Meteorology Links


Meteorological Organisations

The Meteorological Office
Meteo-France
MeteoSuisse
ECMWF - European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

NOAA - US National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration
US National Weather Service
NCEP - National Centers for Environmental Prediction

MSC - Meteorological Service of Canada

WMO - World Meteorological Organisation

Educational & Reference Material

Glossary of Meteorology - An authoritative online glossary of meteorology from the AMS
Meteorology: Online Guide - An introductory course in meteorology from the University of Illinois
Measuring The Atmosphere - A quick guide to the history of meteorological measurement and modelling from Meteo France.

Cool Stuff

Visible Earth - stunning satellite imagery from NASA
Earth Observatory - recent satellite imagery and news relating to climate & environmental change from NASA
Space Imaging Inc. - photographs of the earth from space at 1-metre resolution - frequent updates of locations in the news.
NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - animations, movie-loops, etc illustrating scientific data

 

Weather Forecasts and Information for the UK & Europe

BBC - BBC weather centre; provides a wide range of charts and information: from local forecasts to world-wide weather
MetOffice UK Forecast - country-wide & regional forecasts
ECMWF - 3-6 day forecast charts
NCEP - Forecast charts for Europe

Current observations - latest metoffice surface observations.
Latest UK Surface Obs. - from MeteoCentre.com
UK Surface Obs. - 6-hourly observations.

University of Cologne - daily obs and forecast charts for Europe.
University of Basel - Experimental forecast products at 3-hour intervals out to 3 days ahead.
TopKarten - collection of current analysis & forecast charts for Europe

Weather.org - Site collecting UK weather & forecast information from a wide range of sources.
Roger Brugge's Weather Page - weather information & links

More data...

University of Wyoming - archive of synoptic observations: surface obs., soundings, etc from around the world

Satellite Imagery

Dundee - NERC's satellite receiving station at the University of Dundee
MetOffice - Meteosat imagery from the MetOffice



Many thanks to Ian Brooks for starting this web-page