Thursday, February 15, 2007

NOAA Watch

NOAAWatch

This site aggregates real time weather, climate, and environment related news and statistics from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency. The site is referred to as NOAA’s “All Hazard Monitor.”

Features include:

Current Conditions (by City, State), Weather Summary Map of the United States; Weather Outlook; Maps of Doppler Radar, Current Weather Warnings, River and Lake Levels; Event Satellite Imagery
Beyond the home page, the site is also organized in sections by theme:
Tropical Weather; Fire Weather; Tsunamis; Severe Weather; Flooding; Droughts; Volcanoes; Earthquakes.

Each of these theme pages provides direct links to watches/warnings. databases, lists, and other real time info. For example, the tsunami section offers direct access to the DART (Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis) database.