Forecast Tools

Forecast Blog

A collection of notes and thoughts about severe weather forecasting, storm chasing, and more.

Briefing Page

Need to spin up quickly on the weather situation?
The briefing page is here to help. This quick look at ongoing weather conditions will bring you up to speed quickly.

Convective Impacts Map (CIM)

A realtime display of radar, convective warnings, LSRs, and wind observations for severe-wx situational awareness.

Winter Impacts Map (WIM)

A realtime display of radar, surface observations, and snow/ice LSRs for wintertime situational awareness.

Soundings

Observed and forecast soundings from across the country.

Surface Chart Analysis

Create your own subjective surface analysis and overlay it with upper air and thermodynamic information for environmental assessment.

Fire Wx

A collection of realtime obeservations and information useful for fire weather forecasting.

Meteograms

View meteograms for any ASOS/AWOS station for up to 7 days in the past.

ASOS Climatology

Climatological temperature, dewpoint, and MSLP information for select ASOS stations across the country.

Blowing Snow Model

Based on the Baggeley Blowing Snow Model and developed at NWS WFO Grand Forks, ND, this tools helps assess the potential for blizzard conditions from blowing snow.

AFD Reader

Read, listen, or search for keywords in the area forecast discussion from any WFO and select national centers.

Original Outlook Creator

The page that started it all! This tool allows you to create your own SPC-like categorical and/or probabilistic convective outlook. This is not tied to a user profile, but is helpful for certain applications.