Kansas Weather

Surface Observations at Lawrence Municipal Airport
The Topeka Doppler Radar
Visible Satellite
Infrared Satellite
Model forecasts for Lawrence using Model Output Statistics (MOS)
  • NAM MOS
  • GFS MOS
  • GFSX MOS

    Guide to reading MOS

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Sites

    The specialized divisions from NOAA are great sources:

    Radar Products

    Radar sites from the NWS
    Radar sites from NCAR/UCAR
    Radar sites from the COD (and Dual-Pol)
    Radar composites from UW-Madison

    Satellite Products

    Satellite imagery from NCAR/UCAR
    Satellite imagery from the Navy, very nice and lots of products
    Satellite imagery from UW-Madison
    Satellite imagery from RAMSDIS

    Scatterometer Data (surface wind over oceans)
    Total Precipitable Water from SSEC
    Total Precipitable Water from NESDIS.
    The SSEC has lots of non-standard products
    The CLASS site provides raw satellite data for free.

    Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP)

    Model output from NCAR/UCAR
    Model output from UW-Madison
    Model output from COD
    Model output from TwisterData
    Model output from wxmaps.org - includes global maps
    Model ensemble (spaghetti) plots
    A GFS-ECMWF comparison at SJSU
    Rapid Refresh (hourly)
    High Resolution Rapid Refresh (3 km)

    MOS information from NWS
    MOS text interface from Texas A&M

    Hurricane tracks from UW-Milwaukee

    Isentropic analysis from COD
    Real-Time QG Diagnostics

    Interactive forecast (and observed) soundings are found at ESRL/GSD.

    Other sources of data

    Climate Reanalyzer: Neat site for lots of different products

    Soundings from the SPC, great for severe weather
    Soundings from UWyo, easy to get historical soundings

    Main page from NCAR/UCAR
    Main page from UW-Madison
    Main page from UWyo
    Main page from PSU
    Pacific Northwest Environmental Forecasts and Observations

    National Data Buoy Center
    Tons of observations for southern CA.

    Past Climate Data from ESRL
    Historical Daily Time Series

    Programs