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Useful Weather Links

• National AMS
• The homepage of the (National) American Meteorological Society. Facebook
• Real Time Weather Data
• A division of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). This page includes Satellite, Surface Data, Numerical Models, Radar Data, and Upper-Air Data.
• The Iowa Environmental Mesonet
• A site run locally here at ISU that contains current weather information at hundreds of sites across Iowa, archived climate data, and various weather applications.
• Iowa Ag Climate Network
• Iowa State University: Crop, Soil, and Environmental Services.
• National Weather Service Forecast Office Des Moines
• Homepage of the local Weather Forecast Office
• Storm Prediction Center
• This website includes severe weather outlooks, Mesoscale Discussions, and watches. A must-read for any potential storm chasers.
• Central Iowa National Weather Association
• Information about the Central Iowa NWA, and the Severe Storms and Doppler Radar Conference
• University of Michigan Weather Info
• Hundreds of products including models, surface data, and satellite images.
• Stormtrack
• A forum dedicated to storm chasers.
• Tornado Page
• All you ever wanted to know about tornadoes (and then some).
• Chasing the Storm: Weather Photography
• An index of websites containing fascinating photographs of different weather phenomena.
• Electricity and the Science of Lightning
• An index of websites and information about lightning and lightning safety, all geared toward younger kids.
• Career Information: A Guide to Meteorology Resources
• An index of websites containing information about several different aspects of Meteorology.
• AMS Glossary
• A glossary of many terms that are used in the field of meteorology.

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