The Weather Page is designed for the ES17 (Intro to Weather) students for use in the laboratory portion of their course. Students will use this site for weather forecasting purposes and general reference. Of course, the public is welcome to use this site as often as they wish. This site makes use of weather maps and other data that are publicly available on the Internet.

Most of the weather maps linked on this site have come from the following sources:

• National Weather Service
  
• UNISYS Weather
  
• The Weather Channel
  
• Ohio State University
  
• WSI Intellicast
  

Forecasting Guides & Other Resources

• Forecasting Recipe - MS Word document
• Forecasting Note Sheet - MS Word document
• Group Forecasting Sheet - MS Word document
• Forecast Explanation Sheet - MS Word document
• 7 Key Forecast Variables - MS Word document
• Cold Front or Warm Front? - MS Word document
• Prof. Mandia's Guide to Forecasting Weather
• UIUC Online Guide to Weather Forecasting
• NAM FOUS Decoding Help & NAM/GFS MOS Decoding Help & GFSX MOS Decoding Help
• WW2010 Online Weather Guides
• USA Today: How The Weather Works
• U.S. Topography
• U.S. City Elevations
• Long Island Express - The Great 1938 Hurricane.
• Influence of Dramatic Climate Shifts on European Civilizations: The Rise and Fall of the Vikings and the Little Ice Age

• BLANK MAP OF THE UNITED STATES - Study for the states test!!!

	TEMPERATURE DATA
	National Weather Service - Normals, records, past, present data, forecasts. NWS NY City/Long Island (Upton, NY) Yesterday's U.S. High Temperatures This Morning's U.S. Low Temperatures Current U.S. Temperatures Current U.S. Dewpoint Temperatures OSU U.S. City Data Penn State e-Map Wall National Data Buoy Center - Current ocean/lake weather info. U.S. Temperature Plots - Print out to draw isotherms!
	SURFACE MAP DATA
	Weather Channel Surface Map Composite Surface Map - Includes satellite and radar data. Northeast Station Plots Mid-Atlantic Station Plots Southeast Station Plots Midwest Station Plots Southern Plains Station Plots Northwest Station Plots Southwest Station Plots Lifted Index Chart - Negative values suggest thunderstorms, -4 or lower suggest severe. Lightning Strike Map - Track strike movement. U.S. Pressure Plots - Print out to draw isobars! U.S. Pressure Plots with Isobars - The "key" to above map
	SATELLITE MAPS
	Accuweather U.S. IR Time Lapse Loop Weather Channel Enhanced U.S. IR Weather Channel U.S. Visible
	RADAR MAPS
	WSI U.S. Radar Loop Summary - Cloud top heights & direction/speed of radar echoes. Weather Channel U.S. Radar 24 HR Precipitation Long Island Doppler Radar (OKX) - From BNL NWS Office.
	JET STREAM & UPPER AIR CHARTS
	BUFKIT Model - Myriad of customizable vertical profile data. BUFKIT Data or Northeast Data Files 850 mb Chart 700 mb Chart 500 mb Chart 300 mb Chart 200 mb Chart
	MOS & FOUS RAW DATA
	National Digital Forecast Page - A "visual" look at various MOS/FOUS predicted data. ETA/NAM FOUS Data One-Stop MOS Data - ETA (NAM), AVN (GFS), MRF (GFSX) MOS on one page! Alt. FOUS/MOS Data Site - Select "Model Data" then select from menu choices NAM FOUS Decoding Help & NAM/GFS MOS Decoding Help & GFSX MOS Decoding Help
	MODEL FORECAST CHARTS (NAM/ETA, GFS/AVN)
	All Models - All Run Times NAM MODEL FORECASTS GFS MODEL FORECASTS 00 GMT OUTPUT 00 GMT OUTPUT 06 GMT OUTPUT 06 GMT OUTPUT 12 GMT OUTPUT 12 GMT OUTPUT 18 GMT OUTPUT 18 GMT OUTPUT
	MISC. FORECAST LINKS
	NYC/LI Area Forecast Discussion (OKX) NeXlab Model Products HPS NCEP - The Hydrometeorological Prediction Center NCEP Model Discussions The Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale (NESIS)
	EL NIÑO & TROPICAL STORMS
	"Long Island Express" - Site devoted to the Great Hurricane of 1938. Global Sea-Surface Temps Latest El Nino Advisories Tropical Storm Risk - Forecast intensity & track of all N. Atlantic systems Atlantic Tropical Weather Center National Hurricane Center Dr. Gray's hurricane season predictions Practical guide to hurricane tracking and plotting