Marine Weather Information & Resources


Storm Web Sites

For Hurricane Information:

bulletNational Hurricane Center at:  http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
bulletUnderground Weather site at:  http://www.weatherunderground.com
bulletHurricane Hunters site at:  http://www.hurricanehunters.com/
bulletFlorida State University Weather Information:  http://www.met.fsu.edu/index.pl/wxdata/wxstobs
bulletNational Weather Service : http://www.nws.noaa.gov    This is the National Weather Service site and with the proper suffix you can go to any of their individual office web sites.
bulletWeather For You: http://www.wx4u.com    a site with varied information and an active warning map. 
bulletTexas A & M University: http://www.met.tamu.edu/weather.shtml  
bulletAccuweather: http://www.accuweather.com/weatherf/index_corp  contains information some of the TV station subscribe to. 
bulletAutomatic weather notifications: http://www.metalab.unc.edu/morris/weather/  
bulletUniversity of Illinois weather site: http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/home.rxml 
bulletOffshore weather buoy information: http://www.nws.fsu.edu/buoy/
bulletDiv. of Emergency Management's home page: http://www.dca.state.fl.us/fdem/index.htm
bulletSatellite pictures of various disasters: http://hazard1.wwb.noaa.gov/
bulletNational Weather Service, San Diego:  http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/sandiego
bulletNWS Welcome Page:  http://www.nws.noaa.gov
bulletNationwide School Weather Network:  http://www.aws.com
bulletWeatherEye: http://www.weathereye.kgan.com
bulletThe Tornado Project Online http://www.tornadoproject.com
bulletWonders of Weather Homepage: http://school.discovery.com/fall96/programs/wondersofweather
bulletRain or Shine Weather& Farmers Almanac http://www.rainorshine.com
bulletInteractive Weather Information Network http://iwin2.nws.noaa.gov
bulletUMI Weather Underground: http://groundhog.sprl.umich.edu
bulletClimate Diagnostics Center:  http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/
bulletClimate Forecasts for next 1-3 months: http://nic.fb4.noaa.gov:80/products/predictions/multi_season/
bulletMonthly Forecasts for next year: http://nic.fb4.noaa.gov:80/products/analysis_monitoring/ensostuff/
bulletEarthwatch Satellite Imagery:  http://www.earthwatch.com
bulletSurfline (Surf Conditions):  http://www.surfline.com
bulletLong Range Weather Maps: http://sgi62.wwb.noaa.gov:8080/ens/enshome.html
bulletMarine Weather:  http://weather.noaa.gov/fax/marine.shtml
bulletEastern Pacific Hurricanes:   http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphicsepac.html
bulletGlobal Temperatures / Research:  http://www.giss.nasa.gov
bulletGlobal Warming Information: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/climate/globalwarming.html
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(Inter)National Information Sites

bulletCanadian Hurricane Center
bulletNOAA National Hurricane Center
bulletMoreWeather
bulletWunderGround temperature and conditions for just about anyplace in the U.S. This site loads very fast!
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bulletlots of aerial photographs of harbors, bays, rivers and stuff.... good as navigational aids.

Of Local Interest

bulletMaine
bulletNew Hampshire
bulletPlymouth State College weather center
bulletMassachusetts
bulletBuzzard's Bay

(map courtesy of Buzzards Bay web site)

bulletRhode Island
bulletConnecticut -- Fisher's Island Sound -- Long Island Sound
bulletUniversity of Connecticut
bulletAvery Point: wind velocity, temperature and atmospheric pressure for the last 6 hours or current readings, including rainfall and humidity (the yellow triangle)
bulletLower Thames River (the red x)
bulletEastern Long Island Sound offshore station (the red diamond)
bulletBridgeport inshore station (the blue cross)

(graphic courtesy of University of Connecticut MYSound Project)

 

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