Wisconsin Weather Update

Favorite Weather Maps:

National GOES 12 Satellite (updated every 15 minutes)

-Visible (only useful during daylight hours)

http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/g8/latest_g8vis.gif

http://www.wunderground.com/satellite/vis/1k/US.html

-Infrared

http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/g8/latest_g8ir.gif

Current Weather Conditions (updated hourly)

http://www.aos.wisc.edu/weatherdata/sfc/sfc_wi_map.gif

http://www.aos.wisc.edu/weatherdata/sfc/sfc_mw_map.gif

http://www.aos.wisc.edu/weatherdata/sfc/sfc_us_map.gif

2-3 day weather forecast graphical maps (updated 10am, 10pm daily)

http://weather.unisys.com/eta/4panel/eta_pres_4panel.html

http://www.aos.wisc.edu/weather/content/eta_model/

MRF 10-day graphical weather maps (updated 4am daily)

http://weather.unisys.com/mrf/9panel/mrf_pres_9panel.html

Official NWS Fax Charts

http://weather.noaa.gov/fax/nwsfax.html

AVN 2-day Appleton, Madison and Waukesha forecast - graphical (updated 10am, 10pm daily)

http://www.wunderground.com/MOS/DisplayMOS.asp?AirportCode=KATW&SafeCityName=Appleton&StateCode=WI

http://www.wunderground.com/MOS/DisplayMOS.asp?AirportCode=KMSN&SafeCityName=Madison&StateCode=WI

http://www.wunderground.com/MOS/DisplayMOS.asp?AirportCode=KUES&SafeCityName=Waukesha&StateCode=WI

MRF MOS 7-day text data forecast for Appleton, Madison and Waukesha (updated 4am daily)

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/mos/getall.pl?sta=KATW&sta=KMSN&sta=KUES

Scientific Forecast Discussion – Green Bay and Milwaukee/Madison

http://www.wunderground.com/DisplayDisc.asp?DiscussionCode=GRB&StateCode=WI&SafeCityName=Appleton

http://www.wunderground.com/DisplayDisc.asp?DiscussionCode=MKX&StateCode=WI&SafeCityName=Madison

Current Observations – Wisconsin

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=wisconsin

Yesterday’s Climate Data – Wisconsin (updated 9am, 9pm daily)

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/product.php?site=mkx&product=HYDMKX&format=ci

Last 48 hour obs. – Appleton, Madison and Waukesha, WI (updated hourly)

http://www.intellicast.com/Local/USLocalStd.asp?loc=katw&seg=LocalWeather&prodgrp=HistoricWeather&product=PastObservations&prodnav=none

http://www.intellicast.com/Local/USLocalStd.asp?loc=kmsn&seg=LocalWeather&prodgrp=HistoricWeather&product=PastObservations&prodnav=none

http://www.intellicast.com/Local/USLocalStd.asp?loc=kues&seg=LocalWeather&prodgrp=HistoricWeather&product=PastObservations&prodnav=none

Seasonal Weather Statistics – Appleton, Madison and Waukesha

http://www.wunderground.com/NORMS/DisplayNORMS.asp?AirportCode=KATW&SafeCityName=Appleton&StateCode=WI&Units=none&IATA=GRB&FULLALMANAC=KGRB

http://www.wunderground.com/NORMS/DisplayNORMS.asp?AirportCode=KMSN&SafeCityName=Madison&StateCode=WI&Units=none&IATA=MSN&FULLALMANAC=KMSN

http://www.wunderground.com/NORMS/DisplayNORMS.asp?AirportCode=KUES&SafeCityName=Waukesha&StateCode=WI&Units=none&IATA=MKE&FULLALMANAC=KMKE

Green Bay, Madison and Milwaukee Local Radar (updated every several minutes)

http://www.wbay.com/Global/category.asp?C=10077

http://weather.wkowtv.com/weather/doppler.htm

http://www.touchtmj4.com/4weather/doppler.asp

http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?ID=MKX

http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?ID=GRB

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/radar/loop/DS.p20-r/si.kgrb.shtml

Midwest Radar (updated every 30 minutes)

http://www.wunderground.com/data/640x480/2xradara4_tribune.gif

http://www.wkowtv.com/$spindb.query.radar.forecast

http://www.intellicast.com/Local/USLocalWide.asp?loc=kdsm&seg=LocalWeather&prodgrp=SevereWeather&product=RadarSummary&prodnav=none&pid=none

http://www.weather.com/weather/map/54952?name=northcentraldopplerradar1800_large&day=1

Monthly Weather Calendar (Appleton)

http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KATW/2004/11/4/MonthlyHistory.html#calendar

Current Surface Weather Map - National

http://www.weather.com/maps/news/forecastsummary/index_large.html?from=0803wc

SPC Convective (Severe Thunderstorm) Outlook (updated several times daily)

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html

Current Weather Watches/Warnings (updated every several minutes)

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/wwa/

http://www.wunderground.com/severe.asp

http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/wi/warnings.html

http://www.met.tamu.edu/weather/warnings/warnings_wi.html

Current Lightning Strikes (updated every 30 minutes)

http://www.lightningstorm.com/tux/jsp/gpg/lex1/mapdisplay_free.jsp

Severe Weather Skew-T Diagrams (updated hourly)

http://www.orbit.nesdis.noaa.gov/smcd/opdb/goes/soundings/skewt/html/skewtus.html

GOES Soundings Home Page

http://www.orbit.nesdis.noaa.gov/smcd/opdb/goes/soundings/#products

NEXRAD SRM Radial Velocity Radar - used for measuring wind speed, direction, and tornado rotation (updated every 30 minutes)

http://www.intellicast.com/Local/USLocalWide.asp?loc=kgrb&seg=LocalWeather&prodgrp=NEXRADimagery&product=RadialVelocity&prodnav=none&pid=none

Storm Reports and Statistics

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/

http://www.wunderground.com/stormreport.asp

30-365 day weather trends outlook (updated monthly)

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/multi_season/13_seasonal_outlooks/color/seasonal_forecast.html

Earthquakes in the last 30 days (updated every 30 minutes)

http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/current/west_hem.html

Desktop Weather Applications

-Weatherbug

http://ww3.weatherbug.com/aws/index.asp

-Intellicast Desktop

http://www.intellicast.com/Help/Weather/2041/

-Desktop Weather (Weather Channel)

http://www.weather.com/services/desktopfree.html?product=DA

-Weather Underground

http://www.wfrv.com/eyealert

-Weather1

http://www.weather1.com/

Severe Weather Preparation Resources

Ready Wisconsin

"A Severe Weather Handbook: Are You Ready for the Worst?"

"How to Prepare For and Weather Through Natural Disasters"

"Hazardous Weather Guide"

Protecting Your Home and Health: A Disaster Preparedness Guide

Home Preparedness - What to do in an Earthquake

Other Weather Web Sites:

National Weather Service http://www.nws.noaa.gov
Unisys Weather http://weather.unisys.com
Weather Underground - http://www.wunderground.com
Weatherbug - http://www.weatherbug.com
Storm Prediction Center - http://www.spc.noaa.gov
Interactive Weather Information Network - http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov
SSEC, UW-Madison - http://www.ssec.wisc.edu
GOES - http://www.goes.noaa.gov
UW-Madison AOS Department - http://www.meteor.wisc.edu
Weather Channel - http://www.weather.com
Intellicast - http://www.intellicast.com
NOAA - http://www.noaa.gov
LightningStorm - http://www.lightningstorm.com