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Some of these data and forecasts are supplied by a COMET program connection with the University of Washington Atmospheric Sciences Department.

CLICK ON A ZONE NUMBER in the map below to retrieve the zone forecast and the extended forecast for that area. For a text version of this map, or to see the names of these zones, click here.

Forecasts

• Warnings

  • Washington Warnings and Storm Reports
  • Most Recent Hydrologic Warnings, Watches, and Statements
  • National Warnings

• Zone and Extended Washington State Forecasts

  • All Zone Forecasts, an alternate source, and the list of the zones.
  • State Forecast (including extended forecast) and an alternate source
  • State Forecast Discussion (using meteorological abbreviations) and an alternate source
  • Temperature/Precipitation Forecast and an alternate source

• Marine Forecasts

  • Marine Forecast and an alternate source
  • Grays Harbor Bar Forecast
  • Columbia River Bar Forecast
  • Washington and Oregon Offshore Waters Forecast
  • Tide Forecasts from NOAA's OLLD
  • Ocean Wave Forecasts from the Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC)

• Short-Term Forecasts and City Forecasts

  • Seattle City Forecast and an alternate source
  • Short Term Forecasts (if expired, you will receive the latest zone forecasts)

• Aviation Forecasts

  • U.S. and International Forecasts from the Aviation Weather and Storm Prediction Center
  • Aviation Digital Data Service

• Mountain Forecasts

  • Mount Rainier Recreational Forecast
  • Olympics Zone and Extended Forecast
  • West Slopes Northern Cascades and Passes Zone and Extended Forecast
  • West Slopes Central Cascades and Passes Zone and Extended Forecast
  • West Slopes Southern Cascades and Passes Zone and Extended Forecast
  • East Slopes Southern Cascades Zone and Extended Forecast
  • East Slopes Northern Cascades Zone and Extended Forecast
  • Northwest Avalanche Center and their text forecasts

• Hydrologic Forecasts

  • Most Recent Hydrologic Warnings, Watches, and Statements
  • Seattle Hydrologic Service Area Forecasts and the entire Northwest Hydrometeorological Forecasts from the Northwest River Forecast Center
  • Most Recent Flood Potential Outlook
  • Most Recent QPS Forecast (restricted access) and previous versions.

• Model Forecasts

  • ETA: from IGES in Maryland, from Purdue, and from Ohio State
  • 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
  • NGM: from IGES in Maryland, from Purdue, and from Ohio State
  • MRF: from IGES in Maryland, from Purdue, and from Ohio State
  • ECMWF: from Purdue and from Ohio State
  • Canada's Forecast Models

• Miscellaneous Forecasts

  • Air Quality
    • Puget Sound Region and the same information directly from PSAPCA.
    • Greater Portland Area
  • National Ultraviolet Index Forecast
  • Latest observations and forecasts from around the country via interactive map

• Pacific Northwest Surface Observations

  • Decoded Observations from the Station List
  • Washington Hourly Weather Roundup (decoded) and an alternate format of latest 2 hours (partially decoded)
  • Washington Raw METAR Observations Please note that as of July 1, 1996 Surface Aviation Observations (SAOs) were discontinued in favor of Aviation Routine Weather Reports (METAR). Here is the METAR FAQ and the the METAR Code explained.
  • Coded Pacific Northwest Pressure Gradients
  • Decoded Observations at the NWS Site in Seattle
  • Washington Weather Summary and Oregon Weather Summary.
  • PAWS Sites from WSU

• Marine Reports

  • Marine Weather Log
  • Coast Guard and Miscellaneous Marine Reports and previous versions and an alternate source for previous versions.
  • Pacific Northwest Marine Data from National Data Buoy Center
  • Tabular Pacific Northwest Marine Data from National Data Buoy Center
  • Latest Pacific Ocean Wave Report and previous versions and an alternate source for previous versions from Climate Research Division of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography
    • How to decode the Ocean Wave Report
  • Retrieve Offshore Marine Observations within a Radial Distance
  • Ocean Modeling Branch of NCEP including the NCEP Operational Products

• Upper-Air Observations

  • Northwest Upper-Air Soundings
    • Forks Upper-Air Sounding from U.W. and from NCAR (includes a hodograph)
    • Spokane Upper-Air Sounding from U.W. and from NCAR (includes a hodograph)
    • Salem Upper-Air Sounding from U.W. and from NCAR (includes a hodograph)
    • Medford Upper-Air Sounding from U.W. and from NCAR (includes a hodograph)
  • NCAR's Upper Air Page
  • Seattle Sand Point Profiler Winds latest or list
  • Coded Sounding Files

• Hydrologic Data

  • Table of Latest River Reports and Latest Reports from a Selected River from the USGS
  • Latest River Conditions from the Army Corps of Engineers
  • Northwest River Forecast Center
  • Hydrologic Information Center

• Highway and Mountain Pass Conditions in the West

  • Washington Highway Updates from WSDOT
  • Washington Mountain Weather and Road Conditions
  • Winter Driving Information from WSDOT
  • Phone Numbers for Road Condition Reports from other States and Provinces

• Satellite

  • GOES-WEST Visible Images
    • 1 km Resolution with previous versions
    • 4 km Resolution and alternate source with previous versions
  • GOES-WEST Infrared Images
    • 4 km Resolution and alternate source with previous versions.
    • 8 km Resolution with previous versions.
    • 16 km Resolution and alternate source with previous versions.
  • GOES-WEST Water Vapor Images
    • 4 km Resolution with previous versions.
    • 8 km Resolution and alternate source with previous versions.
    • 16 km Resolution and alternate source with previous versions.
  • GOES Satellite Browser Server

