~ Early Web Links ~

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.

A reference page from the University of Washington's atmospheric sciences department presenting observed climate normals for Idaho and western Montana spanning 1971 to 2000. Visitors can click on map markers to view mean monthly precipitation, mean daily maximum temperatures, and mean daily minimum temperatures for specific locations.

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.

Brian Morganti's StormEffects is a personal archive of storm chasing photography, nature landscapes, and severe weather experiences captured over many years. Visitors can browse storm photos, chase videos, chase summaries, and even astrophotography, making it a rich showcase of one enthusiast's passion for extreme weather.

Hosted on the University of Washington's atmospheric sciences domain, this page presents California's observed climate normals for the 1971-2000 period, including mean monthly precipitation and daily maximum and minimum temperatures. Visitors can click on map markers to explore station-level climate data across the state, making it a handy reference for researchers, students, and weather enthusiasts.

Stephen's Storm Log is a personal storm chasing diary cataloging hundreds of tornado, supercell, and severe weather chase events dating back to 1997, organized by SPC risk level and year. With decades of documented chases across the American South and Plains, this is a remarkable long-running record of one chaser's adventures tracking some of the most intense storms on record.

Jeff Duda, a geology student turned meteorology researcher, chronicles a decade of storm chasing with detailed chase accounts, busts, and lifetime statistics including 71 tornadoes over 111 chases and 52,000+ miles. Each year from 2008 to 2017 has its own dedicated page, making this a substantial firsthand log of severe weather pursuit across the Great Plains and Midwest.

West Island Weather Station has been monitoring coastal conditions near the Cape Cod Canal in Buzzards Bay, Fairhaven, Massachusetts since 1992, offering live bay cams, tide information, and detailed monthly weather logs. The site also chronicles notable regional weather events including Hurricane Bob 1991, the Blizzard of '78, and the Buzzards Bay Oil Spill of 2003, alongside an archive of over 10,000 photos.

Maintained by storm chasers Michael Bath and Jimmy Deguara, Australia Severe Weather is a comprehensive archive of severe weather photography, storm chasing reports, tornado and waterspout pictures, and tropical cyclone tracking maps covering Australian weather events. With over 35,000 photographs, timelapse webcam videos, flood history records, and storm chasing news, it serves as a serious reference for anyone fascinated by extreme Australian weather.

CoolWx tracks unofficial record-breaking temperatures across the globe, cataloging high and low temperature records from over 3,800 weather stations dating back to July 2010. Visitors can explore historical animations of weather patterns by region and time period, as well as ranked lists of the most prolific record-breaking days in recent climate history.