~ Early Web Links ~

Frank Singleton's extensive weather and sailing resource covers marine meteorology, GRIB files, GMDSS services, weather communications, and practical forecasting guidance for sailors and cruisers. With cruising logs dating back to 2000, links to national weather services, and coverage of topics from basic atmospheric theory to climate change, this site is a remarkably thorough reference for anyone navigating at sea.

Jonathan D. Finch documents his storm chasing expeditions from 1993 to the present, with detailed accounts of each chase including target areas, driving routes, and close encounters with tornadoes across the Great Plains. A fascinating firsthand record spanning decades of severe weather pursuit, complete with photos captured from video footage and narrative logs of near-misses with significant tornadoes.

Hosted at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, this site by Clark Evans provides hurricane forecast model output for the North Atlantic, Eastern Pacific, and Central Pacific basins. It offers an archive, storm identifiers, shapefiles, KML data, analogs, and verification tools, making it a technical reference for tracking tropical storm activity.

Andrew T. Young's comprehensive glossary defines technical terms used in atmospheric optics, covering phenomena like green flashes, mirages, and refraction drawn from optics, meteorology, astronomy, and geodesy. With 26 major sections and nearly 200 cross-linked entries, it serves as an authoritative reference for anyone studying how light behaves in Earth's atmosphere.

A detailed archive of storm chasing expeditions spanning nearly two decades, with logs organized by year covering locations across the Great Plains and beyond. Each entry includes photos, videos, maps, and written accounts of individual chase events, making it a compelling record for anyone fascinated by severe weather.

Hosted by UCAR's Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Laboratory, this archive provides a collection of meteorological case study images for researchers and forecasters. The Case Selection Kit Image Archive serves as a reference tool for selecting and studying atmospheric weather cases, making it a useful resource for those in the meteorological sciences.

John E. Farley has been chasing and documenting severe weather across the Midwest, Plains, and West since 1996, with detailed field reports spanning nearly three decades. The site features storm observation logs organized by year, photo galleries of tornadoes, supercells, lightning, and other phenomena, plus a thoughtful essay on safe storm chasing practices.

David Blanchard's personal hub showcases years of storm chasing across the High Plains and Arizona monsoon seasons, with detailed summaries and photographs dating back to 2005. Based in Flagstaff, Arizona, he also documents mountaineering expeditions to the Alps, New Zealand, and Mount Whitney, alongside fine art photography and meteorology research.

Cloaked in Mystery is a fanlisting dedicated to fog, celebrating fans of this atmospheric weather phenomenon from 16 countries around the world. Listed with The Fanlistings Network, visitors can join, browse member codes, and declare their appreciation for one of nature's most mysterious natural occurrences.

A memorial site preserving the storm chasing adventures of Jeff Wear, who was tragically killed in a traffic accident in 2005 at age 27 while returning from chasing Hurricane Dennis. Maintained by his family, the site features chase accounts, videos, images, and weather summaries from Jeff's years of dedicated storm chasing based out of Norman, Oklahoma.