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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&timespan=24hrs&anim=html5
Saharan Dust (Polvo del Sahara)
  • Dust: https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/packages/cams/products/aerosol-forecasts?base_time=202505280000&layer_name=composition_aod550&projection=classical_west_tropic&valid_time=202505281800
  • CIMH (Barbados) Dust Prediction: https://dafc.cimh.edu.bb/dust-prediction/
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/

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