Local Weather

• • NOAA National Weather Service

    • Missoula Forecast Office

      • NWS Missoula on Facebook  Updated regularly

    • Missoula Recent Climate/Weather Graphs

    • Missoula Hourly Past Several Days of Observations

  • KPAX TV

    • KPAX Weather

  • KECI TV

    • KECI Weather

      • Meteorologist Mark Heyka's Facebook Weather  Updated regularly

  • State of Montana

    • • Department of Transportation  Weather cameras

      • Missoula Air Quality Report  By Sarah Coefield. Updated at about 10 or 11 am during fire season

      • Montana Air Quality Data  Updated hourly but takes a bit after the hour.  This new site is also a bit flakey on some cell phones.

      • US Air Now Website  I recommend turning on the station data in 2.5 or 10 um.

    • University of Montana Climate Office

  • Forest Service

    • • Active Fires  Updated at 6am daily

  • Other

    • • Wunderground Map - Zoomed to Missoula  Weather from official governmental sources and local enthusiasts personal weather stations

      • Mountain Weather  Many good links

      • KTFM Weather  Links to other Montana cities

National Weather

• • National Weather Service

    • • Main NWS Site  Past maps, new maps posted at about 11am the next day

      • Forecast Map Animation  Shows national weather for the next 7 days

      • National Weather Hazards  Weather watches, warnings, and advisories across the US

• • • GOES16 Data and animations from Colorado State

    • Precipitation Graphics Recent precipitation totals across the US 

    • Snow Water Equivalent Maps   Recent snow totals across the US colored according to percentage of Climate Normals

    • Storm Prediction Center

    • Current Fire Weather Outlooks   Past outlooks are available at the very bottom of the page

    • Climate Prediction Center

      • Unedited Local Climatological Data  For dates prior to 2005 : hourly, daily, monthly climate data summaries

      • Quality Controlled Local Climatological Data  For dates after 2005 : Hourly, daily, monthly climate data summaries

      • Weather Prediction Center  Links to NWS products

• National Resource Conservation Service

  • • National Water & Climate Center's Snow Site   Snow maps & lots of other products 

• • The Weather Channel

    • The Weather Channel

    • Current Weather Maps

  • Weather Organizations

    • • DataStreme  Radar and satellite maps of various surface and atmospheric conditions

      • WW2010  University of Illinois : Current and archived weather data and maps

      • National Center for Atmospheric Research's Community Data Portal  Compilation of data on the earth sciences e.g. climate, polar, IPCC reports, visualizations, weather

  • Other Fun Sites

    • • Wind Map  Live Modern Visualization Art Project. You can zoom in on areas of interest - it updates hourly.

      • EarthNet  Interactive current global weather. Click on the word “Earth” to adjust the variables and display

      • VentuSky  Similar visualization but with animation through time.

      • University of Maine's Climate Reanalyzer Daily Summary  Interactive current global weather. Click on the variables to change or the map to change your view.  Forecasts and lots of other information are available from this site, so browse around.

      • Unisys  National weather maps

    • BBC World Weather

    • Jet Stream Position

Russ's Forecasting Links

• • College of Dupage's NexLab Model  To get to the model Russ used in his Guest Video, follow the link, then select the GFS tab and the Current Run on the left side. Then use the slider bar across the top

  • National Center for Atmospheric Research's Real-Time Weather Data Site  To get to the precipitation model Russ used in his Guest Video, follow the link, select Forecast, then NAM, then check as many boxes as you like, and select Precipitation

Severe Weather

• • National Weather Service

    • National Hurricane Center

    • Storm Prediction Center

  • Other Good Sites

    • • Severe Weather Blog  Eye on the Storm, w/ Jeff Masters & Bob Henson - formerly Jeff Master's Blog on Weather Underground

      • European Severe Weather Website  Daily forecasts and news

      • University of Wisconsin Madison Tropical Storm Page  Near real-time data and imagery on tropical cyclones

      • Tropical Cyclone Heat Potential  Application that shows the path of tropical cyclones

      • Visualization of Hurricane Katrina  New York Times' interactive visualization

Pollution

• • Local

    • • Montana Air Quality  Updated automatically hourly

      • Montana Recommendations for School Activities 

      • EPA's AQI map for Missoula  Click on the "Current AQI" tab to see latest info

  • National & International

    • • EPA's national Air Quality data  

      • World-wide Map of Air Quality Index  Live data from AQICN!

