Best collection of weather data sources:
- National Weather Service graphical weather products page with links to various NWS observations and forecasts.
- A very extensive list of sites related to Michigan at weathermichigan.com.
- The extensive University of Michigan list of weather links.
- The Unisys Weather originally developed by Purdue University (where I studied the weather) including a very wide variety of detailed weather charts and products.
- The WeatherUnderground, a Michigan-based weather resource featuring the WunderMap that includes a network of public and private weather stations, including the Delta College Weather Station.
- A menu of information offered by WSI Intellicast with information specific to hundreds of cities and the U.S including excellent radar and satellite imagery.
- A set of clear, basic maps from The Weather Channel which are the same as those displayed on television.
- The home page of the National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac that serves the southeast Michigan region including the Tri-Cities.
- Map with access to all National Weather Service Office web sites.
- Various products from the Ohio State weather server.
- Various products from NOAA University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) real-time weather server.
- National Weather Service Interactive Weather Information Network text information.
- National Weather Service River Forecast Center - North Central U.S. Region.
- Localized weather stations in Michigan from the Michigan Automated Weather Network.
- University of Wyoming weather page offering a variety of excellent products.
- Climate data from the National Climatic Data Center.
- University of Illinois WW2010 weather animation tool enabling time animations of various weather parameters.
- For information on hurricanes
and tropical storms:
- The University of Michigan Weather Underground tropical weather page.
- The National Hurricane Center.
- Weather for space shuttle operations from the Applied Meteorology Group.
- Canadian weather from Environment Canada.
- Climate data and summaries from the Michigan State Climatologists Office .
- Drought monitoring from: The U.S. Govt. and The Weather Channel.
- Various long range forecast maps from the NOAA Climate Prediction Center.
- High resolution satellite photos from the NOAA Operational Significant Event Imagery Team.
- National Weather Services Weather Charts on the Net
- Great Lakes web cams: Source 1 and Source 2
- Web cams from WeatherBonk
- Worldwide weather information service combinining multiple international weather services.
Educational websites:
- For an educational weather website titled WW2010 from the University of Illinois that covers various weather topics.
- A list of weather topics offered by USA Today.
- Datastreme real-time weather charts and analyses for practice.
- Weather Channel Storm Encyclopedia for concise definitions of weather terms.
- List of educational outreach activities in meteorology.
- Term list for storm spotters from the National Weather Service.
- American Meteorological Society Glossary of Meteorology.