The Weather Page is designed for the MET101 (Introduction to Weather) students for use in the laboratory portion of their course. Students are trained how to interpret weather models such as the NAM and GFS along with FOUS and MOS data in order to make a three day weather forecast for various cities around the country. Key documents to support this training include the 7 Key Forecast Variables and the Weather Forecasting Recipe. This page makes use of weather maps and other data that are publicly available on the Internet.

Forecast Radar Cameras Photos

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 - Adobe PDF document
• Forecasting Note Sheet - Adobe PDF document
• Group Forecasting Sheet - Adobe PDF document
• Forecast Explanation Sheet - Adobe PDF document
• Example of Completed Forecast Explanation Sheet - Adobe PDF document
• 7 Key Forecast Variables: PowerPoint Slides or Text only - Adobe PDF documents
• Cold Front or Warm Front? - Adobe PDF 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.
• Global Warming: Man or Myth, the Science of Climate Change
• 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 Geostationary Satellite Images - Current GOES images from Univ of Wisconsin-Madison
	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
	Station Data Model Output Lookup - Enter ID and choose data One-Stop MOS Data - NAM, GFS, GFSX MOS on one page! FOUS Output - Choose from the various six station regional raw text blocks 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 National Digital Forecast Page - A "visual" look at various MOS/FOUS predicted data.
	MODEL FORECAST CHARTS
	All Models - All Run Times Click MODEL GUIDANCE and then NAMER (North America). Select NAM for the first 84 hours and GFS for 90 and 96 hours if needed.
	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 Global Sea-Surface Temp Anomalies 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