      • Fancier animation of pollution and wind  Fancier but no data values by IQAir

Climate Change

• • Real Climate  Active blog by several professional climatologists about the latest climate news

  • Skeptical Science  Resources organized around “skeptic's” arguments

  • Climate Adaptation Mitigation E-Learning  Multimedia climate change resource

  • Climate Change Education .ORG  Hands on learning & educational materials

  • CNN's Climate Page

  • New York Times Climate Page

YouTube Channels on Science & Climate Change

• It's Ok To Be Smart  by Joe Hanson

• Physics Girl  by Dianna Cowern 

• Zentouro  Channel by Miriam Nielsen on climate and sustainability

• Hot Mess   Climate Change from the makers of It's Ok to Be Smart & Zentouro

• Our Changing Climate  Bi-weekly video essay series on climate

• Climate Adam  A PhD from Oxford, trying to make climate change learning fun

• Above the Noise Environment Playlist  KQED's channel with journalist Myles Best

• Weathered  Meteorologist Maiya May 

Podcasts on Climate Change

• Climate One  One of the first ones - since 2007

• The Climate Question  From the BBC 

• America Adapts  US  adaptation stories

• How to Save a Planet  Solutions to the climate crisis

• Mothers of Invention  The former president of Ireland & 2 other women interview climate leaders

• A Matter of Degrees   Two professors want to empower you to take on climate change

• Emergence   Indigenous perspectives on climate change and environmental issues

• No Place Like Home  Two hosts from the Southern US interview guests to understand climate change and action

Fire Weather

• • Active Fires  Updated at 6am daily

• Current Fire Weather Outlooks   Past outlooks are available at the very bottom of the page

• Fire Weather Textbook  Link to "Fire weather - a guide for application of meteorological information to forest fire control operation" document. Text from 1970's traditionally used in Forestry Fire Weather class

• Wildfire and Climate Change  Youtube video

• Current National Smoke Reports and Maps  Changes daily when there is something new.

• National Interagency Fire Center's Youtube Channel

• NWCG's Youtube Channel

Online Weather & Climate Courses

• • UCSD Climate Change  Online climate change class at University of California, San Diego

  • Yale Climate Change  Youtube video series on Earth's atmosphere, ocean, and climate by Yale's Ron Smith

  • UC Davis Climate Change  University of California, Davis online college course on climate change

  • Global Warming : Understanding the Forecast  Video lecture series related to the book

  • edX on Climate Denial  7 week free course on why the controversy and debate?

Other

• • Intro Astronomy : Path of the Sun in the Sky  Youtube video explaining the how the sun moves across the sky

  • Sun Position Calculator  Illustrates the path of the sun across the sky

Links to Select Films & Videos used in the ERTH303 Weather & Climate Class

• • Difference between Climate & Weather   The dog and the dog walker

  • PBS's Earth from Space   Full 2 hr program on what satellites tell us about the Earth

  • Hole in the Sky:  A History of the Ozone Layer

  • Donora Smog   This is a compilation of several short documentaries - the first 12 minutes is part of the Donora Smog film from class which is not online in the form we watched

  • Stephen Schneider's Talk on Science & Distortion  Film from the last week comparing climate change to cancer

  • Are We Changing Planet Earth  Sir David Attenborough, part 1, 2007

  • Can We Save Planet Earth  Sir David Attenborough, part 2, 2007

Updated February 2023.  If any of these links don't work, please email me. Thanks!