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National Weather Service [NWS]National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA]
American Meteorological Society [AMS] Glossary of Meteorology
UTC Time Conversion Table
Storm Prediction Center [SPC]
SPC Mesoscale Analysis
Cloud Classification
Natural Disaster & Emergency Preparedness
Severe Weather Impact Graphics
NWSChat Local Storm Report Viewer
Current Tornado Warnings (PDA Animated Weather)
CRONOS Advanced Analysis Map
Weather Prediction Center's [WPC] 4-7 Day Gridded Forecasts
Central Carolina SKYWARN
Daily Weather Map Archive (Dates back to 1871 - Must download DjVu extension to view)
NWS Raleigh, NC Submit a Storm Report
NWS Daily Briefing
Current/Imminent U.S. Probabilistic Weather Hazards Outlook
mPing Data Display
Weather Safety Information for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
The Official NIST US Time
IEMBot Anonymous Monitor - View Real-time weather alerts from the NWS
NWS National Service Change Notices and Public Statements
Exclusive to NC:
NWS RAH AFD (NWS Raleigh Area Forecast Discussion)NWS Raleigh [KRAH]
NWS Newport/Morehead City [KMHX]
NWS Wilmington [KILM]
NWS Greenville/Spartanburg, SC [KGSP]
NWS Blacksburg, VA [KRNK]
State Climate Office of North Carolina
Climate Database (NWS Raleigh)
Model Forecast Precipitation for KGSO
Model Forecast Temperature Profile for KGSO
Current Advisories, Watches, and Warnings for North Carolina
North Carolina Risk Management Portal
North Carolina Counties ranked by Land Area
2015 NC County Population Estimates
NCDOT: State Mapping Resources
Duke Energy Outage Map - Carolinas
NCDOT Traffic Heat Map
North Carolina Railroad System [PDF]
National Forests in North Carolina [PDF]
NC OneMap GeoSpatial Portal
NC OneMap Data Layers [PDF]
Elevation Maps of Cities/Towns/Villages in North Carolina
North Carolina Gap Analysis Project [NC-GAP] Final Report
State Mapping Resources
Various County Data Estimates - NC Office of State Budget and Management [OSBM]
NC International Building Code Standards for Wind Speed
Disaster Declarations for North Carolina
Satellite Imagery:
Near Real Time (Orbit Swath) ImagesNASA Earth Data MODIS Satellite Image Subset Selection
Aviation Weather Center Aviation Digital Data Service [ADDS]
GOES East 1-km Infrared Weather Satellite Image
Measuring Cloud Coverage
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project [ISCCP]
Information about Clouds
NWS Satellite Data (GOES-10, GOES-12)
GOES-R
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service [NESDIS]
Interactive Global Geostationary Weather Satellite Images
Short-term Prediction Research and Transition Center [SPoRT] GOES Imager
GOES Satellites
GOES Imagery at a Glance
Emergency Response Imagery
"NOAA Satellites helped save 307 lives in 2016"
GOES-16 Imagery from CoD
Land Viewer - LANDSAT-8 and SENTINEL-2 Satellite Imagery
GOES-16 Imagery from Univ. Wisconsin-Madison
N8UAD
GOES-16 Satellite Loop of the Day
EOSDIS Worldview - NASA
Google Earth Engine - World Satellite Timelapse
RAMMB-SLIDER GOES-16 Satellite Imagery Data Viewer
Copernicus Open Access Hub - ESA
Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment - GRACE
Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison - Real-Time U.S. Composite Satellite Animation
Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center - LPDAAC
GIBS Available Imagery Products
SatSquatch
Globe at Night
SSEC Geostationary (GOES) Satellite Imagery
EarthEnv Gloval 1-km Cloud Cover
Links for GOES-16 and GOES-17 Imagery
MODIS Today: TERRA Satellite Image of the Day, Space Science and Engineering Center [SSEC], Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
Informational/Educational:
Meteorological Definitions/Descriptions:
NWS GlossaryTypes of Thunderstorms
What is Vertically Integrated Liquid? [VIL]
What is a trough and a ridge?
The Dvorak Technique for Hurricane Strength Estimation
Types of Lightning and Lightning Facts
What exactly is the Dew Point?
Wind Shear Tutorial
What causes wind?
What is temperature?
What is temperature? - another description
All about Air Pressure
METAR Help
Types of Derechoes
El Nino and La Nina Explained
Land and Sea Breeze Visualization
Collision-Coalescence Process
Relative Humidity/Temperature Visualization
Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature
Introduction to Mesoscale Meteorology
Description of the GFS MOS QPF Products and Categories
Description of the GFS MOS MAV Alphanumeric Message
SPC Convective Outlooks Descriptions
Enhanced F Scale for Tornado Damage
Spatial Scales of Weather
Weather Map Symbols for Clouds
Aeronautical Meteorology Abbreviations
Atmospheric Processes and Parametrizations
METAR/TAF Weather Report Abbreviations
Arcus Clouds
Alex's Weather Notes
Explaining "Probability of Precipitation"
Weather Station Symbols
"What exactly is temperature?"
Persistence Forecasting
Weather Instruments and Equipment Explained
What is a platinum resistance thermometer?
Element Abundances in the Earth's Atmosphere
Earth's Composition and Structure (PDF)
Earth's Atmospheric Layers
Weather Symbol ALT Codes
How much energy is in a thunderstorm?
