Data Sources for Weather Forecasting

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Data Sources for Weather Forecasting

• Jim Means
• SIO209

2
Soundings

• College of DuPagehttp//weather.cod.edu/analysis/
  analysis.raob.html
• University of Wyominghttp//weather.uwyo.edu/uppe
  rair/naconf.html
• GOES Soundingshttp//www.orbit.nesdis.noaa.gov/sm
  cd/opdb/goes/soundings/skewt/html/skewtus.html
• UCARhttp//www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/upper/

3
Synoptic Charts

• UCARhttp//www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/upper/
• Unisyshttp//weather.unisys.com/
• NOAAhttp//www.nws.noaa.gov/
• University of Illinoishttp//ww2010.atmos.uiuc.ed
  u/(Gh)/wx/home.rxml

4
NWP Output

• NWS San Diego (gateway to many models)http//www.
  wrh.noaa.gov/sgx/nwp/nwp.php?wfosgx
• FNMOChttps//www.fnmoc.navy.mil/mywxmap/login.do?
  usernameguest
• Unisyshttp//weather.unisys.com/

5
Tropical Weather

• National Hurricane Centerhttp//www.nhc.noaa.gov/
  
• Tropical Cyclone Track and Intensityhttp//wind.m
  it.edu/emanuel/storm.html
• Weather Underground Tropical Pagehttp//www.wunde
  rground.com/tropical/

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Severe Weather

• Storm Prediction Centerhttp//www.spc.noaa.gov/pr
  oducts/outlook/
• Composite Maphttp//www.spc.noaa.gov/compmap/
• Dewpoint Maphttp//weather.unisys.com/surface/sfc
  _con_dewp.html
• Storm Machinehttp//www.stormchaser.niu.edu/machi
  ne/modcontour.html

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Mesonets

• MADIS datahttp//www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mesonet/
• San Diego Mesonethttp//newweb.wrh.noaa.gov/sgx/c
  pm/cooparea.php?wfosgx
• Southern California Mesonethttp//newweb.wrh.noaa
  .gov/mesowest/mwmap.php?maplalimit1list1

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Pay Sites

• WeatherTAPhttp//weathertap.com/
• Accuweather Propro.accuweather.com
• Digital Atmospherehttp//www.weathergraphics.com/
  da/
• Gibson Ridge Softwarehttp//www.grlevelx.com/

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Ocean State

• Wave Watch IIIhttps//www.fnmoc.navy.mil/PUBLIC/W
  W3/index.html
• Sea Surface Temperaturehttp//www.osdpd.noaa.gov/
  PSB/EPS/SST/contour.html
• California Surf (CDIP)http//cdip.ucsd.edu/?navr
  ecentsubnowcast
• Surf forecasthttp//stormsurf.com/page2/forecast/
  forecast/current.shtml
• Quikscat Scatterometerhttp//manati.orbit.nesdis.
  noaa.gov/quikscat/