Non-Commercial Northwest Weather Information on the Internet

This was a talk presented at the Northwest Weather Workshop in Seattle on February 22, 1997. The links with the are those that were followed in the presentation. This link provides a bibliography of the following links. For a comprehensive list of weather-related sites, follow this link.

Forecasts

• Washington
  • NWS Public, Warning, Marine, Air Quality from NWS Seattle
  • NWS Public, Discussion from NWS Spokane
  • NWS Public, Warning, Marine from Univ. of Wash.
  • NWS Headquarters
  • NWS Public, Marine, Air Quality, Discussion, MOS from Ohio State Univ.
  • TWEBs, TAFs, Air/Sigmets, Area, Winds Aloft from NOAA's Aviation Weather Center
  • Northwest Hydrometeorological Forecasts from the Northwest River Forecast Center
  • NWS Public, Warning, Marine, Hydrologic from IWIN (can be very slow!!)
• Oregon
  • Indirect Links to Forecasts from NWS Portland
  • Public from NWS Pendleton
  • NWS Public, Marine, Air Quality, Discussion, MOS from Ohio State Univ.
  • TWEBs, TAFs, Air/Sigmets, Area, Winds Aloft from NOAA's Aviation Weather Center
  • Northwest Hydrometeorological Forecasts from the Northwest River Forecast Center
  • NWS Public, Warning, Marine, Hydrologic from IWIN (can be very slow!!)
• Idaho
  • NWS Public, Discussion, River, Avalanche from NWS Boise
  • NWS Public, Discussion from NWS Pocatello
  • NWS Public, Discussion from NWS Spokane
  • NWS Public, Discussion, MOS from Ohio State Univ.
  • TWEBs, TAFs, Air/Sigmets, Area, Winds Aloft from NOAA's Aviation Weather Center
  • Northwest Hydrometeorological Forecasts from the Northwest River Forecast Center
  • NWS Public, Warning, Marine, Hydrologic from IWIN (can be very slow!!)
• British Columbia
  • Public, Marine from Pacific Weather Centre of Environment Canada
  • Public, Marine from Environment Canada Headquarters
  • Public, Marine from Ohio State Univ.
• Alaska
  • NWS Public, River, Marine, Sea Ice, Highway from NWS Alaska
  • Aviation Text and Graphic Products from Alaska Aviation Weather Unit
  • NWS Public, River, Marine, Sea Ice, Discussion, MOS from Ohio State Univ.
  • NWS Public, Warning, Marine, Hydrologic from IWIN (can be very slow!!)

• Washington
  • Decoded, METAR Collective, Marine Collective, Coast Guard Reports, Road Reports, Hourly Roundup, and Wx Summary from NWS Seattle
  • Decoded, Road Reports, Hourly Roundup, UW Rooftop Obs. from Univ. of Wash.
  • METAR Collective, Coast Guard Reports, Road Reports, Hourly Roundup, and Wx Summary from Ohio State Univ.
  • PAWS Sites from WSU
  • Hourly Roundup, Road Reports from NWS Spokane
  • Sequim Daily, Month and Year-to-Date Info
• Oregon
  • METAR Collective, Coop Reports, Hourly Roundup, and Wx Summary from Ohio State Univ.
  • Indirect Links to Observations from NWS Portland
  • Indirect Links to Observations from NWS Pendleton
• Idaho
  • Hourly Roundup, Road Reports from NWS Boise
  • METAR Collective, Mountain Stations, Hourly Roundup, and Wx Summary from Ohio State Univ.
  • Hourly Roundup, Road Reports from NWS Spokane
  • Indirect Links to Observations from NWS Pocatello
• British Columbia
  • Decoded, School Obs. from Pacific Weather Centre of Environment Canada
  • Decoded from Environment Canada Headquarters
  • Marine Observations from Ohio State Univ.
• Alaska
  • Hourly Roundup, Wx Summary and Sea Ice, SST from NWS Alaska
  • Ship Reports, Hourly Roundup, and Wx Summary from Ohio State Univ.
• Marine Obs (in addition to those mentioned above)
  • Decoded, Collective, Coast Guard Reports from NDBC

• Soundings and Sand Point Profiler Plots from Univ. of Wash.
• Upper-Air Plots, Skew-T and Hodograph Plots, Freezing Levels, Raw Data from NCAR
• Upper-Air Plots; Stuve, Skew-T, and Hodograph Plots with Raw Data and Derived Parameters from Univ. of Illinois
• U.S. and Canadian Plots of: Upper-Air, Jet Stream, Skew-T with Derived Parameters, Individual Derived Parameters from Ohio State Univ.
• Upper-Air Plots, Skew-T with Derived Parameters Plots from Purdue (can be a slow connection)

• Washington
  • Tabular and Graphic Flows from USGS
  • Latest River Conditions from the Army Corps of Engineers
  • Daily Updates of Water Equivalent of Snow/Precipitation from Natural Resources Conservation Service SNOTEL sites
• Oregon
  • Tabular and Graphic Flows from USGS
  • Daily Updates of Water Equivalent of Snow/Precipitation from Natural Resources Conservation Service SNOTEL sites
• Idaho
  • Tabular and Graphic Flows from USGS
  • Daily Updates of Water Equivalent of Snow/Precipitation from Natural Resources Conservation Service SNOTEL sites
• British Columbia
  • River Data via Registration from the Pacific Weather Centre of Environment Canada
• Alaska
  • Tabular and Graphic Flows from USGS

