CURRENT WEATHER

The Current Time in UTC from U.S. Naval Observatory

• (Information for Converting between local Central Time and UTC or Z Time)

An interactive sunrise/set and moonrise/set times from USNO.

LOCAL WEATHER

The Last Several Hours in Madison, WI

GRAPHICAL

Latest Meteorogram (WXP format) or Alternate Latest Meteorogram (SSEC Format)

• Meteorogram explanation

TABULAR

• Listing of decoded hourly surface weather observations at Madison's Dane County Regional Airport for the last 24 hours. (Explanation of the table)
• The current conditions at Madison from the Current State Weather Roundup for Wisconsin (text)

Daily and Monthly Climatological Summaries for Madison, WI

• Yesterday's Daily Climate Summary for MADISON (from Milwaukee/Sullivan)
• Last Month's Monthly Climate Summary for MADISON (from Milwaukee/Sullivan)
• Madison Climatology Graphs
  • Madison Climatology Graphs: Chance of Precipitation, Average Wind Speed and Sunshine from NOAA
  • Maximum and Minimum Temperature Charts for Madison (1961 - 1990)
  • Maximum and Minimum Temperature Anamolies for Madison (1961-1990)
• Madison Alergy Weather from Intellicast (Seasonal)

Weather Forecasts for Madison, WI

• (text)From the WISC-TV 3 meteorologists
• (pictorial) Weather-Madison, WI from U.S.A. Today
• Coded Model Output Statistics (MOS)
  • Explanation of the MOS Code

STATE WEATHER

Map of Wisconsin with Warning Areas (by county) and Interactive Map of Wisconsin Weather

• Current Surface Weather
  • Current Surface Weather Observations for Wisconsin (text)
    • For a 24 hour time series of surface weather observations from state stations.
    • For Current Marine Weather Observations at Coast Guard, C-MAN and moored buoys on Lakes Michigan and Lake Superior.
  • Current State Weather Synopsis (text)
  • Max/min temps and precipitation for Wisconsin (Issued by zone in morning)
    • 24 hour precipitation totals only (by zone)
  • Weather Data for Wisconsin from Univ. of Wyoming
    • Latest Meteorograms (WXP format) for selected Wisconsin Cities
    • Tabular Time Series for past 24 hours for selected Wisconsin Cities
  • Wisconsin Weather Networks (To include The UW Automated Weather Observation Network)
  • Severe Weather Warnings (Text) and State Map of state and National map of Watches/Warnings
  • Recent Wisconsin Public Information Statements
  • Recent Wisconsin Special Weather Statements
  • Wisconsin Winter Road Conditions (Seasonal)
• Forecasts
  • Weather Forecasts for Wisconsin (text)
  • Forecasts for Selected Area Cities (From U.S.A. Today)
• Climatology
  • NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan: Climate
• Severe Weather Reports and Local Storm Damage Reports
• Streamflow for Wisconsin
• Hydrometeorological Information and Forecasts for Wisconsin and Upper Mississippi Valley from North Central River Forecast Office in Chanhassen, MN
• Ground water levels in Wisconsin (Water Resources in Wisconsin)

Other Sources

• The OSU Page for Wisconsin Weather
• Wisconson Data (IWWIN) (NOTE: They can't spell Wisconsin properly!! EJH)
• Wisconsin Data from The Weather Channel
• Water Resources in Wisconsin (USGS)

STATE CLIMATOLOGY

• Selected Wisconsin Cities
• Alternate entry to Climate for Wisconsin from CDC
• The Wisconsin State Climatology Office

REGIONAL WEATHER

Current Regional Surface Weather Observations (text)

• Illinois
• Iowa
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Local Great Lakes Marine Weather and Great Lakes Weather Synopsis (text)

Current Regional Surface Plot

• Current Weather Map - (updated hourly) Surface map explanation

Current Regional Weather Radar Images

• Explanation of Weather Radar Image Interpretation.
• Current NEXRAD Radar Images for Region
• UW NIDS Radar Displays (Restricted Access)

Current Regional Upper Air Soundings

• Explanation of Upper Air Sounding Interpretation.
• Regional Radiosonde Stations
• Local Wind Profiler Link NOAA FSL Profiler Network Map
  • Explanation of Wind Profiler and Time Series Display
  • Current Time series of Wind Profiler Data from Blue River, WI (BLRW3)
  • Alternate Current Blue River (BLRW3) Wind Profiler Plot
  • Other NOAA Profiler Network Real-time Data Display
  • Wind Profiler Plots from NIU Storm Chaser

Regional Weather Forecasts

• Forecasts for Selected Area Cities (From U.S.A. Today)

Other Regional Weather Features

• A map display of watches and warnings in Central Region
• Monthly storm data for Midwest
• Hydrological products for the NWS Central Region

NATIONAL WEATHER

Current National Surface Weather Map

The Weather Channel Surface Weather Map with Fronts and Access to other Weather Channel Maps

• Current temperature analysis chart
• Current dewpoint analysis chart
• Current heat index chart and forecast heat index

The following may have outdated images:

The Weather Channel Surface Weather Map with Fronts and Weather Channel Temperature Analysis Map

Current Weather Map - (updated hourly)

Click on map to expand to the full screen Weather Map - Radar of the US.
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Current Surface Weather Map Surface map explanation

Current National Radar Summary. Radar explanation .

