| How the Weather Works | This site is fantastic. It will help the novice understand meteorology and forecasting. |
| Global Monitoring | A source for satellite images as well as a learning resource. |
| Earth Science Recourses for Teachers | A service of USA Today. Gives educators a source of information about meteorology and also some tips on how to teach it to students. |
| Weather Science Hotlist | This page offers information on all aspects of weather. Offers forecasts, watches and warnings, weather phenomena, educational information, career information, any many other subjects about meteorology. |
| Weather Stop | Links to numerous different maps and products, as well as forecasts. Very extensive collection of links. |
Climate Data
| National Climate Data Center | Large archive of climate data. |
Meteorology Tools
| Meteorology Tools | Various Meteorology Tools |
| CMU Observations | Meteorology Tools | News and Events | Meeting Minutes | Great Lakes Cams |
