Weather Links

While I usually put these in a Canvas module for students, sometimes it's easier not to log into anything and just point and click.  Here are the basic forecasting links I use.

Wx Challenge

WxChallenge

USL forecast for WxChallenge site

MOS for WxChallenge site (change the URL for current station & Allow pop-ups)

Forecast Discussions to Read

NWS Boulder Weather Discussion

BoulderCast (this usually won't load on campus)

Weather5280

Twitter's #COwx hashtag for Colorado Weather 

Surface Observations

Surface Observations (click on DEN)

MesoWest Obs

MSU Denver campus weather station (scroll down) 

NWS Current obs for Denver (and access to 3 Day History) 

CU Boulder Weather Station 

CoCoRaHS (great for precipitation observations including snow) 

Surface Observations on US map (click to zoom) with frontal locations 

Weather Prediction Center frontal locations 

Soundings from University of Wyoming archive (Choose Type of Plot-->GIF: Skew-T, then click on station on map)

Denver Sounding Substitute, ACARS plots

Boulder Webcams 

CDOT Webcams 

Radar (U.S. from University of Wisconsin) 

Radar NWS 

Satellite Mid-Level Water Vapor GOES 16 (East)

Satellite Mid-Level Water Vapor GOES 17 (West) 

Generic access to U of Wisc Satellite page

RAMMB Colorado State Satellite Page

 COD Satellite Page

GOES Image Viewer from NESDIS NOAA  

Forecast

Denver Hourly NWS Forecast Graphic

COD Nexlab Forecast animator

Pivotal Weather Forecast animator

Tropical Tidbits Forecast animator

NIU's Gensini Map Wall

Operational Models Encyclopedia 

Severe Weather

Storm Prediction Center (SPC)

Gensini's Mobile Chasing page 

Fire and Air Quality or Smoke 

Air quality just north of campus

AirNow Fire and Smoke Map

Floods

River Obs

Tropical Cyclones (Hurricanes, Typhoons, Cyclones)

National Hurricane Center

Tropical Tidbits

CIMMS Tropical Cyclones Group (click on the storm of interest on the map to get started)

Current Sea Surface Temperatures

Climate

El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) status

ENSO Discussion