Weather Centers
National Weather Service Office – Albany, NY
Storm Prediction Center – for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes
CIMSS Tropical Cyclones – global tropical cyclone page (Univ. of Wisc.)
Department of Atmospheric Science, University at Albany
Weather Pages
Weather Underground – comprehensive weather page
WeatherSpark – look up weather averages (climate) for locations world wide
National Center for Atmospheric Research – Real-time weather data
Weather Prediction Center – forecasts of snow and ice probabilities and accumulations
Hydrometeorological Prediction Center – current and forecast surface maps
The Weather Channel – aargh!!! if you must…..
Radar
Intellicast National Radar Loop
UCAR Radar – radars from past 5 days
Satellite
High Resolution Satellite Images – High resolution local US satellite images
NASA Interactive Global Satellite Images
NASA Ramsdis Satellites – more detailed than the above NASA site
Upper Air and Sounding Data
Atmospheric Soundings – data from weather balloons
Other Atmospheric Data
Observed Precipitation and Snowfall (NWS)
Northeastern US Snowfall – map of daily snowfall totals and snowcover
Weather Forecast Models
National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)
Penn State Model Page (e-wall) – comprehensive model page with hi-res model
ECMWF – European model on Weather Underground
Stony Brook High Resolution Northeast Model
Climate and Global Warming
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – scientific authority on global warming
Climate Prediction Center (CPC) – NOAA’s US climate page
National Climatic Data Center – Archive of US climate data
NOAA U.S. Temperature and Precipitation Maps
NASA Global Temperature Monitoring
National Snow and Ice Data Center – monitor of Arctic Sea Ice
El Nino – CPC’s El Nino page
Historic Events Weather Map Archives
NOAA Weather Map Project – must download djvu plug-in (upper left corner)
Storm Prediction Center Archives – maps related to historic tornadoes, etc.
Climate Diagnostics Center (CDC) – map plotting page
UCAR Map Archives – satellite, radar and surface map archives