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chase data	Zulu time or GMT:	Tornado Alley & general Florida \| Tropical

These are links to data that will help storm chasers track down Plains supercells and tornadoes, Florida storms and tropical weather (hurricanes). If you find a link that doesn't work, please let me know. Clicking on these data links will open the selected page in a new window, so you can close that window when you're done and quickly return to the data links. See the disclaimer.

Tornado Alley & general links

Storm Prediction Center outlooks

SPC forecast products
(the Day 1 convective outlook is issued at
... 06Z ... 13Z ... 1630Z ... 20Z ... 01Z)
SPC - Day 1 graphic and convective outlook
SPC - Day 2 graphic and convective outlook
SPC - Day 3 graphic and convective outlook
Experimental outlooks: enhanced thunderstorm | 4-8 day severe
Alternate SPC links/COD

Data plots

Models & long-term forecasts

Watches and warnings

Satellite data

Radar data

General radar

Radar by location

General data links

Reference

TORNADO ALLEY | FLORIDA | TROPICAL

Florida

Also see general links in the Tornado Alley section, above, and tropical links, below.

Text and forecasts

NWS, Jacksonville: short-term, zones, discussion, hazardous wx
NWS, Key West: short-term, zones, discussion, hazardous wx
NWS, Melbourne: short-term, zones, discussion, hazardous wx
NWS, Miami: short-term, zones, discussion, hazardous wx
NWS, Tallahassee: short-term, zones, discussion, hazardous wx
NWS, Tampa: short-term, zones, discussion, hazardous wx
Florida forecast products/Anythingweather.com
Florida NWS text products/College of DuPage
Kennedy Space Center area weather/KSC
SPC forecast products: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3

Watches and warnings
Florida warnings, weather statements/NWS
Current U.S. watches/SPC

Radar
Key West Doppler radar/National Weather Service
Jacksonville Doppler radar/National Weather Service
Melbourne Doppler radar/National Weather Service
Miami Doppler radar/National Weather Service
Northwest Florida radar/National Weather Service
Tallahassee Doppler radar/National Weather Service
Tampa Doppler radar/National Weather Service
Cuba radar (Guantanamo Bay)/National Weather Service
Florida state radar/Weathertap (subscription required!)

Satellite
Florida visible satellite image/UCAR
U.S. water vapor satellite image/UCAR
Eastern U.S. water vapor/NOAA
Eastern U.S. visible/NOAA
Real-Time Weather Data: Satellite Page

Surface data, land and sea
Southeast and Florida surface data/UCAR
Southeast surface data/Unisys
Kennedy Space Center mesonet/NWS
Florida offshore buoy data/National Data Buoy Center

Emergency information
Public information/Florida Division of Emergency Management

TORNADO ALLEY | FLORIDA | TROPICAL

Tropical

Hot data links

National Hurricane Center
Tropical weather/Weather Underground (click Computer Models for spaghetti diagram)
Alternate model tracks maps/S. Florida water management district
NCEP model links
Tropical cyclone active storm guidance/NCAR
Animated models - tropical cyclone genesis/FSU
Tropical tracks and more/Skeetobite Weather
Hurricane local statements/NWS offices
Tropical model guidance/Penn State

Other tropical data links
Tropical storm and hurricane info/FEMA
Jim Leonard: Hurricane Warning!
Tropmet/Michael Laca
Florida Division of Emergency Management
Tropical Meteorology Project/Colorado State
Klotzbach-Gray forecast/Colorado State
NWS, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Hurricane and tropical data/Unisys
Tropical cyclone page/University of Wisconsin, Madison
Tropical weather/University of Hawaii
Hurricane data/AccuWeather
Hurricane Hunters/53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
Atlantic Tropical Weather Center/Eric Blake
Atlantic Hurricane tracking maps and images/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Joint Typhoon Warning Center

Ocean data ... temperatures, winds
Florida offshore buoy data/National Data Buoy Center
Buoy data for global waters/National Data Buoy Center
Sea Surface Temperature Contour Charts/NOAA

Satellite images
Global Geostationary Weather Satellite imagery/NASA
NHC satellite links
Gulf and Atlantic satellite imagery/NOAA
Geostationary Satellite Server, Hurricane Sectors/NOAA
Atlantic, Caribbean infrared image/NOAA
Latest Gulf of Mexico visible vapor satellite image/UCAR
Tropical Atlantic satellite image/The Weather Channel
Western Pacific image/Kochi University
Pacific, hemispheric view/Kochi University
Central Florida Hurricane Center Homepage

Not data, just cool
A Hurricane Hunter's Photo Album

TORNADO ALLEY | FLORIDA | TROPICAL

The fine print: Note that these links are for information only, and Sky Diary isn't responsible for information found on other sites. Chasing storms is dangerous and should be undertaken with extreme caution, as much knowledge as possible, and a respect for life and property. If you do something stupid, you can get killed. Consider yourself warned.

Updated 8 April 2013.