BTRWX Weather
Recommended Weather and Climate Sources
U.S. Government Weather Sources
National Weather Service - NWS Twitter Page - Source for official weather alerts for all issued Advisories, Watches and Warnings
NASA - GOES Satellite Images - NASA Twitter Page
Maps and Numerical Weather Prediction Model Data
NCEP Model Analysis and Guidance - Official source for all NWS Numerical Weather Prediction Models
Weather Prediction Center Surface Analysis - Map of updated official airport weather observations across the U.S. with frontal boundaries
HRRR: High Resolution Rapid Refresh Model - Use this model to monitor short-term trends for a region
NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) WRF Model - This model can be good to monitor convection and the development of severe weather outbreaks
Earth System Research Laboratory Physical Science Division Weather and Climate Maps - Provides a variety of weather and climate analysis tools
TropicalTidBits - Many useful tools for updates in tropical weather and provides some of the most user-friendly numerical model data currently available!
Tropical Cyclone Models from Florida State University - Use this page to run models to monitor the development of a hurricane or tropical storm
Twisterdata - Snowfall Maps and Skew-T/Log-P Modeled Charts - also includes useful maps for severe weather
http://www.wxcaster.com/models_main.htm - Use this page to access snowfall maps from numerical models (think "clown" maps)
CoolWx Precipitation Time Series Plots - This page is good for monitoring numerical model trends in precipitation accumulation "qpf" from NCEP; also includes useful tools for anticipating precipitation-type amounts
Weather Underground Surface Analysis - Map of updated weather conditions across the U.S. with frontal boundaries and regional radar
SPC Upper Level and Surface Charts and SPC Interactive Mesoscale Analysis - Provides multiple tools to monitor up-to-date severe weather indices
Washington, D.C. Area Local Radars
D.C. area Radar loop from the main page of this website
National Weather Service National Radar - and the D.C Area Weather Underground Radar - Interactive Wundermap
The Weather Channel D.C. Area Radar - Interactive
College of DuPage D.C. area Radar
Marylandwx.com D.C. area Radar
Washington, D.C. Area Local Weather Sources
D.C. area Sterling National Weather Service - Winter Weather Page - D.C. Area NWS Twitter Page
The Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang Blog - CWG Twitter Page
Climate Science
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
United States Global Change Research Program
Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs: Global Climate Change
Select University Weather/Climate Departments
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Penn State Weather - Department of Meteorology - Penn State University Weather Map eWall
Oklahoma State University Weather - School of Meteorology
Florida State University Weather - Meteorology Department
University of Illinois Weather - Department of Atmospheric Sciences
St. Louis University Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences -
CIPS Winter Weather Analogs - Compare current weather patterns to historical records
University of Albany Weather - Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences
North Carolina State University Climate Office - Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences
Mississippi State University Weather - Department of Geosciences - Distance Learning Degree Offerings
University of Wyoming Skew-T/Log-P Charts - Department of Atmospheric Science
University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences - CIMSS Tropical Cyclones
College of DuPage Weather - GOES-R experimental satellite data page
Meteorology Online Education Pages
MetEd Online Meteorology Modules - Great self-learning meteorology lessons
Unisys Weather Homepage - Interpreting Numerical Weather Prediction Models
University of Illinois Online Meteorology Guides - Details basic meteorology concepts
TheWeatherPrediction - Detailed technical analyses of advanced meteorology
Global Weather & Climate Center - Detailed summaries of various meteorological phenomena