Weather Symbol ALT Codes
Interpretation of Weather Forecast Terms
Supercell Thunderstorm Structure and Evolution [PDF]
Basic Information about Deformation Zones [PDF]
Abbreviations used in official forecast discussions
The Elevated Mixed Layer
Hurricanes and Tornadoes
Careers in Meteorology, Hydrology, Information Technology/Electronics Maintenance, and Physical Science
The Three Types of Supercells
Extended Range Tornado Activity Forecasts [ERTAF] - Univ. of Northern Illinois
TornadoTalk
Education Modules/Tutorials/Notes:
Hodograph ModuleClouds Module - University of Illinois
Windows to the Universe (slow link)
Principles of Convection I: Buoyancy and CAPE
Dew Forecasting - Iowa State Univ.
Surface Weather Plot Symbols - JetStream School by NWS
Science on a Sphere [SOS] Software Download
Primary Sources from Weather Forecasting History - Library of Congress
Classroom Activities for Weather Education
MetEd
Meteorology Practice Test
^ Meteorology Practice Test Answers
The Cloud Lab
NOAA Weather Readiness Module
Jon Davies Severe Weather Notes
What is a Microburst? - NWS Birmingham, AL
Hurricane Tracks for Idealized Environment Flows
HotSeat: You be the Forecaster! (Beta)
SciJinks
Meteorology 432 Lectures - Iowa State Univ.
Skip Talbot's Field Tactics for Practical Storm Spotting [Free]
Storm Analysis 101 Educational Video [Paid]
SPC Modified Practically Perfect Severe Weather Verification - Univ. of Northern Illinois
Skew-T and Sensible Weather: Examples
Weather Data Access/Information/History:
National Digital Forecast Database [NDFD]Barometric Pressure Conversion (inches of mercury to millibars)
Air Sports Net - NC Barometric Pressure Map
Barometric Pressure Map from WeatherForYou.com
Iowa Environmental Mesonet [IEM]
NCEP Ensemble Background
NWS WFO IDs and Locations
Current North American Surface Analysis
NWS Forecast Office Product Listing
North Carolina WIS
IEM SvrWx (Update map with current date)
NOAA's Weather and Climate Toolkit
NCEI Storm Events Database
NOAA's Severe Weather Data Inventory
May 8, 2008 NC Severe Weather Event Summary
Contour Analysis (CIMSS)
Surface Weather Analysis Chart
Weather.Org - Weather History
Today in Weather History
The Online Tornado FAQ
The 25 Deadliest U.S. Tornadoes
WindAlert
"Simple Ways to Save Money and Natural Resources at Work"
EARTHDATA - Powered by EOSDIS
The Weather Window
National Centers for Environmental Information [NCEI] Data Access
Wet Bulb Globe Temperature Monitoring
Western North Carolina Vitality Index
National High and Low Temperature Archive
Collection of Annual Equinox/Solstice Dates and Times
Links to Natural Hazards Data in NOAA
Weather Quality Reporter - Gladstone Family
Precipitation Systems Research Group - Colorado State University
3D Interactive Earth Globes
USGS LandsatLook Viewer
USGS Earth Explorer
International Cloud Atlas
NCAR RAL Real-Time Weather Data
Active Storm Cell Visualization - iWeatherNet.com
RealEarth - SSEC
NWS Weather Forecast Offices Overview
NWS Public Geographic Areas of Responsibility [PDF]
NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit
SPC Publications
Featured Regional Climate Center Products
NOAA's Severe Weather Data Inventory Tile Search
xmACIS2
Spatial Hazard Events and Losses Database for the United States [SHELDUS]
SPC SVRGIS
Historical Weather Polygon Plotter - Iowa Environmental Mesonet
Current Dew Points across SE U.S. - Plymouth State Weather Center
Five-minute ASOS Observations
Bufkit Data Distribution System - Penn St. Univ.
Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters: Overview, NCEI
Potential Vorticity at 600K Isentrope/Polar Vortex Movement at Arctic/Antarctic Poles - Andreas Dornback
Safety:
Storm Chasing Safety, Courtesy, and ResponsibilitySevere Weather Safety Tips
Lightning Safety Tips
Storm Safe: Sheltering in Place - FEMA
Safest Places from Natural Disasters
Weather Fatalities Statistics
Weather Fatalities by Year (since 1940)
Lightning Science: Five Ways Lightning Strikes People
Email and SMS Weather Alert Services - National Weather Service
Hurricane Response Fact Sheets
How to Prepare for Power Outages
Ready.gov
TornadoTalk
mtarchive.geol.iastate.edu (Weather data archive hosted by Iowa State Univ. Environmental Mesonet)
Numerical Weather Prediction/Mesonets:
Operations/Metadata/Model Schedules & Status:
Current Status of NCEP Model ProductionUnified Surface Analysis Manual
Model Process Times and Descriptions - Netweather Community
NOAA/NCEI/NCEP Weather Model Descriptions
NCEP Products Inventory
Forecast Model Run Schedule - AccuWeather Forum
Weather Model Descriptions and Data - OpenWeatherMap
Article on model development "NOAA to develop new global weather model"
Weather Models 101
Principles of Numerical Weather Prediction
Weather Model Metadata - WeatherOnline
RAH NWP Reference
Public Release Notes on March 15, 2017 NAM Upgrade
Ensemble Situational Awareness Table
Model Websites:
PSU e-WALLTwisterData
TropicalTidbits
MeteoCentre: UQAM Montreal Weather Centre
MeteoCentre Cyclone Tracking
MeteoCentre Numerical Weather Prediction Maps
Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies [CIMSS]
WPC Surface Analysis Page
CoD Meteorology - Numerical Weather Model Data
PivotalWeather
Doug Simonian's Model Page - Global Ensemble Forecast System [GEFS] Model Data
Oklahoma Weather Lab
Unisys Weather
NCEP Central Operations
WinterCast Computer Models List
Weather Model Data - California Nevada River Forecast Center [CNRFC]
NWS National Mosaic - Ridge2
Golden Gate Weather Forecast Models Loop Page
Model Links
NSSL WRF 4 km Grid
Plymouth State Weather Center - "Make Your Own"
TXTornado Model Page
"Twister" - Ohio State University
GFS-Initialized Pacific Northwest WRF Weather Forecasts - Univ. of Washington
NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed - 2017 Spring Forecasting Experiment
Real-time Weather Data - Colorado State Univ.
