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BE THE WEATHER GUYA guide to accessing and using public domain weather information via the world wide web
by Dick WestergardCertified Consulting Meteorologist
Presented to UCALL on October 14, 2009
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The ultimate starting point for Public Domain Weather Information within the U.S.:
http://www.weather.gov/
From there, click the part of the country you want information for to get to the local forecast office for that area
On the local forecast office page, let’s:
• Find a forecast for a specific spot• Explore the forecast in various formats• Look at the local radar• Look at local historical weather information• Check out a forecast discussion• Look at the local river and flood forecasts• Check for local weather warnings
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For weather radar imagery within the U.S.:
http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/Conus/full_loop.php
From there, click the part of the country you want information for to get to the local Doppler radar for that area
On an active local radar, let’s:
• Look at the variety of precipitation images• Explore Velocity images• Look at ways to move to an adjacent radar• Turn on AutoUpdate and do a manual refresh• Discuss the intensity information• Look at the color blindness tool• Check for local weather warning and other overlayss
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For satellite imagery from NOAA:
http://www.goes.noaa.gov/
From there, click a movie icon for the type of image you want to examine
On a sample area of the U.S., let’s:
• Look at the variety of image types and discuss their uses• Find high and low pressure systems• Find moisture sources
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To look at current hurricane information in depth:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
From there, click on the storm system you want to track to get to the latest bulletins and graphical forecasts for that
system
Let’s:
• Check the a text bulletin and any associated graphical forecasts• Explore the Eastern Pacific section
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To look at current forecast graphics from the National Hydrometeorological Prediction Center:
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/
From there, click on the type of graphic you want to explore
Let’s:
• Check the graphical forecast for today over the contiguous 48 states• Look at a loop of recent weather• Loop the five day graphical forecast • Investigate quantitative precipitation forecasts
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To look at past weather graphics from the National Hydrometeorological Prediction Center:
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/dailywxmap/
From there, select the date you want to see the weather maps for
Let’s:
• Pick a couple of dates (12/25/02) to review the weather graphics• Look at the types of graphics available
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To look at the latest graphical output from the computer weather forecast models run at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction:
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/analysis/
From there, select the model and the resolution you want to review
Let’s:
• Look at a loop of the near surface output for the next few days• Look at some of the information that feeds the models
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The National Centers for Environmental Prediction also offers a Meteorological Conversions and
Calculations page at:
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/calc.shtml
From there, select the parameter you want to convert or calculate
Let’s:
• Calculate today’s wind chill• Convert the current temperature to Celsius
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The National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service is another branch of NOAA.
They archive weather information in a wide variety of formats for use by researchers, forensic meteorologist and
climatologists at:
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html
Let’s take a look at cooperative observations at:
http://www7.ncdc.noaa.gov/IPS/coop/coop.html
and Local Climatological Data from a first order station at:
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/mpp/
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In cooperation with the University of Utah and the U.S. Forest Service the NWS Western Region maintains a database of
current and past weather observations at:
http://raws.wrh.noaa.gov/roman/
From there, select the place and time you are interested in
Let’s:
• Pick a NWS office warning area and a location• Check the weather there at an earlier date
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NOAA’s National Data Buoy Center has current and past marine weather infomration at:
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
From there, select the place and time you are interested in
Let’s:
• Pick a coastal area and a location• Check the weather there today and at an earlier date
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Want to learn about many of the interesting aspects of meteorology at your own pace? Try the National
Weather Service Southern Region JetStream course located at:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/srh/jetstream/
Let’s:• Look at their start page• Look at their weather on the web page
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Other web sites with interesting information:
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/
http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/
http://www.wunderground.com/history/
http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/index.asp
http://www.atmos.albany.edu/
http://www.weather.com/
http://www.worldweather.org/
http://www.wwis.dwd.de/
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http://www.shadetreemeteorology.com/
Finally, Let me offer you a portal to the world of free weather information through my home page at:
Among several useful links to other sites on my links page, (http://www.shadetreemeteorology.com/links.php) there is a link to a copy of this presentation, (http://www.shadetreemeteorology.com/Be The Weather Guy.ppt)with all of the links we have looked at today.
And, If you have questions, my e-mail address is there too.