BYU ESC Weather Station - Weather Links

Assorted Weather Links

Last update: 1 March 2006 (all links were working)

NOAA pages
- NOAA Home Page (http://www.noaa.gov)
- NOAA National Weather Service Home Page (forecasts, maps, charts, etc.) (http://www.nws.noaa.gov)
- Raw GOES Satellite Imagery page (http://www.goes.noaa.gov)
- National Weather Service Western Regional Headquarters (http://www.wrh.noaa.gov)
- National Weather Service Salt Lake City Office (http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/slc)
  - Current satellite imagery (Western U.S.) (http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/?wfo=slc)
  - provo conditions, forecast, and cameras (http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=slc&smap=1&textField1=40.23389&textField2=-111.65778)
  - Snow, Backcountry, Avalanche Forecasts, Mountain Observations (http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/slc/snow/)
- World Meteorological Organization (http://www.worldweather.org)
- NOAA National Center for Environmental Prediction (http://www.ncep.noaa.gov)
- NOAA Storm Prediction Center (http://www.spc.noaa.gov)
- NOAA National Hurricane Center (http://www.nhc.noaa.gov)
- Navy Joint Typhoon Warning Center (Pacific tropical weather) (http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc.html)
- NOAA Severe Storm Laboratory (http://www.nssl.noaa.gov)
- NOAA Space Environment Center (space weather predictions) (http://www.sec.noaa.gov)
- NOAA Lightning Safety Page (http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov)
- Hypothermia.org - valuable information on avoiding and treating hypothermia (http://www.hypothermia.org)
- National Climate Data Center (http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov)
- U.S. Drought Monitor from Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln (http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html)
- National air quality predictions (http://www.airnow.gov/)
Local weather conditions and forecasts
- Collected Utah Weather and Climate Information and Links (http://www.utahweather.org)
- Provo climate page (these are the readings from the official BYU station south of campus) (http://www.pgjr.alpine.k12.ut.us/science/james/provo.html)
- Provo-BYU climate summary (from Western Regional Climate Center) (http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?utpbyu)
- Provo City Airport (One of the official weather stations) (http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/KPVU.html)
- BYU SWKT Weather Station maintained by the BYU Geography Department (http://www.aws.com/full.asp?id=prout)
- BYU ESC Weather Station maintained by the BYU Department of Physics and Astronomy (http://marvin.byu.edu/Weather/index.html)
- BYU Baseball Stadium weather (not updated regularly except during the summer) (http://www.conservewater.utah.gov/et/etsite/BYU.htm)
- Automated stations available through ROMAN (Real-time Observation Monitor and Analysis Network) - stations are ordered roughly north to south along the Wasatch Front in Utah Valley
  - Suncrest development on Traverse Ridge (Point of the Mountain) (http://www.met.utah.edu/cgi-bin/roman/meso_base.cgi?stn=SUNUT)
  - I-15/Alpine interchange (http://www.met.utah.edu/cgi-bin/roman/meso_base.cgi?stn=UTALP)
  - Pleasant Grove (http://www.met.utah.edu/cgi-bin/roman/meso_base.cgi?stn=PGRU1)
  - Timpanogos Divide (SNOTEL station) (http://www.met.utah.edu/cgi-bin/roman/meso_base.cgi?stn=TIMU1)
  - Highland air quality measuring station (http://www.met.utah.edu/cgi-bin/roman/meso_base.cgi?stn=QHG)
  - Lehi (APRSWXNET) (http://www.met.utah.edu/cgi-bin/roman/meso_base.cgi?stn=C7910)
  - Lindon air quality measuring station (http://www.met.utah.edu/cgi-bin/roman/meso_base.cgi?stn=QLN)
  - Saratoga Springs (APRSWXNET) (http://www.met.utah.edu/cgi-bin/roman/meso_base.cgi?stn=C6171)
  - Cedar Fort (http://www.met.utah.edu/cgi-bin/roman/meso_base.cgi?stn=CFO)
  - Orem (APRSWXNET) (http://www.met.utah.edu/cgi-bin/roman/meso_base.cgi?stn=AS088)
  - Saratoga Springs (APRSWXNET) (http://www.met.utah.edu/cgi-bin/roman/meso_base.cgi?stn=C0974)
  - Cascade Mountain (SNOTEL) (http://www.met.utah.edu/cgi-bin/roman/meso_base.cgi?stn=CAMU1)
  - North Provo air quality measuring station (http://www.met.utah.edu/cgi-bin/roman/meso_base.cgi?stn=QNP)
  - BYU Eyring Science Center weather station (same data as above but in a different format) (http://www.met.utah.edu/cgi-bin/roman/meso_base.cgi?stn=EYSC)
  - I-15/Provo Center Street interchange (http://www.met.utah.edu/cgi-bin/roman/meso_base.cgi?stn=UTPVO)
  - Provo Municipal airport (same data as above but in a different format) (http://www.met.utah.edu/cgi-bin/roman/meso_base.cgi?stn=KPVU)
  - Spanish Fork air quality measuring station (http://www.met.utah.edu/cgi-bin/roman/meso_base.cgi?stn=QSF)
  - Rays Valley (between Spanish Fork and Hobble Creek Canyons) (http://www.met.utah.edu/cgi-bin/roman/meso_base.cgi?stn=RVZU1)
  - Red Narrows in Spanish Fork Canyon (http://www.met.utah.edu/cgi-bin/roman/meso_base.cgi?stn=RDN)
  - Simpson Springs (on Pony Express Trail west of Utah Valley) (http://www.met.utah.edu/cgi-bin/roman/meso_base.cgi?stn=DPG21)
