~ Early Web Links ~

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.

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.

The Wind Power Handbook, created by Timlynn Babitsky, is a resource for community organizers and activists navigating wind energy projects, covering everything from NIMBY debates and turbine noise myths to the economic benefits for farmers and local communities. With organized sections on strategies, case studies, innovations, and policy issues, it serves as a practical guide for anyone trying to advance or understand wind power development.

Dedicated to the late storm chaser Jim Leonard (1950-2014), known as Cyclone Jim, this site serves as a memorial and archive for his decades-long career intercepting hurricanes and typhoons around the world. Visitors can explore his biography and access his extensive stock video and photo collection through his YouTube channel, with licensing information available for professional use.

WeatherTogether is a community weather resource offering an extensive curated directory of weather observation tools, model data, radar, satellite imagery, and oceanographic resources from major institutions like NOAA, NWS, and various universities. The sheer breadth of categorized links covering surface observations, upper air data, aviation weather, and ocean conditions makes it a valuable one-stop reference for weather enthusiasts and professionals alike.

George Kourounis is a globe-trotting storm chaser, explorer, and TV presenter whose site showcases breathtaking photographs and videos of tornadoes, hurricanes, volcanoes, lightning, and other extreme natural phenomena from all 7 continents. Best known for hosting the 'Angry Planet' TV series broadcast in over 100 countries, his online home is a stunning archive of close encounters with Earth's most violent forces.

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 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.

Hosted by NCAR's Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Laboratory, this site provides real-time ensemble weather forecast products including surface conditions, precipitation probabilities, upper-air fields, and severe weather outlooks across multiple domains. Researchers and forecasters will find a rich array of ensemble visualization tools including postage stamp maps, plumes, soundings, reflectivity paintballs, and neighborhood probability products.

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.