Weather and Climate Data - George Mason Univ.
Tomer Burg - GFS, NAM, and RTMA data
Long Range (~7-16 Days):
GFS, NAM, RAP runs from National Center for Atmospheric Research [NCAR]Canadian Model [CMC] REG PCPN TYPE
Sutron GFS Point Data
WxCaster GFS Grid Page
Korea Meteorological Administration Model - GDAPS
Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center [FNMOC] Products (unsecured link)
Weathernerds GFS, ECMWF, HRRR, NAM, HWRF, and HMON Data
Alicia M. Bentley, Ph.D. (Univ. of Albany, SUNY) GFS Analyses and Forecasts Page
Short/Medium Range (~1-7 Days):
Hi-RES East WRF-NMM 4-km (Eastern U.S. Model Run)Earth System Research Laboratory High Resolution Rapid Refresh [ESRL HRRR] Model Fields
Forecast Model Soundings
NWS Meteorological Development Lab Model Output Statistics [MOS] Forecast Products
Universal RAwinsonde Observation Program [RAOB]
Severe Thunderstorm Briefing Page
WeatherBell HRRR
NCEP 4.0 km WRF-NMM run for SPC
CMC Global Deterministic Prediction System
Rapid Update Cycle [RUC]
High-Resolution Rapid Refresh [HRRR]
FIM Global Model
CIMSS Regional Assimilation System
CFS Severe Weather Guidance Dashboard
CFS SWGD Loop (see above)
NSSL WRF 4km grid
SPC IR/RAP/OBS Composite Map
NWS Blend of Models v3.0
WPC high-resolution medium-range forecast display
Ensemble Forecasts:
National Center of Environmental Prediction Short Range Ensemble Forecast Plumes [NC NCEP SREF]SREF Plumes National Selection Grid
Meteogram Generator from Iowa State University NAM Forecast Meteograms
WxMaps Meteograms
HopWRF Ensemble
NCAR Ensemble Forecasts
NCAR Ensemble Sounding Viewer
HRRR Archive at the Univ. of Utah
Other Model Data/Private Models:
Tornado HQStorm Prediction Center WCM (Warning Coordination Meteorologist) Page
CIMSS Morphed Integrated Microwave Imagery [MIMIC] Total Precipitable Water Loop
Air Resources Laboratory - HYSPLIT Model (Air parcel trajectories)
HYSPLIT Trajectory Model - Track a Parcel
U.S. Tornado Outbreak Interface
f5Wx Development (Models for purchase)
hazwx.com
ATMOGRAPH ModelVis - Advanced Earth Sciences Software
Man computer Interactive Data Access System [McIDAS]
MM5 Community Model - Penn State Univ.
Weather Prediction Center Surface Analysis Map Archive
The National Solar Radiation Database Data Viewer [NSRDB]
SPC Storm-Scale Ensemble of Opportunity
Surface and Upper Air Maps - SPC
Sounding Climatology Page - SPC
RTWX SPC Mesoanalysis Archive Animator
NWS DIFAX Weather Map Archive
IEM Cow Storm Based Warning Verification
NOAA/CIMSS ProbSevere Model
Forecaster's Toolbox - Weather Prediction Center
National Environmental Modeling and Analysis Center
New all-hazards ProbSevere model targets tornadoes, hail, wind
CUSF Landing Predictor 2.5
IBM's Deep Thunder Model
Panasonic Weather Solutions Introduces Panasonic Global 4D Weather
Ensemble Kernel Density Model Output Statistics [EKDMOS]
Cyclone phase evolution: Analyses and Forecasts, Florida State Univ.
Software:
PYKL3 Radar [Paid]Weather Defender [Paid]
RadarLab Imagery from weatherTAP [Paid]
WSV3 [Paid]
WXSpots Software [Free]
HurrEvac [Paid]
WeatherGraphics.com [Paid]
Science on a Sphere [SOS] SOSx Lite 2.0 [Free]
Mars24 Sunclock — Time on Mars [Free]
Mesonets:
Delaware Environmental Observing System [DEOS]MesoWest Data - Univ. of Utah
West Texas Mesonet
Iowa Environmental Mesonet [IEM]
Kentucky Mesonet
North Carolina Environment and Climate Observing Network [ECONet]
Missouri Mesonet
New York State Mesonet
Florida Automated Weather Network [FAWN]
Georgia Weather Network
Oklahoma Mesonet
Nebraska Mesonet
Kansas Mesonet
North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network [NDAWN]
Central Minnesota Ag Weather Network
Montana Mesonet (Coming March 2017)
Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System [AMeDAS] - Japan Mesonet
Tropical Weather Prediction:
National Hurricane CenterHurricane Forecast Model Output (University of Milwaukee-Wisconsin)
Tropical RAMSDIS Online Satellite Imagery
Hurricane Intensity and Categories
CFSv2 Forecast Seasonal Sea Surface Temperature [SST] Anomalies
Hurricane Spaghetti Models
Tropical Cyclone Climatology
Coastal Flood Exposure Mapper
Skeetobite Weather
Anatomy of Hurricane Katrina Flooding
tropicalstormrisk.com
Experimental Forecast Tropical Cyclone Genesis Potential Fields - Florida State Univ.
