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Cloaked in Mystery is a fanlisting dedicated to fog, celebrating fans of this atmospheric weather phenomenon from 16 countries around the world. Listed with The Fanlistings Network, visitors can join, browse member codes, and declare their appreciation for one of nature's most mysterious natural occurrences.

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.

Run by NOAA's Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Branch at Colorado State University, this site tracks currently active tropical cyclones worldwide in real time using satellite imagery and meteorological data. Researchers and weather enthusiasts can browse live storm data, archived seasons going back to 2006, and products developed by NESDIS/STAR/RAMMB scientists.

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.

Tropicalweather.net is a comprehensive resource covering tropical cyclones, hurricane forecasts, and preparedness tips, with special focus on the North Atlantic basin and nearly two decades of historical hurricane summaries. Visitors can test their knowledge with trivia quizzes at three difficulty levels, browse climatology data for Caribbean cruise destinations, and even explore career paths in TV meteorology.

The Citizen Weather Observer Program (CWOP) is a public-private partnership that collects weather data from over 7,000 citizen-operated stations across North America, feeding real-time observations to NOAA and dozens of government agencies. Visitors can join the network, check data quality, view maps and displays, and access resources for setting up their own personal weather stations.

Built by meteorologists and storm chasers, Severewx.com covers tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, and storm chasing with firsthand chase reports, photo galleries, and educational weather science content. The site includes real-time weather forecasts, links to weather resources, and a firsthand account of the team's own tornado intercepts.

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.

Stan Olson's storm chasing archive covers decades of severe weather pursuits across Illinois, Indiana, Oklahoma, and beyond, with individual chase logs dating back to 1999. Each entry chronicles a specific storm chase event, including notable encounters like a tornado near Elmwood IL and a high-risk chase in North Central Oklahoma, making it a compelling firsthand record of Midwest storm chasing.

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.