Weather Links For the Colorado Plateau

Compiled by Paul Ostapuk


Click for Page, Arizona Forecast 

Quick Daily Overview

[ Page Weather Page ] [Great Basin Surface Plot ] [ Page Airport Data ] |[AZ Precip/Temp Summary ]
[ Regional Observations ] [ AZ Current Observations ]  [ Utah Current Observations ] [24 Hour Forecast Surface Map]

[ Water Vapor - West ] [ Southwest U.S. Satellite Loop ] [ Visible Satellite  - N. Ariz ]
[ National Radar ] [ Regional Radar] [ SW Radar Loop ] [Realistic Rainfall Radar] [Color Visible around Lake Powell] [ Page Radar with terrain ]

[ Flagstaff Forecast Discussion ] [ Northern Arizona Zone Forecasts ][ Utah Zone Forecasts ]
[ Arizona Extended Forecast ] [ Page MOS Forecast ] [Page MOS Graphic Version]
[ Flagstaff NWS text products ]   [Historical ASOS ]  [24 hour precip totals]

[Surface Map ] [ 500 MB Chart] [Jet Stream Maps] [ Atmospheric Soundings ]
[ 850 MB Chart] [ 700 MB Chart ] [ 250 MB Chart ] [ 10 day MRF ]

[Huge List of Weather Products] [ Weather Channel Maps]
[Space Weather News]

[ Current Southwest U.S. Watches and Warnings ] [ Aircraft Icing Potential ]


MONSOON WATCH

[ Dew Point ] [12 hr CAPE and Precipitable H2O] [ Wind Convergence ]
[850 theta-e and streamlines] [300K Isentropic] [Tucson Radar]
[300 mb divergence] [500 mb and vorticity] [satellite precipitable water]

Arizona RAWS Observationsl [Catalina Mountains - Tucson Weather Carm]
[Flagstaff and Grand Canyon Web Cams] [GPS-IPW Water Vapor]

[ Surface Theta-E ] [ Moisture Advection ] [ Atmospheric Soundings ]
[Convective Analysis ] [ Radar Loop ] [ SW Radar/topo ] [ Lightning Map ]

[ West IR ] [N.A. Infra-Red ] [Pacific Water Vapor] [ Western Color Water Vapor ] [ SW Sat Loop ]

[ Satellite Images ] [Western Region Satellite Products]    [Satellite Loops]

[ Storm Prediction Center - Forecast Products ] [ CAPE ] [ Helicity ] [Convective Forecast Map]
[700 mb Vertical Velocity]
[ Warnings and Special Statements ] [ Precipitable Water - GOES 9 ]
[ Latest Tropical Storm Information ]
[ GOES Satellite Images] [ Latest Sea Temperature Anomalies ] [ Comparison to Past El Ninos ]


Model Runs

[ETA Package] [MRF Package]

[ 24 Hour ETA Maps ] [ 48 Hour ETA Maps ] [ MRF Maps ][ 10 day MRF ]

Navy Model Runs (ETA, AVN, MRF)    [Numerical Models]   [ Real Time Weather Data ]  

NWS Fax Charts: [ Difax - Univ. Wyoming ] [ETA Model] Numerical Models including MM5

Southwest MM5 - UofA  [ Page MOS Forecast ]   RAMS Model Output   


MASTER INDEX
[ MONSOON ] [ DISCUSSIONS ]
[ LONG RANGE PRODUCTS ] [ CLIMATE ]
[ FREQUENTLY USED PRODUCTS ]
[ RECREATIONAL FORECASTS ]
[ SPOTTERS & CHASERS ]
[ HURRICANES ] [ ESSAYS ]
[ EDUCATIONAL SITES ]


Forecast Discussions

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Arizona Forecast Discussions
Salt Lake City - Forecast Discussion

[Albuquerque - Forecast Discussion]

Other Discussions

Long Range Model Discussions


Frequently Used Products

Intellicast Weather Products

The Weather Channel

Satellite Images on the Internet

Upper Colorado River Basin

Snowpack - Lake Powell Watershed
Lake Powell Fishing Reports

Water Supply Information for the Upper Colorado Basin
Water Supply Information for the Lower Colorado Basin
Arizona Real Time Streamflow

Flagstaff NWS Forecast Office
Phoenix NWS Forecast Office
Salt Lake City NWS Forecast Office
Albuquerque NWS Forecast Office
[University of Wyoming]

[Climate Prediction Center]

[Fire Weather Home Page]  [National Fire News] [Large Fire Maps] [Southwest Area Fires]

Forecasts for Southwest Cities

Other States - Weather and Forecasts

Western GOES 9:[ Water Vapor - West ] [ Infra-Red ] [ Utah - Visible ] [ Utah - InfraRed ]
[ Pick Your Own Image and Scale ] [24 hour precipitation chart]

Atmospheric Soundings
GOES 8/9 Color Enhanced Images
[ Doppler Radar Images ]
[ Profiler Data ]
Weater Cams Around the World