• Radar

  • US Radar Map - latest or list
  • Latest Regional Radar Image (from WSI)
  • Latest Seattle Radar Image (from WSI)
  • Latest Estimated Precipitation from the Regional Radar (from WSI)
  • Latest Regional Radar Summary (from WSI)

• Plotted Surface Data and Fax Charts

  • 3-Hourly Data for Western Washington and Eastern Washington and a list of Western Washington plots and a list of Eastern Washington plots
  • SeaTac Airport Meteogram
  • US Surface Map - latest or list
  • NWS Fax Weather Charts

• Video

  • Latest Video Images in downtown Seattle and at the University of Washington
  • Department of Transportation Video Cameras
  • Weather Cams

• Local Climate Data

  • Daily Maximum and Minimum Temperatures and Precipitation Data from Washington, Oregon, Idaho and California and Older versions of Washington's data. and an alternate source for older versions of Washington's data.
  • Daily Climate Files from Selected Sites (include daily extremes, precipitation data, heating/cooling degree days, wind data, sunrise/sunset)
    • Sea-Tac (SEACLISEA). Older versions. and an alternate source for Older versions.
    • Olympia (SEACLIOLM). Older versions. and an alternate source for Older versions.
    • Spokane (SEACLIGEG). Older versions. and an alternate source for Older versions.
    • Hanford (SEACLIHMS). Older versions. and an alternate source for Older versions.
    • Yakima (SEACLIYKM). Older versions. and an alternate source for Older versions.
    • Wenatchee (SEACLIEAT). Older versions. and an alternate source for Older versions.
    • Portland, Oregon (PDXCLIPDX). Older versions. and an alternate source for Older versions.
    • Astoria, Oregon (PDXCLIAST). Older versions. and an alternate source for Older versions.
  • Monthly Summaries
    • Sea-Tac and older versions. and an alternate source for older versions.
    • Olympia and older versions. and an alternate source for older versions.
    • Spokane and older versions. and an alternate source for older versions.
    • Yakima and older versions. and an alternate source for older versions.
  • Climate Summaries and Period of Record Data for Washington Cities from Western Regional Climate Center (WRCC)
  • Latest Daily Record Report and older versions. and an alternate source for older versions.
  • 6-10 Day Outlook and older versions. and an alternate source for older versions.
  • Washington Monthly Precipitation and Snowpack Summary and older versions.
  • Maps of Annual Precipitation for Western States (from Oregon Climate Service)

• Climate Centers

  • National Climatic Data Center
  • Western Regional Climate Center
  • High Plains Climate Center
  • Northeast Regional Climate Center
  • Midwestern Climate Center
  • Southeast Regional Climate Center
  • Southern Regional Climate Center
  • Oregon Climate Service
  • Climate Prediction Center
  • Climate Diagnostics Center

• Collective Sites

  • List from NWS Salt Lake City and the University of Utah. A very comprehensive list of university, commercial, and government weather servers.
  • Non-Commercial Northwest Weather Information organized by data-type.
  • WeatherNet Weather Sites
  • Weather Information Superhighway from NWS Tallahassee
  • Internet Weather Resources from Harvard
  • The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Meteorology

• NWS and Environment Canada Sites

  • NWS Portland
  • NWS Spokane
  • NWS Boise
  • Other NWS Offices in the Western Region
  • British Columbia Forecasts and Current Conditions from Environment Canada's Atmospheric Environment Service
  • NWS Pendleton
  • Interactive Weather Information Network (IWIN) from NWS Headquarters
  • Aviation Weather and Storm Prediction Center
  • Canadian Meteorological Centre

• Some University Sites

  • University of Washington
  • Ohio State University -- includes fairly fast satellite pictures, other good graphics, and about every text product you could want.
  • Purdue University's Weather Processor (WXP)
  • WeatherNet from University of Michigan and the Weather Underground
  • Michigan State University (Current Weather Maps and Movies)
  • University of Illinois Weather Visualizer and their Weather Observations by State
  • Unidata

• Vendors

  • Private Vendors including Family of Services and NIDS Vendors -- an alphabetical list from NWS Headquarters.
  • Some Local and West Coast Weather-related Product Vendors

• NCSA Network Starting Points
• Web Search
• Who's Who on the Internet
• World Wide Web Worm
• WebCrawler
• Planet Earth Virtual Library
• The WWW Virtual Library
• The Virtual Tourist
• Yahoo Internet Directory
• Digital's Altavista
• InfoSeek Search Service
• Lycos "The Catalog of the Internet"

Research Work

• Real Time Pacific Northwest MM5 Simulations
• LAPS (Local Analysis and Prediction System)

Office and Organization Information

• Intra-office page -- access restricted to NWS Seattle
• Telephone number (206) 526-6087.
• Map Showing How to Find the NWS and the NOAA Campus from Sea-Tac Airport
• National Weather Service Home Page.
• The NWS as part of NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
• NOAA's Western Regional Center Home Page.

Local Interest

• Washington State Department of Transportation Traffic Flow Page
• Sunrise/Sunset Times in Seattle for 1997 from the US Naval Observatory Time Service Dept.
• US Coast Guard
• National Earthquake Information Center

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