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Welcome to my weather blog. Throughout the semester, I will be making daily updates (including corresponding photos and/or videos) about the weather occurring in the Eau Claire area. In addition, many photos and videos illustrating weather from other parts of the world that I find interesting will be included.

Links

AccuWeather - This site is a great resource for national and local weather news.  In addition to news articles, it provides radar and satellite imagery, severe weather alerts, and current weather.  The graphics are aesthetically pleasing and easy to interpret.
  • Eau Claire, WI - Local weather conditions.
  • Colored Water Vapor - Satellite imagery illustrating water vapor in the atmosphere.  AccuWeather utilizes a red to green color scheme, which makes it much easier to identify patterns.

Intellicast - This site provides information on local, national, and global weather.  In addition to news articles, it provides statistics and maps for many weather variables.  The layout of the site is very user-friendly.

National Weather Service (NWS) - This is the official website for the National Weather Service (NWS), which is a part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).  It provides a vast amount of information including current weather, radar imagery, water levels, air quality, satellite imagery, and much more.  This site is an excellent resource for accurate statistics.
  • Eau Claire, WI - Local weather conditions at the Chippewa Valley Regional Airport.

Unisys Weather - Unisys provides surface data, radar and satellite imagery, and upper air data.  The site is very user-friendly, and maps can be viewed at the national level or zoomed into a specific region for more detail.
  • Current Surface Map - Illustrates current wind speed and direction, temperature, dew point, barometric pressure, cloud cover, and precipitation for the contiguous United States.  The map can also be focused on a specific region (e.g. Midwest) to provide more detail.

UW-Eau Claire Weather Station - This site provides the current weather conditions at UW-Eau Claire.  This information is collected by a weather station positioned on top of Phillips Hall.  One very useful thing this site provides is archived weather data.

The Weather Channel - This is the official website for The Weather Channel.  In addition to news articles and videos, it provides current weather conditions, radar and satellite imagery, and much more.  It has decent graphics and is fairly user-friendly.
  • Eau Claire, WI - Local weather conditions.
  • Current Weather Map - Aesthetically-pleasing map of the current weather conditions.  Map can also be zoomed in to specific regions (e.g. Midwest).

WEAU Weather - This is the weather page on the official website for WEAU, which is one of the local news stations in Eau Claire.  It provides information on the current weather conditions for the Eau Claire area.
  • Sky Cam Network - Provides current imagery for two different locations within Eau Claire.