NCHurricane.com
NCEP/EMC Cyclogenesis Tracking Page
Experimental Tracks and Probabilities - Univ. at Albany, SUNY
ESRI How-To: Hurricane Map
hurrtracker.com - Hurricane Tracker [Paid]
Documentation of Atlantic Tropical Cyclones Changes in HURDAT
CaneTalk
Hurricane Climatological Potential Intensity Maps and Tables
Maximum Potential Hurricane Intensity
Kerry Emanuel Tropical Forecasting Products
Caribbean Radar Composite
Colorado State Univ. - Real-Time North Atlantic Ocean Statistics by Storm
Sea Surface Temperature Daily Composite - Gulf of Mexico - Rutgers Univ.
The Hurricane Severity Index
Aerial Reconnaissance in the North Atlantic Basin - TropicalAtlantic
Tropical Cyclone Radar Loops
Historical Hurricane Tracks - coast.noaa.gov
Sea Lake and Overland Surge from Hurricanes [SLOSH] model and other resources
Naval Research Laboratory [NRL] Tropical Cyclone Page
Maximum Potential Hurricane Intensity Maps - Dr. Kerry Emanuel Methodology
Tropical Monitoring Page - North Carolina Institute for Climate Sutides [NCICS]
Hydrology/Drought/Tides/Inundation:
Flooding/Drought:
Flooding and Inundation FAQsArcGIS Map - 100-Year Flood Zones
What is a 100-Year Flood?
Flooded Locations and Simulated Hydrographs Project [FLASH]
Flood Inundation Mapping and Alert Network [FIMAN]
Inundation Mapping Locations - NOAA
Southeast Regional Drought Monitor
Drought in My Backyard | U.S. Drought Portal
ACIS Drought Portal
U.S Drought Monitor Map from NCEI
National Integrated Drought Information System [NIDIS] Data, Maps & Tools
NIDIS Drought Monitor Graphics
National Drought Mitigation Center [NDMC] Drought Management Database (Univ. of Nebraska)
NDMC U.S. Drought Risk Atlas
NIDIS CRN/SCAN Soil Moisture Map
Precipitation/Water Pollution:
Rainfall Frequency AtlasCoCoRaHS - Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network
Current Month Daily Mean Rainfall Anomalies
NWS Live Precipitation Accumulation Tool
Precipitation Analysis - [AHPS] Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service
Ashley Cooper Stormwater Education Consortium
Solid Precipitation Intercomparison Experiment [SPICE]
Water Year Summary
Hurricane Matthew's Water Footprint - USGS
Find Water Polluters Near You - Toxic Waters NC
CHRS RainSphere - UC Irvine
Current Rainfall Totals Around North Carolina (1 Hour to 7 Day resolution)
NWS Ridge2 Past Precipitation Tool
3 Hour and 7 Day Rainfall Data from TRMM Satellite - NASA
NOAA Atlas 14 Point Precipitation Frequency Estimates: NC
Greatest observed point precipitation values for the USA
Carolinas Integrated Sciences & Assessments [CISA] Condition Monitoring Map
Current NWS Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) Documents
Drinking Water Mapping Application to Protect Source Waters [DWMAPS]
Distribution of Landfalling Atmospheric Rivers on the U.S. West Coast During Water Year 2018
Multi-radar Multi-sensor [MRMS] Operational Product Viewer
Flood Information & Notification System [FINS] - Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Inland Hydrology/Rivers/Water Quality:
Water-Resources data for the United States - USGSWhat's the difference between a Lake and a Pond?
Locate Your Watershed
Information about the Neuse River Basin
What are HUCS?
Watershed Boundary Dataset
National Water Information System - USGS
Interactive Water Cycle
AHPS Raleigh, NC NWS Weather Forecast Office Hydrograph Selector
Integrated Water Portal - State Climate Office of North Carolina
North Carolina Watershed Stewardship Network
Water Resources Research Institute of the UNC System
The World's Water - USGS
Fluvial Design and the Role of River Morphology
USGS Streamer
"Mapping Three Decades of Global Water Change"
North Carolina Lakes, Rivers, and Water Resources - Geology.com
SoundRivers - Neuse/Tar-Pamlico River Basins Nonprofit
Stolum Number - River Meanderiness
Office of Water Prediction
National Water Model Experimental Image Viewer
Little River Reservoir Schematic and Planning
Microplastics in our Nation's waterways
CrowdHydrology
Southeast River Forecast Center
Coastal Hydrology/Tides/Oceanography:
How far does light travel in the ocean?NOAA Tides & Currents
Cold Water Upwelling Along OBX - WeatherFlow
Naval Oceanography Portal
WWW Tide and Current Predictor
Development of a Coastal Salinity Index
NOAA Digital Coast
Archived Tides & Currents from Tropical Cyclones
Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association [SECOORA]
SECOORA Data Portal
SECOORA Marine Weather Portal
East Florida Shelf HF Radar
Coastal Ocean Monitoring & Prediction System - Univ. of South Florida
Coastal Ocean Research and Monitoring Program [CORMP] - Univ. of North Carolina at Wilmington
Coastal Circulation and Ecosystem Nowcast/Forecast System for the South Atlantic Bight and Gulf of Mexico - NC State Univ.
Coupled Northwest Atlantic Prediction System [CNAPS] - NC State Univ.
CH3D Storm Surge Modeling System - Univ. of Florida
University of Miami/Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Eastern Florida Shelf High Frequency Radar Operations
Coastal Emergency Risks Assessment Tool [CERA]
Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System [MARACOOS]
NOAA's nowCOAST
Main Hawaiian Islands Multibeam Bathymetry and Backscatter Synthesis
NOAA Bathymetric Data Viewer
DeepReef Bathymetry Explorer
High-resolution Bathymetry for the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea
NOAA Ocean Explorer
Office of Coast Survey Chart Locator
Current Marine Data | Oceanweather Inc.