• GOES Water Vapor, IR, Visible, Special Sectors from GOES Satellite Browser Server
• GOES, GMS, and Meteosat Images with or without Model Overlays, ERS Winds from NRL Monterey Satellite Meteorological Applications
• GOES Water Vapor, Enhanced IR, Visible from The Univ. of Hawaii
• GOES Water Vapor, Enhanced IR, Visible from Oregon State Univ.
• GOES Water Vapor, Enhanced IR, Visible, Floating Sectors, Composites from Univ. of Wyoming
• GOES Visible, IR, Water Vapor and CIMMS from Univ. of Wisconsin SSEC
• Ocean Surface Winds, SSMI and ERS Images from the Ocean Physical Processes Team of NOAA
• Alaska Region: Polar Orbiting, GOES, GMS Images from NWS Alaska
• Polar Orbiters from the Satellite Active Archive (can be hard to use)
• GOES Water Vapor, IR, Enhanced IR, Visible from Ohio State Univ.
• GOES Water Vapor, IR, Visible from Univ. of Wash.
• GOES Water Vapor, IR, Visible from UIUC Gopher
• GOES Water Vapor, IR, Visible, Composite from Purdue
• GOES-9 CIRA/RAMM Images from NWS Boise
• GOES-9 CIRA/RAMM Images from NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard
• GOES Visible and Enhanced IR from SFSU
• GOES Water Vapor, IR, Visible, Fog-products from UCAR
• GOES with Overlays from Unidata
• GOES from Univ. of Utah
• Directory of GOES Images from Colorado State (very hard to find image you want)
• GOES-WEST Visible and IR from UC Davis
• GOES from NASA (large files, very slow!!)

• Most Radar Images come from commercial links.
• National Composite with Watch Boxes from The Univ. of Hawaii

• Washington
  • Daily Climate Summaries, Daily Temperature and Precipitation Tables, Monthly Summaries, 6-10 Day Outlook from NWS Seattle
  • Daily and Monthly Climate Summaries, Daily Temperature and Precipitation Tables from NWS Spokane
  • Daily Climate Summaries, Daily Temperature and Precipitation Table from Ohio State Univ.
  • Climate Summaries and Period of Record Data for Washington Cities
  • North Bend Daily and 6-Hour Weather from Erik Moldstad's Page
  • Sequim Daily, Month and Year-to-Date Info
• Oregon
  • Indirect Links to Climate Information from NWS Portland
  • Daily Climate Summaries, Daily Temperature and Precipitation Table from Ohio State Univ.
  • Climate Summaries and Period of Record Data for Oregon Cities
  • Selected Daily Climate Summaries, Daily Temperature and Precipitation Tables from NWS Seattle
• Idaho
  • Daily Climate Summaries, Daily Temperature and Precipitation Tables, Monthly Climate Report from NWS Boise
  • Daily Climate Summaries, Daily Temperature and Precipitation Tables, Monthly Climate Report, Record Reports from NWS Pocatello
  • Weekly Wx and Crop Report, Daily Climate Summaries, Daily Temperature and Precipitation Table from Ohio State Univ.
  • Climate Summaries and Period of Record Data for Idaho Cities
  • Daily and Monthly Climate Summaries, Daily Temperature and Precipitation Tables from NWS Spokane
  • Daily Temperature and Precipitation Tables from NWS Seattle
• Alaska
  • Daily Temperature and Precipitation Table from NWS Alaska
  • Daily Temperature and Precipitation Table from Ohio State Univ.
  • Climate Summaries and Period of Record Data for Alaska Cities
• National Products
  • 6-10 Day Outlooks, Monthly Climate Outlooks, Multi-Season Outlooks, SST Predictions, 8-day MRF MOS, 30-90 Day Hawaiian Outlook, ENSO Summary from the Climate Prediction Center

• West Coast Forecasts, Data from NWS Boise

• Mt. Rainier Recreational Forecast, Cascades and Olympics Forecasts, Avalanche Warnings, Observations from NWS Seattle
• Avalanche Warnings, Observations, Forecasts from Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center
• BC Avalanche Warnings from the Canadian Avalanche Association
• SNOTEL Snow Pack, Precip. Data from USDA
• Avalanche Warning from the Sun Valley Avalanche Center
• Some Commercial Ski Data
  • Ski Conditions, Daily Snowfall Totals, Links from Cascade Ski Report
  • Ski Reports from Northwest Ski Report
  • White Pass Current Conditions
  • Washington Ski Conditions from TravelFile

• ETA: from IGES in Maryland, from Purdue, 4-Panel Precip from Univ. of Hawaii, and from Ohio State Univ.
• RUC: from FSL in Boulder, from Purdue, and from IGES in Maryland
• MM5 Real Time Pacific Northwest Simulations
• AVN: from IGES in Maryland, from Purdue, and from Ohio State Univ.
• NGM: from IGES in Maryland, from Purdue, and from Ohio State Univ.
• MRF: from IGES in Maryland, from Purdue, and from Ohio State Univ.
• ECMWF: from Purdue and from Ohio State Univ.
• Canada's Forecast Models
• FNMOC Models
  • NORAPS 6.0 - Navy Operational Regional Atmospheric Prediction System
  • WAM - Ocean Wave Model

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