Weather Sites:
Wunderground can be a really good site to use for accurate updates. The weather station is located on the top of Phillips Hall on the UW-Eau Claire Campus and provides accurate information regarding conditions for the surrounding area. The site can be a little cluttered, but once figured out the site can be very convenient. There is also an interesting world map on the right side of the home page that shows weather occurrences that are having an impact across the globe.
http://www.511wi.gov/Web/
This is a site provided by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation that shows road conditions for many of the major highways and interstates in the state. They are color-coded depending on their conditions. I like this because it is a very visual and easy to use site. It doesn't cover the smaller roads, but that is a minor fault considering the moderators would have a very difficult time updating every road based on its conditions.
http://www.accuweather.com/
http://www.511wi.gov/Web/
This is a site provided by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation that shows road conditions for many of the major highways and interstates in the state. They are color-coded depending on their conditions. I like this because it is a very visual and easy to use site. It doesn't cover the smaller roads, but that is a minor fault considering the moderators would have a very difficult time updating every road based on its conditions.
http://www.accuweather.com/
Accuweather is a great site that provides some really good visuals. The "RealFeel" option determines what the temperature "feels" like to people. This is a unique option that takes into account many different factors to determine the feel of the temperature. This site also provides a number of great maps that highlight when certain weather events are going to impact certain areas.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration website is potentially one of the more preferred sites to go to to obtain accurate information. The NOAA is where many of the other weather reporting sites get their data, so it makes sense to obtain it right from the source. The maps are very well developed, easy to read, and professional and there are no advertisements that clutter the page.
http://w1.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KEAU.html
This site is available through NOAA under "3 Day History," and provides hourly condition updates for the last three days. It provides date, time, visibility, weather, sky conditions, air temperature, dew point, the six hour air temperature maximum and minimum values, relative humidity, wind chill, heat index, barometric pressure in inches and millibars, and precipitation over one, three, and six hour intervals. This site is very useful to watch trending data, and I have used it to watch as pressure drops due to oncoming storms, winds strengthening in a storm's wake, and other general trending data.
http://w1.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KEAU.html
This site is available through NOAA under "3 Day History," and provides hourly condition updates for the last three days. It provides date, time, visibility, weather, sky conditions, air temperature, dew point, the six hour air temperature maximum and minimum values, relative humidity, wind chill, heat index, barometric pressure in inches and millibars, and precipitation over one, three, and six hour intervals. This site is very useful to watch trending data, and I have used it to watch as pressure drops due to oncoming storms, winds strengthening in a storm's wake, and other general trending data.
Weather.com, derived from The Weather Channel, has a great website with great information. Not only does this site provide weather, but it also provides regular updates to different weather related science stories, travel conditions and ideas, health articles, and a vast array of other interesting articles. It also provides a very good selection of data for weather conditions all over the country.
http://weather.unisys.com/
http://weather.unisys.com/
This is a really useful site that has a plethora of atmospheric data. I really like it for its Upper Air data, regional data, water vapor data, and sounding data. It can be a little confusing to use, but once you understand how to navigate the site, it can be highly useful in understanding current weather conditions and make predictions based on them.
Intellicast has some decent national and regional radar loop maps. It is user friendly and has a lot of different functions available that allow the user to see pressure systems, radar, local weather reports, and weather events, nationwide. I have used this site for a long time and, even though I have found other weather sites that I use now instead of Intellicast, it is still a good site that I will use from time to time. One issue that I have noticed is that the daily forecast can sometimes be less than accurate.
This is a very informative site that shows natural disasters throughout the world. This is a great site to obtain high resolution satellite imagery of natural disasters as they occur. NASA uploads images that show volcanoes, flooding, tsunamis, hurricanes, and all other kinds of natural disasters. A really cool feature about this site is the flooding comparison images. They will use different band combinations to show the before and during changes of the land.
Model Sites:
This is a really useful site that explains how pressure systems work. Included are a number of very useful animations that show how the various pressure systems work. It also goes into great detail to describe the various functions of pressure systems.
http://hint.fm/wind/
This is a really neat map that shows wind speed and direction in the contiguous United States. It is in black and white so it is not easy to distinguish changes between speeds, but it is still an interesting map to look at.
This is a really neat map that shows wind speed and direction in the contiguous United States. It is in black and white so it is not easy to distinguish changes between speeds, but it is still an interesting map to look at.
http://earth.nullschool.net/
This map uses data from stations all over the world to provide a comprehensive look at what is going on in the world of weather. You can examine the world from different heights, overlay temperature maps, water vapor maps, wind maps, zoom in to look at parts of the world, and even use the geolocator in your computer to pinpoint your exact location, to see what is going on precisely where you are. This map really is a phenomenal piece that was put together very well.
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lmk/?n=cloud_classification
This noaa.gov site goes over the different types of clouds. I really like this site because of all of the visuals. It defines all of the different terms and provides photo examples of each type of cloud. It is a very easy site to navigate and use, and a number of pictures from the site have been provided in this blogs "Images and Tutorials" section for quick reference.
This map uses data from stations all over the world to provide a comprehensive look at what is going on in the world of weather. You can examine the world from different heights, overlay temperature maps, water vapor maps, wind maps, zoom in to look at parts of the world, and even use the geolocator in your computer to pinpoint your exact location, to see what is going on precisely where you are. This map really is a phenomenal piece that was put together very well.
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lmk/?n=cloud_classification
This noaa.gov site goes over the different types of clouds. I really like this site because of all of the visuals. It defines all of the different terms and provides photo examples of each type of cloud. It is a very easy site to navigate and use, and a number of pictures from the site have been provided in this blogs "Images and Tutorials" section for quick reference.
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