Physical Oceanography Division - NOAA/AOML TCHP (slow link)
Atlas of Ocean Wealth | Mapping Ocean Ecosystem Services
MarineCadastre
NOAA DigitalCoast Data Registry
Statistics and Projections on the Calving of the Larsen C Iceberg
Global Ocean Heat and Salt Content
Soil/Agriculture/Forestry:
Web Soil SurveySoil Types
Basic Soil Moisture Terminology
Soils and Vegetation in North Carolina
Estimating Soil Texture
CPC Soil Moisture Monitoring
North Carolina Soil Surveys by County
United States Department of Agriculture [USDA]
North Carolina Agricultural Statistics
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service [NASS] (North Carolina)
North Carolina Agricultural Review
Soil Texture Triangle
Soil Porosity
"Hitting Pay Dirt on Soil Moisture" - An article written by me on Soil Moisture
SouthFACT Map Viewer
CropWatch - Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln
CoCoRaHS Climate Resources for Master GardenersAgroClimate
2016 North Carolina State Agriculture Overview - USDA/NASS
North Carolina Agriculture Overview
Chill Hours - Raintree Nursery
USAblight
U.S. Forest Service
Forest Inventory and Analysis National Program [FIA]
FIA Map Library
North Carolina 2012 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map (plus several other maps)
Official Soil Series Descriptions and Series Classification
The Kudzu Bug
CropScape - Cropland Data Layer
VegScape - Vegetation Condition Explorer
Crop Data by County - USDA/NASS
2012 NC Census of Agriculture Publications
Published Soil Surveys for North Carolina Counties
Monitoring Vegetation Drought Stress - USGS
Soil Porosity Information
Soil Profile Descriptions - Univ. of Michigan
What is the difference between C3 plants and C4 plants?
Plant Types: C3 Plants, C4 Plants, and CAM Plants
Soil Moisture Active Passive Data
North Carolina Cooperative Extension
The World's Oldest Longleaf Pine Tree
Monitoring Soil Moisture for Optimal Crop Growth
World Soil Resources Map Index
Digital Soil Mapping
Detailed Soil Atlas - West Virginia Univ.
Penman-Monteith Equation for Determining Reference Evapotranspiration
North Carolina Farmland in the Path of Development - American Farmland Trust
Tree Biodiversity in the United States of America
Short-term Prediction Research and Transition Center [SPoRT] Real-time 3km Land Information System over NC
Space Weather:
Solar Data/Monitoring/Eclipses:
SpaceWeather.comN3KL.org
Solar Position Calculator
Solar Dynamics Observatory Data
Solar Images at SDAC
SolarSoft Latest Events
Sun Lab - NOVALABS
NASA Eclipse Website
List of Solar Eclipses from 2011-2020
Solstice & Equinox Dates 2010-2019
Eclipse2017.org
Solar Cycle 24 (current) Prediction/Status
What is the Solar Cycle?
Real-time Solar Wind
Geospace Geomagnetic Activity Plot
Geospace Magnetosphere Movies
Geospace Ground Magnetic Perturbation Maps
D Region Absorption Predictions [D-RAP]
North American Total Electron Content
United States Region Total Electron Content
Relativistic Electron Forecast Model
Storm Time Empirical Ionospheric Correction
WSA-ENLIL Solar Wind Prediction
Wing Kp
Solar Terrestrial Dispatch - Real-time Space Weather Plots
Future solar eclipses in the 21st century
U.S. Climate Reference Network and the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse
3-Day NOAA Geomagnetic Activity Observation and Forecast
Astronomical/Moon/Aurora Data/Light Pollution:
Apparent Disk of Solar System ObjectSun and Moon Data for One Day
Daylight Hours Explorer
Complete Sun and Moon Data for One Day
Astrogeology Science Center
Find the Magnetic Declination at your location
Calculate current distance from Earth to the Sun
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera - Lunar Mosaic (Map of the Moon)
Aurora Forecast - Univ. of Alaska Faribanks
30-minute Aurora Forecast - SWPC
Light Pollution Map
Clear Sky Charts in North Carolina
Moon Phase Images - U.S. Navy
Lunar Impacts
Aurorasaurus
Interstellar Activity/Celestial Bodies:
Current Location of Meteor RadiantsStars and Celestial Bodies within 50 light years of Earth
Solar System Live
Solar System Scope
All Sky Camera
Deep Space Network NOW
Live Meteor Echoes - Listen to live meteors above your head!
Meteor Shower Calendar
American Meteor Society Glossary
Asteroid Database - Asterank
Near Earth Object Program Sentry Risk Table/Current Impact Risks
NASA Exoplanet Archive
"100,000 Stars"
Mars Rover Environmental Monitoring Station (REMS)
Satellites/Space Travel/Miscellaneous:
Space Weather Prediction CenterPronunciation Guide for Stellar and Interstellar Objects - Starry Night
Online Planetarium
Glossary of Solar-Terrestrial Terms
Livestream of the view from the International Space Station [ISS]
Current Position of the ISS
n2yo.com - Live Satellite Tracking
2D Newtonian Gravity Simulator
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Polaris Project - Iowa State University
Space Weather Radio
Spaceflight Now
ATLAS Launch Reports
ABI Bands Quick Information Guides
GOES-R Media Resources
Sentinel-1 - European Space Agency [ESA]
iNTEGRATED SPACE WEATHER ANALYSIS SYSTEM
ISWA Web App
SPACEFLIGHT NOW - Launch Schedule
NASA Football - Facts about Football and Outer Space
NASA's Eyes - Data Visualizations
Future Space Missions Graphic
How many people are in space right now?
