Site contains information about Mars Rover images. Initially b/w; several days later, images appear in color. Note – there are cell phone apps available, too. Source benito.d.prats@nasa.gov
Author: H. Michael Mogil
NOAA GOES-R blog (JPSS and GOES-R)
Site contains information about newly available GOES-R imagery. Note, imagery is not yet “operational.”
NOAA NWS Forecast Maps
This site provides a large array of NWS forecast maps (13 categories, in fact), including links to surface weather maps, rainfall, temperature, cloudiness, and more.
NWS Forecast Maps
Fire weather – incident site mapping and reporting
Site contains information about forest and wildfire incidents nationwide. Can search by state.
Aeris Weather
Site contains much weather information, including “departure from average temperature” maps. You’ll just have to do some clicking of the many links provided.
College of DuPage (COD)
COD’s Next Generation Weather Lab features many great weather analysis tools. In addition to the usual suite of satellite and radar imagery, surface and upper air weather maps and NWP output, the site also has pressure change maps, cross sectional analyses and isentropic charts.
College of DuPage
NOAA (NCEP – NOAA Centers for Environmental Prediction) – analyzed surface weather maps
This site features an array of surface weather maps for the U.S., North America and the globe. If you click on the Unified Surface Analysis (hyperlink near top of page), you’ll get a global view of surface highs, lows, and fronts. Click on the map and you’ll zoom into that area and see plotted surface weather reports.
NOAA / National Center for Environmental Prediction
University of Oklahoma
Created by students at OU, the site features lots of real-time weather data.
University of Oklahoma
Weather Station Plotting Model Decoded
Not sure what all the numbers and symbols mean on surface weather maps? Use this decoder page to help you make sense of the data.
Weather Station Plotting Model Decoded