AZ Forecasts, Discussions and Model Forecasts
[ UNIDATA - Analysis Tools ]
[ Solar / Space Forecasts ]


Changing Climate Regimes, Global Indices and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation

[ What is the Pacific Decadal Oscillation? - Hare ] [ PDO media articles ]

[ National Precipitation Time Series ]  [ Teleconnection Indices ] [ El Nino/ La Nina Advisories ]

[ JPL PDO Announcement ] [ Topex-Poseidon Data ]

[ Air and Sea Interactions ] [ Decadal to Centennial Climate Change ]

[ PDO Graphic of Last 100 years ] [ Paleo North American Droughts ]


Winter Weather Package


[ AZ Warnings and Special Statements ] [ Utah Warnings ] [ Winter Weather Statements - Flagstaff NWS ]

[ Wind Chill ] [ Thickness ] [ Precip Type ] [ Icing Image ] [ Clear Air Turbulence - 12 Hr ]
[ Water Vapor - Full Disc ] [ Water Vapor - West(color) ] [ Fog Imagery ] [ Pacific - Precipitable H20 ]

[ Utah Snow Report ] [ Utah Road Conditions ] [ Arizona Road Conditions ]

[ Global ice, snow, volcanoes ]

Other Offices and University Links


NWS Western Region Headquarters
University of Wyoming
University of Utah
Colorado State University

El Paso NWS Weather Center

Knock Yourself Out on this Most Excellent List of Meteorlogical Links!!


Local Area Weather and Recreational Forecasts

Lake Powell Forecast Elevations     Lake Powell Text Summary
Utah Current Weather and Observations
Arizona Misc. Forecasts
Page Observations and Forecast - The Weather Channel
Grand Canyon Forecasts
Utah Avalanche and Mountain Weather Forecasts
Arizona Water Supply Outlook
AZ Fire Weather Forecast
Western Water Supply


Other Forecast Products


NOAA Radar, Satellite & Upper Air
NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS)
Satellite Monitoring of the Global Climate and Weather
Ocean Temperatures - Latest Image
What is GMT Time?
Estimated 24 hour Precip Total - NEXRAD


Long Range Products


6 to 10 day Outlook - Use With Caution!
13 Month Precipitation Outlooks
Other Climate Prediction Products - CPC
Experimental Seasonal Outlooks - (For up to a Year in Advance!)


Climate


[ Palmer Drought Index ] [ 6 Month Precip Index ]

Page, AZ Climate Data [ Arizona State Climatology ]
Arizona Climate Summaries
El Nino Theme page
Latest El Nino (ENSO) Advisory
Climate Patterns associated with El Nino [ 3D El Nino Movie ]
The Scripps Institute - Climate Research
El Nino Updates - ENSO Applications Center
GeoCities - A Child Threatens
Western Region Climate Center
Desert Research Institute
National Climate Data Center
Master List of Climate Links

Global Warming - Latest Update
NOAA Paleo-Climatology Program
World Water and Climate Atlas
Tree Ring Dendrochronology and Climate


The Mexican/Southwest U.S. Monsoon


Arizona Monsoon Basics
Monsoon Mechanics
Climate Simulations of the Eastern Pacific and its effect on the Monsoon
SWAMP Research
The Seasonal Climate Signal of the Mexican Monsoon
DRI's Effort to Predict the Monsoon
Monsoon Tutorial Page
Alta Vista Search - Arizona Monsoon
Alta Vista Search - Mexican Monsoon|
Lightning links


Agencies

National Severe Storms Lab (NSSL)


Spotters and Chasers


The Storm Chaser Homepage
Storm Track Online!
The National Severe Storms Laboratory
Phoenix NWS Spotters
How to Photograph Lightning


Tropical Meteorology:


The National Hurricane Center
Latest Tropical Storm Information - Updated Daily
Tropical Meteorology Project - CSU
Tropics - Current Meteorological Analysis
Eastern pacific - Tropical Analysis
Tropical Cyclones - Research Products

1997 Hurricane Season Forecast - Press Release
1997 - Long Range Hurricane Forecast - Dr. gray


Educational Sites

General Weather Education
NOAA COMET (Operational Meteorology)
Institute for Regional Prediction - Intermountain West
Storm Prediction Center Publications
Web Based Lectures
The Cloud Catalog
Interpreting Satellite Data
COMET Links of Interest
Lightning Studies
Lightning Tutorial
Elves and Sprites
Space Shuttle Research on Lightning
Lightning Page - National Geographic Society
Earth Observing System Education Page



Essays:

How They Made the Wizard of Oz Tornado

Weather Humor


Research Articles


NWS Technical Attachments
Winter Forecasting Challenges - Utah Style


Visibility Related Issues


Grand Canyon Visibility Study
National Park Service Monitoring Efforts
IMPROVE Newsletter
Forest Fire - Satellite Images
Global Aerosol Hot Spots


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