Relevant Forecasting Support Links

NUMERICAL MODEL GUIDANCE

NCEP NWP Model Guidance
Numerical Weather Prediction Model Guidance Page of the National Centers of Enviromnental Prediction (NCEP) Central Operations (NCO).

WPC International Desks Guidance Choices
NWP Guidance fields frequently selected at the WPC International Desks, due to their key role for quantitative precipitation forecasting in the Americas.

Earth Null School: GFS Model Data Visualization
User-friendly visualizing tool of 5-day GFS Model forecasts. The site also contains a global archive of several years that contains data at 3-hour intervals.

CIMH WRF Model Data for Flood Forecasting
WRF model operated at the Caribbean Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) for Flood Forecasting.

SATELLITE IMAGERY AND DERIVED FIELDS

CIRA GOES-16 Slider - Since 18/APR/2019
CIRA has developed a tool to analyze, overlay and compare many GOES-16 products on an interactive platform for the fulldisk.

CIRA Layered Precipitable Water for North America - Since APR/2019
CIRA has developed a layered precipitable water product for North America and the Caribbean/Central America. Shows the vertical distribution of water vapor derived from geostationary and polar orbiting satellites. An alternative link with the legacy color table can be found here. The product guide can be accessed here.

CIRA Layered Precipitable Water for South America - Since 09/APR/2019
CIRA has developed a layered precipitable water product for South America and the southern Caribbean/Central America. Shows the vertical distribution of water vapor derived from geostationary and polar orbiting satellites. Access to product guide.

Satellite Imagery - CIRA RAMMB
Real time and month-long archive of satellite imagery for the Americas. Includes the slider tool for GOES-16, GOES-17 and JPSS satellites.

Satellite Images - GOES-16 ABI (NASA SPoRT)
Current full disk animations of the 16 different channels available on the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) GOES-16, as well as many RGB products (NASA SPoRT).

CPTEC Satellite Imagery Repository
Satellite Imagery Repository by the Centro do Previsao do Tempo e Clima (CPTEC) from Brazil.

EUMETSAT RGB Products
Access to several METEOSAT RGB Products by the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT).

HYDROESTIMATORS

NOAA-STAR-NESDIS Hydroestimator
Estimation of rainfall totals from infrared satellite imagery by NOAA/STAR/NESDIS.

CPTEC Hydroestimator
Estimation of rainfall totals from infrared satellite imagery by the Centro de Previsao do Tempo e Clima - CPTEC (Brasil).

CLIMATE MONITORING LINKS

Sea Surface Temperatures and Anomalies (ESRL)
NCEP's Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) provides daily global analyses of OISST V2 Sea Surface Temperatures and anomalies.

300-m Global Temperature Analysis (CPC)
Analysis of temperature anomalies of the upper 300-m of the ocean constructed by the Global Oceanic Data Assimilation System (GODAS). Hosted by NCEP's Climate Prediction Center (CPC).

El Niño Southern Oscillation Analysis (CPC)
CPC's summary on the current status of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) system and the perspectives for the coming months.

Madden-Julian Oscillation Analysis (CPC)
Summary on the current statis and forecast of the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) by NCEP's Climate Prediction Center (CPC).

Monitoring of Atmospheric Equatorial Waves (CICS)
Current analyses and forecasts of equatorial waves such as the MJO, tropospheric Kelvin Waves, rossby waves, and rossby-gravity waves. Hosted by the North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies (CICS).

Climate Trends in South America (CPC)

Climate Trends in Central America and the Caribbean (CPC)

Daily Rainfall Climatology for Central America and the Caribbean (WPC).

Sea Surface Temperatures and Anomalies (EMC)
Although discontinued, NCEP's Environmental Modeling Center (EMC) daily analysis of Sea Surface Temperatures (SST) and anomalies. Access to daily archived data is available.

OBSERVATIONS

Atmospheric Sounding Repository (University of Wyoming)
Atmospheric Sounding data archive from the University of Wyoming.

MISCELANEOUS

WMO Education and Training
Education and Training Program at the World Meteorological Organization.

WPC International Desks Hail Macro
Macro for the forecasting of hail in South America generated at the International Desks.

Other NWS Sites of Interest