~ Early Web Links ~

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.

Ryan Crouse's storm hunting site documents extreme weather events across Yorkton, Saskatchewan, featuring lightning photography, storm clouds, and road condition updates. A personal hub for a dedicated storm chaser covering the Canadian prairies, with live streams and weather photos from the region.

Ben Holcomb's storm chasing hub features an extensive links directory connecting visitors to fellow storm chasers, meteorology resources, and severe weather organizations. With over 400 storm chasing posts logged and sections covering tornado videos, pictures, past chase statistics, and equipment, this is a serious enthusiast's personal record of years spent pursuing severe weather.

RAL Real-Time Weather's Upper-Air page, maintained by NCAR's Research Applications Laboratory, provides real-time rawinsonde plots and upper-atmosphere wind and temperature data across multiple pressure levels from 925mb to 200mb. Researchers and weather enthusiasts can browse SkewT/LogP charts, loop multi-day animations, and access archived upper-air data sponsored by the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research.

Hosted by the University of Washington's Atmospheric Sciences department, GRAYSKIES is an educational resource focused on Earth's atmosphere, offering climate data, rooftop weather observations, and curated links to Pacific Northwest weather and climate tools. Visitors can explore 30-year climate averages, satellite imagery, and data plotting tools alongside a broad collection of regional and national weather resources.

Andy Fischer, known as Tornadohead, documents his storm chasing expeditions from 2001 through 2008 with individual chase accounts organized by year. The site includes cumulative maps tracking counties chased, observed supercells, and tornadoes across both the northern and southern plains.

WorldClimate.com is a comprehensive database of historical weather averages for over 85,000 locations worldwide, offering rainfall, temperature, and precipitation records spanning decades. Travelers, researchers, and curious minds can look up climate normals for cities from Bangkok to Lima, making it a handy reference for trip planning, relocation decisions, or general weather curiosity.

Run by the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, this site provides real-time satellite-based analysis tools and data products for tracking and studying tropical cyclones worldwide. Researchers and weather enthusiasts alike will find an impressive suite of tools including intensity estimation algorithms, microwave imagery composites, and a full archive covering Atlantic, Pacific, Indian Ocean, and South Pacific storm basins.

Jason Searle, an optometrist and storm chaser, runs this hub dedicated to severe weather experiences, featuring a storm blog, video gallery, photographs, radar tools, and a storm glossary. It blends the thrill of firsthand storm chasing with practical resources for weather enthusiasts.

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.