LINKS TO WEBsites TO SUPPOrt weather forecasting
Websites to analyze and forecast the weather
(Portales web para analizar y pronosticar el tiempo)
Rainfall Observations (Observaciones de lluvia)
- Rainfall, world (OGIMET): https://ogimet.com/
- Rainfall, US Stations (COCORAHS): https://cocorahs.org/
- Rainfall, CIRA Station (Christman Field): https://www.atmos.colostate.edu/fccwx/fccwx_latest_graphs.php?units=e
- Rainfall (satellite derived):
- Flooding, VIIRS Flood Global Map: https://floods.ssec.wisc.edu/s/D3gR3s
Soundings (Sondeos)
- University of Wyoming Sounding Archive: https://weather.uwyo.edu/upperair/sounding_legacy.html
- NOAA's Storm Prediction Center Soundings: https://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/soundings/
- NUCAPS (Satellite-derived) via Global Map: https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/products/atmosphere/soundings/heap/skewt/WORLD.html
- NUCAPS (Satellite-derived) via OSPO: https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/products/atmosphere/soundings/heap/nucaps/new/nucaps_products.html
Satellite Imagery (Imágenes satelitales)
- CIRA SLIDER: https://rammb-slider.cira.colostate.edu/
- INPE SLIDER (Brazil): https://www.cptec.inpe.br/dsat/
- US 500 hPa Heights and Winds overlaid over satellite (COD): https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=continental-conus-dcphase-24-0-100-1&checked=map&colorbar=
- NESDIS/STAR Satellite Viewer: https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/goes/index.php
- JPSS Imagery for Users webpage: https://rammb2.cira.colostate.edu/training/visit/jpss-imagery-for-users/
- CIMMS/Wisc Links to access satellite data: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/goesdata.html
- CIRA Geocolor Archive:
- Amazon AWS GOES-16 Archive: https://noaa-goes16.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html
- DSA INPE Archive: https://satelite.cptec.inpe.br/acervo/goes16.formulario.logic;jsessionid=940857853D569B00A8A49F0BD1CA778C
Moisture (Humedad)
- Advected Layered Precipitable Water (ALPW) - South America Sector: https://cat.cira.colostate.edu/sport/layered/advected/LPW_SAm.htm
- MIMIC Total Precipitable Water (TPW): https://tropic.ssec.wisc.edu/real-time/mtpw2/product.php?color_type=tpw_nrl_colors&prod=global2×pan=24hrs&anim=html5
Saharan Dust (Polvo del Sahara)
Severe Weather (Tiempo Severo)
- Storm Prediction Center
Central America Links (Enlaces para Centroamérica)
- Satellite climatologies for Central America (CIRA): https://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/research/satellite_climatologies/central_america/H_images/HAniS_CA_SatFreq_May-Nov.html
- Climate Change Scenarios CMIP6 (Escenarios de cambio climático CMIP6) : https://srt.snet.gob.sv/escenarios/
- Project Servir: Satellite Imagery for Central America: https://www.servir.net/servir_alertas/index-new.php
- Tropical Cyclone (TC) Real-Time from CIRA: https://rammb-data.cira.colostate.edu/tc_realtime/
Smoke Monitoring (Monitoreo de humo)
- HRRR/RAP-Smoke: https://rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/RAPsmoke/Welcome.cgi?dsKey=rap_ncep_smoke_jet&domain=full&run_time=22+Jul+2025+-+15Z
- HRRR/RAP-Smoke: https://rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/hrrr/HRRRsmokeold/Welcome.cgi?dsKey=hrrr_ncep_smoke_jet&domain=full&run_time=22+Jul+2025+-+12Z
- HRRR-Smoke Cross Sections: https://rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/hrrr/HRRRsmokeold/Welcome.cgi?dsKey=hrrr_ncep_smoke_jet&domain=htxs&run_time=22+Jul+2025+-+12Z
Lightning (Electrificación/Rayería)
- CIMMS/Wisconsin LightningCast: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/severe_conv/pltg.html
- CIMSS/Wisconsin Real Earth: https://realearth.ssec.wisc.edu/
Model Guidance
- Tropical Tidbits: https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/
- Weather Nerds: https://www.weathernerds.org/home.html
Satellite Data Processing
HANIS Documentation: https://www.ssec.wisc.edu/hanis/
LINKS TO CIRA WEBsiTES for satellite product applications
- Quick reference guides: https://rammb2.cira.colostate.edu/training/visit/quick_reference/
- CIRA aviation: https://aviation.cira.colostate.edu/define-custom-cross-section
- RAMSDIS: https://ramsdis.cira.colostate.edu/ramsdis/
- Tropical Cyclone (TC) Real-Time: https://rammb-data.cira.colostate.edu/tc_realtime/
- Training sessions: https://rammb2.cira.colostate.edu/training/visit/training_sessions/
- Regional Focus Group sessions: https://rammb2.cira.colostate.edu/training/rmtc/focusgroup/
- WMO Global Campus training events calendar: https://learningevents.wmo.int/#/
- Coordination Group on Satellite Data Requirements: https://sdr.ucr.ac.cr/