For Meteorologists

The following is a collection of meteorological data for use by meteorologists. Data includes current analysis, future forecasts, model strategy, Mesoscale analysis, polygon generation, radar, surface, and upper air information.

Severe weather warning sources should always be checked against time and location data. Use of the information displayed here is subject to the Terms of Service. Please read the disclaimer. Data requires educated and experienced professionals to analyze and interpret.

Situational Overview

SPC Convectives	Surface Analysis	Current WV Satellite

Mesoscale Forecasting
SPC Mesoscale Analysis Pages - Current storm sector focus areas from the SPC.
SPC Mesoscale Discussions - SPC MD graphics and text products.
NCAR/MMM Real-Time Modeling - Real-time mesoscale model weather forecasts using MM5 and WRF.

Model Data
NCEP Page - NAM, GFS, WW3, NGM, SREF, RUC, HRW, POLAR, etc.
NexLab - Various numerical models and graphics.
RAP Real-Time Weather - Multiple model runs including ETA, RUC, and GFS.
Unisys Models - Includes a variety of weather images including analyses, model forecasts, and hurricane data. ETA, NGM, and ECMWF.

Radar Products
NOAA NWS Radar Sites - National Weather Service offers radar images with overlays.
RAP Radar Page - Complete list of US radar sites and products.
The NexLab Radar Page - Single site radar images.
Weather Underground Radar Page - Full list of single site radar products.

Satellite Data
ADDS Page - Offers US and International images.
RAP Radar Page - Complete list of US radar sites and products.
NASA ESO Page - Includes full disk products.
NHC Tropical Satellite Page - Focused on storm sectors in the tropics.
UCAR Satellite Page - Visible, IR, WV, and more.

Short Fuse Generation
NOAA NWS - Short fuse graphics and text selectable by location, region, state, etc.
SPC LSR Data - Preliminary & verified storm reports for the United States.
Weather Underground WW - Graphics and text showing all short fuse warnings as well as watches.

Surface
MADIS Surface Data - Surface reports searchable by identifier.
NWS METAR - Surface reports searchable by identifier.
NWS ASOS & COOP - Official and volunteer surface data.
RAP Surface Data - Graphical representations including JavaScript zoomable data.
Unisys Surface Maps - Surface data with layover products.
WW2010 Surface Graphics - High bandwidth surface graphics.

Upper Air
FSL RAOB - Interactive JavaScript display of upper air data.
SPC Upper Air Page - Produces plots from sounding data as well.
UCAR Upper Air Page - Provides upper air raw data and plots.
Unisys Upper Air Data - Raw and plotted data.

Other Information
Aviation Weather Center - Offers forecast information specifically for aviation industry.
National Hurricane Center - Provides marine, hurricane, and tropical storm information.
NESDIS NCDC - Wide variety of archived weather data (pre & post format).
SPC History Page - Severe weather statistics and archive from SPC searchable by date.

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