Weather Links

(for Synoptic classes, et al...)

Observations

MU Synoptic Analyses

Hemispheric Plots from UNISYS
SPC Upper Air Analyses
NCEP Surface Analysis
Mandatory Level Plots from UNISYS
Upper Air Sounding Plots from UNISYS

The Aviation Digital Data Service - Excellent for KCOU METARs, among other products.
ADDS satellite imagery
ADDS RADAR data
GOES Soundings
MAPS/RUC Soundings from FSL
ACARS data from FSL (see Market for online access details)

South Farms SuomiNet Data

The Pilot Balloon Calculator, after a hard day at South Farm.
The WeatherTap gateway



Forecasts - when you just can't get a Sun workstation and run ntl


NCEP Ensemble Forecasts
The Hydrometeorological Prediction Center's home page
The Storm Prediction Center's Upper Air Analysis page, Mesoscale Analysis page, and Forecast Products page
The Aviation Weather Center's home page
The National Hurricane Center's home page

RAP Current Weather is an expanded form of the ADDS (includes access to numerical model output).
Current Meteorology info (including model interpolations) from the Atmospheric Resource Lab's READY Page
Models at UNISYS Weather
UMC Isentropic Model Grids page
Eta model mini-ensemble of Precip Type at KCOU
RUC/MAPS Model from FSL
Up to 12 hour runs of the NCEP RUC Convective Forecasting Page
Text data from Texas A&M


Observation and Forecast Links for Columbia, MO

Resources

General

The online GARP tutorial.

The NCDC Station Locator
Satellite Enhancement Overview from CSU
NWS National Data

Mighty Fine Examples


• Excellent example of a loaded gun type sounding from Springfield, MO. Thanks to Scott Rochette of SUNY-Brockport for pointing it out, and UMC's own Chayot Thongklin for grabbing it from UNISYS!
  
• Excellent example of a hook echo radar signature over Maryland, southeast of Ft. Belvoir (DAA). Thanks to Wes Burgett of TTU for spotting that one!
  
• Example of a Time-Height Section.
  

Required Reading

The Federal Meteorological Handbook #1: Surface Observations - Necessary for understanding how observations are made!!!
NWS METAR Quick Reference Card

The COMET Hodograph page.
NWSTC's Page on Meteorological Uses of Lightning Data.
VISIT's Page on Meteorological Uses of ACARS Weather Data.


Winter Forecasting
The Liquid-to-Snow Pages at SLU.
The Winter Weather Forecasting presentation by Wes Junker from the HPC.
The Snow Forecasting presentation by Wes Junker from the HPC.
Melanie Wetzel's Winter Forecasting Ingredients page at UW-Madison, and the Forecasting Techniques page.
Dan Baumgardt's Cloud Microphysics Review page at NWS LaCrosse.
The Snow Crystal Physics page at Cal Tech.


Numerical Weather Prediction
The Meted NWP course page.
The Model Biases page at NCEP/HPC.
UNIDATA Guide to How Grids Look and the Master List of NCEP Storage Grids.