Weather information and resource links

1. GLOSSARY of Weather Terminology
www.weather.com/glossary/?from=footer

Possibly the BEST weather glossary available on-line. It has clear, concise, well cross linked definitions for both common and uncommon weather terminology.

2. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
www.noaa.gov/

Your tax dollars at work through one of the most informative and well managed U.S. Federal Government public information sites on the Internet.

3. National Weather Service
www.nws.noaa.gov

This is the agency within NOAA that specifically reports the weather in the United States. This site also has a good glossary of weather related terminology.

4. National Weather Service Local Data
weather.noaa.gov/weather/ccus.html

For local weather information, or to establish WeatherHawk weather station offsets, or to determine Latitude/Longitude of your location in the United States go to this sub-page on the NWS website.

5. METAR data map for the United Kingdom
www.freedata.meteorologica.co.uk/Metar/MetarMap.html

An interesting and innovative way to present weather data from a variety of public sources. These topographic, very colorful maps cover the United Kingdom, parts of western Europe and the North Sea. Select a detail map, and thentouch the data source points with your mouse pointer for the name of the location.

6. Amateur Radio Emergency Service

http://www.findu.com/citizenweather/

Consider posting your weather data as a part of the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) Check the URL above for additional information.

7. Educational Weather Reference Websites

http://www.weatherhawk.com/applications-schools-links02.htm

Use this link to find a list of Educational weather related websites.

8. DirPedia.com

http://www.dirpedia.com/
Combines a dictionary, an encyclopedia and a web directory.

9. Citizens Weather Observer Program

http://www.wxqa.com/index.html

This is a public/private partnership of over 4,500 citizen observers worldwide that report weather data to a central network. This site has a wealth of information on US and Global weather, in addition to numerous links to other weather related websites.