GE 2640-- Access to forecasting tools

1. Surface Conditions; trends at local stations

Copper Harbor, Michigan

Houghton County Airport

Sawyer Airport (Marquette)

meteograms Major cities (Purdue)

Duluth upwind

Minneapolis upwind

Thunder Bay, Ontario

2. Climatology

what are normal highs, lows, precip?

Climate of UP--NWS

    Interactive climate page

3. Radar data

    UCAR NEXRAD US Radar

Local UP radar MQT NWS thru Intellicast

Regional Radar Movie Duluth composite thru Intellicast

Canadian Radar Thunder Bay, Winnepeg

4. Synoptic map renditions

regional and national pattern Unisys

NOAA US weather page

Midwest weather site--OSU

What about Canada? Environment Canada weather page

5. Satellite data University of Illinois

GOES Satellite data where it is posted and how to get it

6.Upper Air Data

Atmospheric Soundings--Univ Wyoming

UCAR upper air data

Upper Air Data--Unisys

7.Model calculations

NWS MOS

UCAR forecast page (ETA, GFS, RUC, and MM5)

COD forecast page (ETA, GFS, RUC, NGM, ECMWF, and UKMET)

NCEP forecast page (ETA, GFS, RUC, and NGM)

Unisys forecast page (ETA, GFS, RUC, NGM, and ECMWF)

Meteostar forecast page (ETA, GFS, MM5, NGM, and ECMWF)

FSL Forecast Soundings (RUC and MAPS)

NIU Storm Machine Forecast Soundings (ETA, MESOETA, GFS, RUC, and NGM)

Meteostar Forecast Soundings (ETA)

Latest AVN--UW Madison

Latest NGM--UW Madison

Latest MRF--UW Madison

Latest ETA-UWMadison

differences between models Texas A & M

Models and Which to Use--Wikipedia

8. Forecasts

Current Local Forecast, NWS

Seven Day Houghton Forecast

Forecast discussions, Marquette NWS

state forecast NWS

Storm Prediction Center

Worldwide Forecasts

9.Longer range forecasts

Short term (week to 2 week) Regional Outlooks

CDC Maproom Products

NWS/NOAA Long Range forecasting