~ Early Web Links ~

Hosted by the University of Washington Atmospheric Sciences department, this data-rich portal aggregates real-time and archived weather observations for the Pacific Northwest, including surface obs, time series plots, pressure readings, and climatological normals. Researchers, forecasters, and weather enthusiasts will find an extensive collection of links to regional stations, webcams, El Nino data, and major climate data servers like NOAA and the Western Regional Climate Center.

Scott Blair's personal site, active since 1997, focuses on storm chasing and severe weather photography, featuring copyrighted images of tornadoes and violent storms captured in the field. The site also honors Eric Nguyen, a fellow storm observer and meteorologist, with a link to a memorial scholarship supporting future weather scientists.

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.

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 fanlisting dedicated to thunderstorms, inviting fans from around the world to add their name to a growing list of fellow storm enthusiasts. With 59 members and running since 2011, it is part of the TheFanlistings.org network and uses the Listing Admin Robotess Fork script.

Cyclone Road is the personal homepage of storm chaser Amos Magliocco, featuring chase reports, photos, a chase blog, and gear recommendations. The site includes a tribute to Eric Nguyen and links to essential storm chasing reading on safety, ethics, and tornado pursuit.

The ISU Meteorology Archive (MTArchive) at Iowa State University provides a massive publicly accessible repository of historical weather data and satellite imagery spanning from 1933 to the present. Maintained by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet project, it includes decades of archived GOES satellite imagery viewable through the IEM CoD Archive Viewer, making it an invaluable tool for researchers and meteorology enthusiasts alike.

Storm And Sky is a storm photography and weather resource featuring hundreds of photos of supercell storms, tornadoes, and other dramatic natural phenomena. Visitors can explore trip reports, tutorials, gear recommendations, stock images, and weather and space data, making it a destination for storm chasers and weather enthusiasts alike.

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.

Skip Talbot has documented over 458 storm chases since 2003, logging 288,186 miles and 156 tornado intercepts across more than two decades of pursuit. The site features yearly chase logs, a gallery, time-lapse videos, and detailed statistics that make it a fascinating firsthand record of storm chasing as a serious hobby.