  - A list of available stations (LOTS of them) (http://raws.wrh.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/roman/raws_ca_monitor.cgi?rawsflag=290&state=EBCC&type=0&orderby=n)
- Springville Weather Station (http://www.brentsweather.com)
- Current weather at the Saratoga Pumping Station (north end of Utah Lake)
- Weather Channel (http://www.weather.com/weather/local/84602)
- Accuweather's Provo forecast (http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/local_index.asp?zipcode=84602)
- Intellicast's Provo forecast (http://www.intellicast.com/IcastPage/LoadPage.aspx?loc=kpvu&seg=LocalWeather&prodgrp=Forecasts&product=Forecast&prodnav=none&pid=none)
- Northern Utah radar loop (http://www.intellicast.com/IcastPage/LoadPage.aspx?loc=kslc&seg=LocalWeather&prodgrp=RadarImagery&product=JavaLoop&prodnav=none&pid=none)
- Weather Underground forecast for Provo (http://www.weatherunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=84602)
- Cameras in Utah (http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/Saltlake/camera)
  - Camera looking north from the BYU ESC (Mount Timpanogos) (http://marvin.byu.edu/Weather/cgi-bin/getTimpImage)
  - Camera looking east from BYU SWKT (Y-Mountain) (http://webcams.byu.edu/view/view.shtml?imagePath=/mjpg/4/video.mjpg&size=1)
  - Camera looking north-northeast from BYU Bookstore (Brigham Square) (http://webcams.byu.edu/view/view.shtml?imagePath=/mjpg/4/video.mjpg&size=1)
  - Camera looking southeast from BYU ASB (southeast Utah Valley) (http://pgcam.byu.edu/webcam.jpg) - This one is broken!
  - Camera looking northwest from BYU SWKT (Traverse Ridge) (http://psych.byu.edu/view/lab.htm)
  - Camera looking roughly northwest from Timpview High School (north Provo) (automatically updates every 5 seconds) This was resurrected by the student computer tech and I was notified by the nerddom students in October 2007 that it is working great again (after a summer of watching June).
    - A 2-week time-lapse sequence from the Timpview High School weather webcam.
  - The Sundance cameras haven't worked in quite a while. They are still here in case they ever do work (the links are active but the cameras aren't)
    - Camera looking southwest from Sundance (Utah Valley) (http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/Saltlake/camera/single/Sundance.Southwest.php)
    - Camera looking northeast from Sundance (Heber Valley) (http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/Saltlake/camera/single/Sundance.Northeast.php)
- Utah road conditions (http://srtcux03.dot.state.ut.us/tats.cgi)
- Utah snowpack report (ftp://ftp.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/data/snow/update/ut.txt)
- Utah air quality report (http://www.airmonitoring.utah.gov/api.htm)
- Utah air quality report (http://www.airquality.utah.gov)
- Utah Avalanche Center (http://www.avalanche.org/~uac/)
Weather conditions and forecasts for other areas
- NOAA's North Pole web site (including a web cam!) (http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/gallery_np.html)
- Automated weather source sites (hundreds of schools) (http://www.aws.com)
- Weather at various Utah schools (http://www.pgjr.alpine.k12.ut.us/science/james/schoolswx.html)
- Intellecast site (http://www.intellicast.com)
  - Surface Map (http://www.intellicast.com/IcastPage/LoadPage.aspx?loc=usa&seg=LocalWeather&prodgrp=SurfaceMaps&product=SurfaceAnalysis&prodnav=none&pid=none)
  - Upper Air map (http://www.intellicast.com/IcastPage/LoadPage.aspx?loc=usa&seg=LocalWeather&prodgrp=SurfaceMaps&product=JetStream&prodnav=none&pid=none)
- Weather Underground (http://www.underground.com)
- Ski Resort Conditions (http://resorts.mountainzone.com)
- Accuweather (http://www.Accuweather.com)
- CNN weather site (http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/index.html)
- Unisys Weather site (http://weather.unisys.com)
- Latest Global Weather Conditions (http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/comp/latest_cmoll.gif)
- Utah climate data (http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/summary/climsmut.html)
- Utah State Climate Center (http://climate.usu.edu)
University of Utah Meteorology Department
- University of Utah Meteorology Department (http://www.met.utah.edu/)
- University of Utah Department of Meteorology Weather Center (http://www.met.utah.edu/wx/)
- Provo climate data (http://www.met.utah.edu/jhorel/html/wx/climate/provo.html)
Sites with information about aurora and space weather
- Space weather tutorial introduction (http://www.phy6.org/Education/Intro.html)
- A space weather page (http://www.phy6.org/Education/weather.html)
- Good space weather tutorial from Goddard Space Flight Center (http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/wtail.html)
- NOAA Space Environment Center (space weather predictions) (http://www.sec.noaa.gov)
Sites with lots of links to other information and good articles
- KSL (http://www.ksl.com/TV/weather/index.php)
- KTVX (http://www.4utah.com/weather/)
- KUTV (http://weather.kutv.com>
- USA Today Weather Page (has a collection of good weather articles) (http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wfront.htm)
- David James' weather links (Pleasant Grove Jr. High) (http://www.pgjr.alpine.k12.ut.us/science/james/weatherlink.html)