View the current distance of spacecraft in the Voyager Interstellar Mission
High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment [HiRISE] (Mars)
HiRISE Images - August 2016
"The history of space exploration on a single space map"
NASA's THEMIS and ARTEMIS
Apollo 17 in Real-time
Current NASA Opportunity Map
The Astrobiology Periodic Tale
NASA Earth Observatory
Space Weather Education and Outreach
Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute [PARI]
High-Definition Earth-Viewing System [HDEV]
JunoCam: Citizen Science
Joint Polar Satellite System [JPSS]
Air Quality/Air Pollution/Pollen:
Pollen MonitoringEnvironmental Protection Agency [EPA]
North Carolina Visibility Map
Air Quality Index [AQI] Observations from AIRNow.gov
UV Index Forecast Bulletin
North Carolina Air Quality Static Map
Most Recent Pollen Report for Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh Air Quality Report
NC DEQ Air Quality
UV Index Forecast Graphic Map
Real-Time World Air Quality
National Weather Service Air Quality Forecast Guidance
North Carolina Air Quality Forecast Center
AirData Mart Access - EPA
NAB: Pollen & Spore Levels - South Atlantic
Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - EPA
The Smog Blog - U.S. Air Quality
NC DAQ CMAQ Forecasts
Outdoor Air Quality Data - Multiyear Tile Plot
Indoor Air Quality in Your Home
AirData Air Quality Monitors Mapper
Infusing Satellite Data into Environmental Applications [IDEA]
EnviroFlash Air Quality Forecast Subscription [Free]
Sulfur Dioxide Concentration Monitoring Model from Univ. of Hawai'i at Manoa
Ash3d Public Run Results (North/South American Volcano Ash Cloud Models)
NCEP Centers:
National Centers for Environmental Prediction [NCEP]Aviation Weather Center [AWC]
Climate Prediction Center [CPC]
NCEP Central Operations [NCO]
National Hurricane Center [NHC]
Ocean Prediction Center [OPC]
Storm Prediction Center [SPC]
Space Weather Prediction Center [SWPC]
Weather Prediction Center [WPC]
National Ice Center [USNIC]
Tsunami Warning Center [TWC]
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center [PTWC]
National Data Buoy Center [NDBC]
Environmental Modeling Center [EMC]
NOAA Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division
Radar Data/Radar Technology/Optics:
NWS Continental United States [CONUS] Radar MosaicNWS (NC/VA) Radar Mosaic
NWS (Eastern NC/VA/SC) Radar Mosaic
Wundermap
Next-Generation Radar [NEXRAD] (NC/VA)
NEXRAD Radar (CONUS)
Southeastern U.S. Regional Radar
Intellicast Radar
Baron Weather - Interactive Radar Map
NWS Enhanced Data Display v4.6.1 [NWS EDD]
imapweather.com
Radar Image Archive (Daily data dating back to 1996)
Mexico Radar
NSSL Radar Research Tools
Radar Meteorology - Online Remote Sensing Guide
Chaff on Radar Imagery
Vaisala Thunderstorm Manager
NWS Mobile EDD v3.3
How rotating wind turbine blades impact NERAD Doppler Radar
Radar Observations - Univ. at Albany, SUNY
Radar and Satellite Data - Iowa State Univ.
Parallax
Polarimetric X-band 1000 Overview - Univ. of Oklahoma
Operational Uses for Spectrum Width data
Climate Data/Prediction/Resilience:
Climate Data/Information:
Climate Prediction Center [CPC]Climate Prediction Center (New Beta Site)
National Climatic Data Center [NCDC]
Southeast Regional Climate Center [SERCC]
Cooperative Institute for Precipitation Systems [CIPS] Historical Analog Guidance
NWS Climate Site Selection
Seasonal Climate Forecasts CFSv2
El Nino Southern Oscillation [ENSO]
Monitoring Weather and Climate - CPC
Climate Reanalyzer
Cold and Warm Episodes by Season
Teleconnections Generator (NCDC Mapping and Analysis Web Tool)
Pacific-North American Pattern
IMERG - Global Precipitation Rates Video
NC Climate Retrieval and Observations Network of the Southeast Database [CRONOS]
Southeastern U.S. Climate Perspectives
Average Number of Severe Weather Days Per Year from 2003-2012
Storm Prediction Center Severe Weather Events Archive
United States Climate Atlas
United States Wind Climatology
Archived NWS Watches/Warnings
PRISM Climate Group Data Arrays - Northwest Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering
Climate (Physical Processes)
Climate Models - World Meteorological Organization [WMO]
NOAA MADIS Surface Observations
Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System [MADIS]
National Centers for Environmental Information [NCEI]
SC ACIS2
Fluxnet
Climate Engine Beta
Southeast Climate Science Center
Western U.S. Climate Historical Summaries
Inflation Adjusted Annual Tornado Running Total
Climate Data Record (CDR) Explorer
U.S. Cities ranked by Annual Average Sunshine
The World Bank - Percent arable land and various other parameters
Phenology Maps
Tree Ring Analysis Climatology
NOAAView Data Exploration Tool
Fall Foliage Prediction Map
Daily Weather Records Data Tool
Climate Spirals - Climate Data Visualization
RealClimate
Tornado Climatology - Favorable patterns for tornado development by month
Temperature Anomalies Visualization
GHCN Comparative Climatic Data
NCEI Storm Data Publications
Historical Observing Metadata Repository [HOMR]
Driest Month of the Year Based on Climate Normals [jpg]
Wettest Month of the Year Based on Climate Normals [jpg]
Southeast Climate Perspectives Webtool
GIS Maps/Dataviewer - NCEI
Tornado Tracks Tool - Midwestern Regional Climate Center [MRCC]
AAO, AO, NAO, PNA Circulation Forecasts
CLIMAPS - Climate Maps of the U.S. using the 1961-1990 U.S. Climate Normals
