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Hosted at Iowa State University, this Meteogram Generator produces hour-by-hour weather forecast charts for locations like KSEA (Seattle) by pulling data from multiple numerical models including NAM, GFS, RAP, and their MOS variants. Visitors can configure plots for temperature, dewpoint, wind speed, precipitation, snow accumulation, and more, then compare model output side by side across an extended forecast period.

HurricaneCity, maintained by Jim Williams for over 25 years, is a comprehensive Atlantic hurricane tracking resource featuring a city and island database of historical landfalls, rankings, storm data by year, and the best-performing forecast model comparisons. Visitors can explore hurricane history by state, track current tropical systems, and access a wealth of tools including reconnaissance data, El Nino information, and multimedia archives like Hurricane TV and a radio show.

Jeremy Perez's Cerulean Arc is a detailed storm chasing blog featuring firsthand summaries of tornado intercepts and severe weather events across the American Southwest and Great Plains, stretching back to 2009. Each entry combines narrative field accounts with meteorological analysis, road network strategy, and storm photography, making it a compelling read for weather enthusiasts and chasers alike.

Lightning Wizard provides detailed convective weather forecast maps for North America, Europe, and the Caribbean, pulling data from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction and the National Weather Service. The site covers advanced meteorological parameters like CAPE, bulk shear, and MSL pressure across multiple forecast time intervals, making it a valuable tool for storm chasers and weather enthusiasts.

Nature's Shower is a fanlisting dedicated to rain, listed under the Nature category at The Fanlistings Network, where fans of rainy weather can join and be counted among 115 members. Part of a broader collective of nature-themed fanlistings including Snow, Waterfalls, and Seasons, it offers a cozy corner of the web for those who simply love the rain.

OWLSP.com is a storm chaser's personal archive covering tornado and severe weather chase accounts from 2002 through 2023, with detailed entries for specific outbreaks across Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, and beyond. The site includes chase narratives, photography, equipment info, and landscape scenes, making it a rich firsthand record of Plains storm chasing over two decades.

A workshop series on tornado forecasting presented by Rich Thompson of the Storm Prediction Center, hosted by the University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology. The archive offers session-by-session PowerPoint downloads covering topics like supercell models, severe storm ingredients, synoptic patterns, and real-time forecasting exercises.

A comprehensive aggregator of meteorological charts covering the North Atlantic and Europe, pulling together synoptic analysis and forecast data from sources like UKMO, DWD, GFS, and FNMOC. Weather enthusiasts, sailors, and aviation buffs will find an extensive collection of MSLP charts, upper-air forecasts, wave height data, and model animations spanning up to 384 hours ahead.

Scott McPartland is a veteran storm chaser whose site showcases his tornado, hurricane, and supercell footage captured across Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, and beyond. Visitors can browse and purchase professionally produced DVDs documenting events like the 2011 tornado outbreak and Hurricane Katrina, with footage that has aired on The Weather Channel, Discovery Channel, and CNN.

Jonas Parnow's curated blog collects 59 handpicked articles, films, podcasts, and data visualizations focused on the climate crisis, from India's solar energy rise to European wildfires. Each entry is carefully selected and contextualized, making it a thoughtful and opinionated guide to understanding the accelerating climate emergency.