(04:51 Friday), the nearest icons of note to us are over Phoenix. Zoom in,
and there are the icons. So?
I get much more satisfactory results from a variety of other NWS "products":
CONUS mosaic radar (shows local radar from around the country; clicking on
an area links to the local radar):
http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/index_loop.php
Low-resolution loop (loads quickly and you get a good idea), or:
http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/full_lite.php
Loads a static, but hi-res map. You can click within the map for a hi-res
loop.
Satellite maps (show cloud formations, from which we can infer weather
patterns and make predictions):
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/west/weus/flash-ir4.html
Western US from IR Channel 4 (infrared image)
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/west/nepac/flash-ir4.html
NE Pacific from IR4
(Several other maps are available, showing these and other areas and using
IR, visible, etc. Start at:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/
)
Are you interested in hurricanes?
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml?epac
Current (auto-updating) map showing current activity (choose or alternate
between Pacific and Atlantic). If there's activity you want to see more
clearly:
http://www.goes.noaa.gov/g8hu.html
Select a satellite map for the area you want to watch.
There are a number of maps showing weather patterns (some of which you need
to be well-versed in meteorology to make any sense of). The one I've found
most useful for the West Coast is the Jetstream map from the flying-weather
folks at SEA-TAC:
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/zse/briefer_jetstream.php
When the storms come, nothing beats local radar. The following are good for
the Los Angeles area (and from these you can locate the sites for your area
anywhere in the CONUS):
http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=vbx&product=N0R&overlay=11101011&loop
=yes
Vandenberg AFB
http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=vtx&product=N0R&overlay=11101011&loop
=yes
Los Angeles (actually, Ventura)
http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=sox&product=N0R&overlay=11101011&loop
=yes
Santa Ana Mountain
(Warning: Long URLs; all three end in yes)
Hints: 1. By changing the "loop=yes" to "loop=no", you'll get a static map.
2. I've never figured out how to set the URL to go to AutoRefresh; turn that
on as soon as the map loads. 3. The values following "overlay" correspond
with the checkboxes for features; if you modify these in your bookmarked
URL, they'll come up the way you prefer them. 4. The maps for California
generally work this way, but elsewhere in the US, some of the above features
vary.
Fog:
http://sat.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/showsat.php?wfo=sto&area=west&type=fog&siz
e=2
Turns out, though, that at night, this map also shows active wildfires (as
holes in the fog).
And if you just want to cut to the chase, your local forecast is at some
variant of:
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Albany&state=NY&site=ALY&t
extField1=42.6658&textField2=-73.799&e=0
In the box provided, enter your city and state. Hint: In many areas, this
map can be customized to show your location; enter your lat and long in the
URL (in textField1 and textField2). (I seldom look at more than the
illustrated quick forecasts for today or tonight. Using this and the
WeatherBug [below], I give my family members a NYC-style weather report ("58
going to 75, cloudy").
There are also non-NWS maps. As always on the Web, these are of varying
quality.
Lightning Radar:
http://www.sloweather.com/lightning/stormvue.htm
From SLO; covers most of CA.
http://www.ocwx.net/stormvue.php
Anaheim Hills
I've been using WeatherBug local observations for several years. I'm not
sure how to get into this to start (my maps are bookmarked, and WB must use
cookies also because http://weather.weatherbug.com takes me straight to my
local map). (I've heard one allegation that WB carries malware, but I've
never seen that in some ten years of daily use, five of which have been
always-on.)
This is only a partial listing of my bookmarked weather sites, but these are
the ones I end up using. Starting here, do your own search for maps that are
to your liking.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kim Noyes" <kimnoyes@gmail.com>
To: "CaliforniaDisasters" <californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: "Storm-Tracker" <Storm-Tracker@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:52 PM
Subject: [californiadisasters] Experimental Local Storm Reports Google Maps
Display
> Brent Basinger posted an interesting and noteworthy link over on his
> SoCal-Firewatch group:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SoCal-Firewatch/
>
> The link in question is here:
> http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/sgx/kml/lsr.php?wfo=ilm
>
> Keep it bookmarked for when things are happening of note in the Golden
State
> of Disaster.
>
> Kimmer
>
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