Brewer Posted May 25, 2007 Posted May 25, 2007 Hey, I've been doing some searching for useful weather links around the web, and I thought that I would share what I found that I thought would be helpful, and ask if there are any others that people like to check which might supersede some of these. This is just 20 minutes of looking around, so there may be other, better ones. Intellicast Jetstream Forecast Western Pacific Satellite Imagery NOAA Satellite (IR, Vis, Vapor) NOAA Geostat. Sat. Server PNW Snowfall Forecast Western US Snow Quality Forecast US Wind Forecast US Wind Chill Forecast PNW Precip. Forecast Tomorrow Night's Cloud Cover (would be nice to find more local forecast) Park-Oriented Forecasts 5000' winds aloft 10000' Winds Aloft Any others you use? Quote
Brewer Posted May 25, 2007 Author Posted May 25, 2007 Maybe I should have put this in the Climber's Forum. Or is it just a boring and pointless topic? Or is everyone already on Holiday? Quote
pindude Posted June 17, 2007 Posted June 17, 2007 Yes, this could be in general forum. Lots of good links presented, but I like to keep it simple. For weather forecasts, the NWS is best, and you can pinpoint a Fx from your regional center: NWS Seattle NWS Portland NWS Spokane Canada's NWS equivalent: Environment Canada Imagery loops are obviously important because the current pattern of movement can be predicted for the short-term future, complementing any forecast. Before heading out, I almost always look at two different imagery sites, one for the big picture and another that is more specific to the NW. For big picture imagery, my fav is the GOES-West satellite Pacific Ocean imagery with an infrared moisture overlay originally developed at Purdue but sold to and now provided by Unisys: Unisys GOES-West sat 12-hr enhanced infrared imagery For the local precip pattern, this site is very accurate (more so than the higher-altitude Unisys imagery): Intellicast 2-hour infrared radar loop Quite often for me weather goes in hand with snow and avalanche conditions, so I check the avy forecasts in season. Other good sites for specific info and Fx models include the UW Atmospheric Sciences Dept and the Aviation Wx Center, all linked from Lowell Skoog's links list. Many useful weather links here at Turns-all-year.com Quote
David Trippett Posted June 17, 2007 Posted June 17, 2007 I use this one quite a bit, it gives a predictive model for 4 days out.... it's usually pretty good.... http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~ovens/loops/wxloop.cgi?mm5d2_pcp3+///3 Quote
DavidHiers Posted August 16, 2007 Posted August 16, 2007 I like this winds aloft format: FD1US1 DATA BASED ON 091200Z VALID 091800Z FOR USE 1400-2100Z. TEMPS NEG ABV 24000 FT 3000 6000 9000 12000 18000 24000 30000 34000 39000 AST 3306 3309+08 2811+03 2517-02 2535-14 2449-25 245840 244948 243853 IMB 2320+09 2229+03 2335-11 2433-24 253440 243849 244154 OTH 0209 3412+12 2809+07 2510+01 2430-11 2439-24 244040 243949 243955 PDX 2806 3010+08 2614+05 2422+00 2439-13 2450-24 245440 244949 243954 RDM 2706+11 2416+09 2319+03 2329-11 2434-24 243740 244049 244254 http://aviationweather.gov/products/nws/fdwinds/dynamic/sfo_fd1.shtml At 12000', The winds over portland are blowing from 240 degrees at 22 knots, temp is 0c. Quote
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