The Texas A & M University offers a very good graphical weather weather warning system. I find them very reliable for current watch and warning information. The *only* flaw with the site is if two watches are in effect for the same area... it is hard to tell overlaying watches apart. Click on the image to go to their site.
http://www.met.tamu.edu/weather/warnings/warnings_us.gif
SPC Current Watches
The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) holds watch authority for the United States. The above chart shows present watches. Click on it to go investigate further.
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/
SPC Day 1 Outlook
Five times a day, the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) will issue the Day1 Outlook, predicting where severe storms are likely to exist. They use three alert levels -- SLIGHT (in Green), MODERATE (in Yellow) and HIGH (in Red). Below, the computer models from 1AM Milwaukee time and 3PM Milwaukee time are shown.
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook
SPC Meso Discussions
As needed, the SPC will follow up the outlooks with a Mesoscale discussion. If there are any MDs issued, the areas they affect will be circled in Red. Please click on the graphic to go to the SPC Meso site, and read up on the latest information.
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/validmd.gif
Pictures of the clouds provide the big picture of a weather system. Meteorologists use these images to see where the moisture is coming from, and obtain clues if storms will have enough fuel to survive.
Please click on the below satellite image to go view other satellite images.
http://weather.unisys.com/satellite/sat_ir_us.gif
Radar images make real-time images of where the rain is currently falling, and can determine what areas will experience the wrath of the storm in the near future. Note that radar sites cannot observe storm data directly above them, so it pays to view neighboring radar sites!
Please click on the below radar image to view local area radars.
http://www.wunderground.com/data/640x480/2xus_rd.gif
Temperature Charts display the surface temperature, allowing us to view where frontal boundaries exist, as well as hint what kind of precipitation may be falling, and general wind direction.
http://www.wunderground.com/data/images/us_st.gif
Dew Point Charts display the moisture levels in the air, and in the summer time, become a valuable resource to see how much energy is in the air. The higher the dew point, the more muggy and tropical the airmass will be.
IWIN Information
Tropical Information
For those interested in the Tropics, click on the above picture to examine the National Hurricane Center's page on current Hurricanes and Tropical Storms in our hemisphere.
Please click on the above radar image to view the NHC homepage.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.html