Local Climatological Data Access/LCD/Comparative Analysis Data
Brian B's Climate Blog
ClimateBits - Univ. of Maryland
Independence Day Percentage of Rainfall Climatology
PAGES - Past Global Changes Project
Teaching Climate | NOAA.gov
Three-Month Temperature Outlook (NWS RAH)
El Niño and La Niña Years and Intensities
ClimateEx
Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4), Volume I
Climate Law and Governance Initiative
Climate and Climate Zones - SciJinks
E3SM - Exascale Earth Modeling System for Energy - Oak Ridge Nat'l Laboratory [ORNL]
U.S. Wind Climatology, NCEI
World Maps of Koppen-Geiger Climate Classification
Ancient Earth Globe (Past Earth Simulation Viewer)
Climate Change:
Surging Seas Database - Risk Zone MapClimate Central
Southeastern U.S. Impacts from the 2014 National Climate Assessment
wxshift.com
Significant Climate Anomalies - Global Analysis from NOAA
Global Land Temperature Visualization over 100 years - Halftone
The Keeling Curve (Atmospheric CO2)
Melting Permafrost Article
"July 2016 was ‘absolutely’ Earth’s hottest month ever recorded" Article
"What's Really Warming the World?" Interactive Charts
Arctic Sea Ice Figures - Zachary Labe
Human Health Impacts from Climate Change
Sea-Ice Image Files
GIF of annual CO2 at Mauna Loa
Earth's Temperature Timeline
Global Carbon Atlas
Methane Budget - Global Carbon Project
Article on a new branch in the Larsen C Ice Shelf
Yale Climate Opinion Maps - U.S. 2016
"China, India Become Climate Leaders as West Falters"
"Severe thunderstorms and climate change"
CarbonBrief - Climate Change Impacts Mapped
Climate Change and Chocolate
"As Climate Changes, Southern States Will Suffer More Than Others"
"As Alaska's North Slope warms, greenhouse gases have nowhere to go but up"
How would the world look like without ice?
SkepticalScience - Climate Change FAQs
Joy plots for climate change
Climate Explorer, Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut [KNMI]
Climate Resilience:
U.S. Climate Resilience ToolkitNorth Carolina Flood Risk Information System [FRIS]
NWS Local Climate Analysis Tool
National Adaptation Forum
EcoAdapt
AECOM
SeaGrant
Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange [CAKE]
Fragile Cities Resilience Tool
350.org
Summary of Carbon Drawdown Solutions by Overall Efficacy
Current Global Warming Index
Other Weather Websites:
simuawips.comweatherunderground.com
coolwx.com
wxcaster.com
intellicast.com
weatherburg.com
wright-weather.com
baronweather.com
Old Farmer's Almanac
WeatherSpark
Stormtrack Forums & Discussion Boards
iWeatherNet.com
iWeatherNet.com Snow Depth and Percent Coverage Maps
weatheronline.co.uk
severestudios.com
Great Lakes Weather - Historical Weather and Weather Links Page
theweatherprediction.com
Oplao Weather
WeatherSTEM
VentuSky
Dark Sky Web App
Earth Networks Realtime Data Viewer
Windyty - Wind Map and Forecast
Live Wind Map
iWindsurf.com
earth.nullschool.net
SouthernWX Community Forum
TalkWeather Community Forum
WeatherDecoded
Forecast Clash - Crowdsourced Weather Modeling
MeteoStar Weather Products
U.S. Model Charts
OGIMET
weather.us
Winter Weather/Winter Forecasting:
NC Winter Storm DatabaseEarl Barker's Regional Snowfall Model Page (GFS, NAM)
WPD Probabilistic Winter Precipitation Guidance
TRENDs Precipitation-Type Nomogram Visualizer
Real-Time Nomogram Plots and Partial Thickness Data - NWSRAH
National Snow Analyses
Regional Snowfall Index [RSI]
CONUS Snowfall Analysis Map
National Operational Hydrological Remote Sensing Center [NOHRSC] Interactive Snow Information
Rutgers University - Global Snow Lab
U.S. and Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover
Multisensor Snow/Ice Cover Maps: Southern Hemisphere
NWS Raleigh Winter Weather Page
Lightning/Atmospheric Electricity:
Lightning and Atmospheric Electricity Research from Global Hydrology Resource Center [GHRC]Vaisala Lightning Explorer
Real-Time Lightning Map
Mid-Atlantic Lightning Mapping Array
Australian Radar and Lightning Tracker
Lightning Data Catalog - NCDC
NWA Lightning Detection Page
Sprites, Jets, and Elves (Yes, these are real lightning terms!)
The Science of Thunder - National Lightning Safety Institute
Blitzortung.org - Real Time Lightning Maps and Lightning Exploration
United States Lightning Deaths and Statistics
Information and Schematics of Lightning Detectors
WeatherBug "Spark"
An 8 Year Lightning Climatology of North Carolina - [CIMMSE] Collaboration for Improved Meteorology in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast
Lightning FAQ - [NSSL] National Severe Storms Laboratory
4km WRF Hourly Maximum Lightning Threat Forecast Loop
Lightning Amplitudes - ALDIS
Lightning - Arizona State Univ.
LIS/OTD 0.5 Degree High Resolution Full Globe Lightning Climatology (HRFC)
TRMM-LIS/OTD Gridded Lightning Climatology Data Sets
Oklahoma Lightning Mapping Array [OKLMA]
Environment/Energy/Alt. Energies:
InciWeb (Wildfires)PINEMAP Decision Support System
Canadian Wildland Fire Information System
Active Fire Mapping Program
MADAS - AIST-ASTER: Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer dataset
Earth's Energy Imbalance - Climate Lab Book
U.S. Electricity Generation by Energy Source
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Alternative Energy News and Current Events
Alternative Energies Pros and Cons
TerraCycle
National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy
Where Are Liquids Pipelines Located?
