Geography 231: WEATHER AND CLIMATE
WWW Links
Williamsport Forecast (Intellicast)
| Pressure
Sea level pressure plot 3 hour pressure change 500 mb height 300 mb height |
Temperature
U.S.North America 24 hour: minmaxchange Heat index Wind chill |
| Winds
Wind speed Streamlines |
Moisture
Precipitation Dewpoint Humidity |
| Hurricanes
NOAA National Hurricane Center Tropical Analysis Unisys Hurricne/Tropical
Storm Data (including archives back 10 1886)
|
Satellite Images
USA Today University of Wisconsin Colo. St. U. CIRA RAMSDIS NOAA Links Page |
| Lightning and Severe Storms
Lightning Detection Map (real time) Tornado Simulation Model Movie Study of a Numerically Modelled Severe Storm |
Misc. Weather Info.
Significant Wx events and statistics National Weather Service Weather Futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange |
Climate Change
Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change
United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) includes a
good introduction, the Climate
Change Information Kit
WMO World Climate
Data and Monitoring Programme
US
Global Change Research Information Office
Roll-your-own weather maps
Plymouth State
Univ.
of Illinois
A few good starting points:
NWS
Interactive Weather Information Newtork
NOAA Geostationary Satellite Data
Server
The following sites contain links to other websites with weather and climate themes. Your textbook's companion website includes a "Destinations" option with links to sites related to the themes covered in each chapter. If you find sites that you think are particularly interesting, tell me and I'll add it to the list.
GCMD Weather
Data and Information Site List
Climate Related
Web Sites - NOAA OGP
David Cohen recommended WeatherNet4 (Washington DC), a very good regional weather site for forecast information. They also have info on weather science and education. He also recommended Wx4u.Com, which has a free subscription service that will e-mail you forecasts, storm warnings, and other weather information.