Matthew J. Bunkers, Ph.D.
Certified Consulting Meteorologist
Email: nrnplnsweather@gmail.com
Phone: 605.390.7243 (mobile)
Contact Northern Plains Weather
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Reports:
Outlooks, Discussions, & Watches:
- Day1 Outlook
- Day2 Outlook
- Day3 Outlook
- Days 1–8 Outlook
- CIPS/CSU/SPC Comparison
- Current Discussions
- Current Watches
—– - GEFS Weeks 1-3 SCP
- CFS Severe Dashboard
- CSU Machine Learning
- Nadocast1 & Nadocast2 & Nadocast Viewer
GR2 Stuff:
- WTM Station Plot: http://caprockweather.com/grlx/placefiles/gr-wtxmesonet
- National METARs: http://caprockweather.com/grlx/placefiles/gr-metar.php
Observations:
1. Satellite Loops:
- CONUS Water Vapor Loop (midlevel)
- CONUS Water Vapor Loop (Airmass RGB from COD)
- Regional True-Color Loop
- Regional DCP RGB Loop
2. Radar Loops:
3. SPC Upper-Air Maps:
- 12z 300 mb, — 00z 300 mb
- 12z 500 mb, — 00z 500 mb
- 12z 700 mb, — 00z 700 mb
- 12z 850 mb, — 00z 850 mb
- RAP Upper-Air Maps
- SPC Upper-Air Maps
- CONUS PW Plot
4. Soundings & Hodographs:
- SPC Sounding Page
- VWP Hodographs (AutumnSky)
5. Surface Maps:
- CONUS Wind Map
- SPC 12z and 00z Surface Maps
- WPC 3-h Surface Maps
- CONUS 3-h SLP Change
- College of DuPage Surface Maps
- Pierre Surface Map (Real-Time Weather)
- Denver Surface Map (Real-Time Weather)
- Wichita Surface Map (Real-Time Weather)
- Cody Surface Map (Real-Time Weather)
SPC Mesoanalysis Graphics:
- Northwest Sector Images
- Northern Plains Sector Images
- Central Plains Sector Images
- Southern Plains Sector Images
- SPC Mesoanalysis Page (soundings and hodomaps)
Model Forecasts/Soundings:
Long- and Short-Range Guidance:
- COD (point soundings for certain models; also hodomaps & CAMs)
- PivotalWx (point soundings for certain models; also hodomaps & CAMs)
- Realtime Weather
- Tropical Tidbits (area-averaged soundings too!)
CAM Guidance:
- SPC Northern Plains HREF
- SPC Central Plains HREF
- SPC Southern Plains HREF
- SPC HRRR Browser
- NCAR Ensemble Forecasts
- NCAR NN CAM Viewer
- CIRA Simulated Water Vapor
- CIRA Simulated Infrared
- NSSL FV3…NSSL WRF…NSSL WRF 3-km
- CSU 4km WRF
- Texas Tech. WRF (Vort!c!ty)
- NAM 3km, ARW, FV3, NSSL (Pivotal Wx)
- Warn-on-Forecast
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