About U.S. Natural Gas Pipelines - Transporting Natural Gas
USA National Gas Price Heat Map
BlueSky Daily Runs - Wildfire Smoke Forecast
Earth Update Data
Data Tools, Apps, and Maps - U.S. Energy Information Administration
Coal Ash Basics - EPA
Solid Waste Permitted Facility List - NCDEQ
What is Petroleum?
NRDC Spill Tracker
Pipeline Accident Reports
Windpark Krammer, Rutherford Farm, and the Great Western Wind Project
Impacts of Energy Sources
A partial list of products made from Petroleum
Envirobites
How to Access the Toxic Substances Control Act [TSCA] Inventory
The U.S. Wind Turbine Database
Monthly Energy Review - U.S. Energy Information Administration [EIA]
The 12 Initial Persistent Organic Pollutants [POPs] Under the Stockholm Convention
Dirty Dozen Endocrine Disruptors - Environmental Working Group [EWG]
Seismology/Geology:
United States Geological Survey [USGS]USGS Earthquake Map
Sea Level Station Monitoring Facility
Interactive Geology Project - University of Colorado Boulder
OneGeology Portal
Interactive Geologic Maps - NC DEQ
U.S. Volcanoes and Current Activity Levels
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory [HVO] Volcano Watch
Grand Prismatic Spring
Rapid Earthquake Viewer [REV]
Glossary of Seismology/Earthquake Terms
Stations with live Seismograms - Univ. of Utah
Global Seismographic Network - Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology [IRIS]
Seismological Laboratory - California Institute of Technology
Gemstone Database
Smithsonian Eruptions, Earthquakes, and Emissions Animations
Global Volcanism Program - Volcano Database Search
United States Interagency Elevation Inventory
NOAA Topography Explorer Grid Extract
Abundances of the Elements in the Earth's Crust
Macrostat - Geologic Map
Seismic Monitor - [IRIS]
Lithological Map Viewer
Radio/Weather Sensors & Equipment:
Radio:
Radio Station FinderWhy do some radio stations start with K and some with W?
NOAA All Hazards Radio Information
NOAA Weather Radio Online
AntennaSearch.com - Information on nearby antennas, radio, and TV towers
Voices Used on NOAA Weather Radio
FM Signal Locater - FM Fool
Zip Code Signal Strength - vSoft Communications
NOAA Weather Radio [NWR] Coverage in North Carolina
Radio Garden
Weather Sensors & Equipment:
VaisalaR.M. Young Company
Campbell Scientific
Delta-T Devices
Decagon Devices
Scientific Sales Inc.
WeatherShack
Equipment - Winding Way Weather
Applied Meteorology/Miscellaneous:
Applied Meteorology/Meteorological Research:
The Tornado History ProjectNational Severe Storms Laboratory [NSSL] - Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment-Southeast [VORTEX-SE]
European Storm Forecast Experiment [ESTOFEX]
sunsetwx.com - How good will your sunrise/sunset be?
NC Heat Health Vulnerability Tool
Summary of the April 2011 Tornadoes
Tornadic Winds: In-situ and Radar observation at Low levels [TWIRL] Research
Heat Island Community Actions Database
National Severe Storms Laboratory [NSSL] Projects Overview
PECAN: Plains Elevated Convection at Night (Former NSSL Project)
Fujita, Dr. Tetsuya Theodore "Ted", Papers, 1896-2003 and undated
Quantum Weather
Meteorology in the News:
H.R.353 - Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017
Miscellaneous:
All NWS Warnings and their colorsWarning Decision Support System - Integrated Information
GeoGuessr
FAA Airport Diagrams
"Identify the Airport Diagram" Quiz
WebGL Fluid Experiment
F5 and EF5 Tornadoes of the United States (Since 1950)
Hail Roar
Next Generation Weather Lab - Text Products
Mass-Energy Scale Explanation - (E=mc^2 Explained)
Google Distance Calculator
Aviation Digital Data Service - METARs
Severe Weather Warnings Page - College of DuPage Meteorology
FlightRadar24 (Live air traffic)
NWS BUFKIT Version 15.11.2
United States Restricted Air Space Map
Old Maps Online
AirNav.com - Aviation Information
WeatherBrains
Antipodes Map [Find exact opposite points on the planet]
Amtrak/VIA Real Time Location Map
Idealized world map with true size proportions
U.S. Zip-code Map
Treepedia
Google Crisis Map
International Charter Space & Major Disasters
The Globe of Bird Migration
ShipMap - Global Cargo Ship Visualization
FV3: Finite-Volume Cubed-Sphere Dynamical Core
Ancient Earth Globe
The Megaregions of the United States
Different Scales and Projections of Earth's Surface
Spatial Analysis of Raster data - An Antarctic Example
INRIX Global Traffic Scorecard
North Carolina's New and Future Interstates
Total Land/Water Area and Ranking of U.S. States
2010 Census Urban and Rural Classification and Urban Area Criteria
2017 Infrastructure Report Card
BOEM Northern Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Bathymetry Grid from 3D Seismic
DaftLogic Google Maps Find Altitude
How "Cool" is the Eclipse?
North Carolina Biodiversity Project
Build Your Own Earth - Univ. of Manchester
MarineTraffic: Global Ship Tracking Intelligence
America's Quietest Roads
Meteorological and Climatological Data Visualization - Joshua Stevens
Storm Stress and Anxiety
Global Projection Transitions