Current National Upper Air Soundings

• Upper Air Data from Univ. of Wyoming
  • National Soundings on a Stuve Diagram
  • Explanation of Upper Air Sounding Interpretation.

Current National Upper Air Weather Charts

• Explanation of Weather Upper Air Chart Interpretation.
• Lower Troposphere - 850 mb level (approximately 5000 ft MSL)
• Mid Troposphere - 500 mb level (approximately 18,000 ft MSL)
• Upper Troposphere - 300 mb level (approximately 30,000 ft MSL)

CURRENT NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR IMAGES

• Explanation of Weather Radar Image Interpretation.
• National Composite Radar Images (from WXP at Purdue)
• National Composite Radar Image (updated every 3 hours from Intellicast)

CURRENT WEATHER SATELLITE IMAGES

• Explanation of Weather Satellite Image Interpretation.

The Nation

• Current Satellite Images from SSEC UW-Madison Explanation of Weather Satellite Image Interpretation.
  • GOES 8 (East) visible image
  • GOES 9 (West) visible image
  • GOES 8 IR image
  • GOES 9 IR image
  • GOES 8 water vapor image
  • GOES 9 water vapor image
  • Alternate (Gopher) site for GOES 8
    • Visible GIF image (1024x900 pixels)
    • Infrared GIF image (1024x900 pixels)
    • Water vapor channel GIF image (1024x900 pixels)
• Regional Satellite Images
  from SSEC Visible 1 km resolution
  from Intellicast (lower resolution)Milwaukee Regional Satellite Image
  
• Links to Other Satellite Imagery Servers

The World

• SSEC Global Montage showing the current global cloud cover (Updated every 3 hours) Movie Loop

Links restricted to UW-Madison users

(You must be in the .wisc.edu domain to view these graphics)

READ AND HEED: These products are available to students, staff and faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison with the restriction that they not be redistributed outside of UW-Madison. Please follow this rule, so that the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences does not lose its data feed.

• National Lightning Detection Network data (Restricted Access)
• UW NIDS Radar Displays (Restricted Access)

Other National Weather-Related Charts

• National Suncast UV index (from Intellicast)
• National map of Watches/Warnings

Information and Forecasts for the 1996 Summer Olympics

Weather from NWS

Links to other Weather Sites

Major National Weather Sites

• Purdue Weather Processor (WXP)
  • Surface Data
  • Upper Air Data
  • Radar Data Plots
  • Satellite Images

Commercial Sources

• Commerical weather links (List of vendors provided by NWS)
• WISC-TV Weather
• INTELLiCast: Milwaukee Weather
• INTELLiCast: Green Bay Weather
• The Weather Channel ® Home Page
  • Weather Channel ®WeatherInfo Page
  • Pathfinder Weather Now
• About USA TODAY
  • Front Page of USA TODAY Weather news or Top Weather news
• WeatherOnline! Weather Tools: Web Pages
• Accuweather
• CNN Weather Page

Governmental Sources

Regional National Weather Service Offices

• Green Bay, WI National Weather Service Forecast Office NWS Green Bay , WI Homepage
• ARX La Crosse, WI (ARX) National Weather Service Office
• Milwaukee (Sullivan), WI National Weather Service Forecast Office
  • NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan: Climate
• Madison, WI National Weather Service Office
• Illinois
  • National Weather Service Chicago, IL
  • NWFO Central Illinois (Lincoln, IL)
• Iowa
  • NWFO Quad Cities (Davenport, IA) (and western Illinois)
  • NWS Forecast office in Des Moines, IA
  • NWS Forecast Office in Sioux Falls, SD (for NW Iowa)
• Michigan
  • Marquette, MI National Weather Service Home Page
  • NWS Office at Detroit/Pontiac, MI (White Lake)
  • NWS Office at Grand Rapids MI
  • NWS Office at Gaylor, MI
• Minnesota
  • NWS Duluth, MN
  • NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN and North Central River Forecast Office in Chanhassen, MN

Special Weather Products

• NOAA/NWS Spaceflight Meteorology Group
• International Weather Watchers

National Products

• NETCAST from NOAA
• Weather and the World Wide Web
• From Interactive Weather Information Network (IWWIN)
  • National Product Area
  • Interactive Weather Information Network
  • USRTIP13
  • United States - National flood summary
  • United States - Crop reports
  • United States - NOAA / EPA Ultraviolet Index Forecast
  • United States - Earthquake reports
  • National Warnings Area
  • IWDS Home Page
  • Interesting Sites From NWS Interactive Weather Information Network
• COLA Weather and climate images
• Weather Images from TERC
• Today's Space Weather from Space Environment Center

University Sources

• CIMSS Cooperative Institute For Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) home page
• Atmospheric Science Club at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• Current Weather Links from Texas A&M
• COLA Weather and climate images
• Weather Images from TERC
• PSC Weather Center
• Univ of Florida Agrigator Link to other Weather Sources
• Penn State Weather Page

organized weather links

SSEC-CISSM Current Weather

Real Time Data Page from UCAR

The current AOS weather page

Last revision 17 September 1996

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