--This is a very useful weather site for satellite images. There are a lot of options for viewing the water vapor in the air which shows us how much moisture there is and what areas are most affected.
- http://www.goes.noaa.gov/browse3.html - This specific link goes to water vapor map of U.S. including WI.
http://www.accuweather.com/
--This website has great graphics and maps, and they do a good job at explaining what they mean.
- http://www.accuweather.com/us/radar/r1h/kmsp/radar.asp - This specific link takes you to the current local radar for the Minneapolis region (which includes Eau Claire). I find it very helpful because I live in the Twin Cities, so this map is useful when looking at how the weather will be on the drive home. Also, by clicking the the arrows you can navigate to other regions.
http://www.weather.com/
--Weather.com is my current homepage because it is a great resource for weather news around the country. It has five tabs that roll through showing top weather stories including severe weather, weather extremes, and big events being affected by the weather.
- http://www.weather.com/newscenter/nationalforecast/index.html - This specific link gives a broad explaination of what the weather will be like across the country. It has a briefing for northest, south, midwest, and west regions.
http://metstation.uwec.edu/Current.htm
--This is the link to the weather station on top of Phillips. It is a great way to find out what the exact conditions are on campus.
- http://metstation.uwec.edu/Daily.htm - This will be a nice link to visit when preparing for my weather briefing. It gives a recap of the change in outside temperature, dew point, outside humidity, wind speed, barometer reading, and rain totals, in the past 24 hours.
http://www.intellicast.com/
--This is a wonderful resource for current weather images, as well as many other kinds of maps including winds, storm tracking, surface, etc.
- http://www.intellicast.com/National/Wind/JetStream.aspx - This is the link I use when looking at the jet stream. Is nice and colorful and easy to read.
--This is the upper air sounding plot for the station KMPX in Minneapolis, MN. Whenever the weather channel calls for a chance of severe storms, I go to this link. On the right-hand side there is a list of skew-t indicies which really give a better idea of the likelihood of a storm occurring.
- http://www.theweatherprediction.com/thermo/interpret/ - This is a link to an interpretation of the skew-t indicies listed on the upper air sounding plot, and what the categories are.
