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06 Apr 2020 10:02 #167079 by Skier of the Hood
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UW modeling consortium 
a.atmos.washington.edu/mm5rt/

Spot WX
spotwx.com/

The NWS forecast discussion is very useful for interpreting model trends and uncertainty 
forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=SE...version=1&glossary=1
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07 Apr 2020 04:41 #167081 by cmosetick
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Here are some more weather links that are worth including on a weather overview page:

Northwest USA Atmospheric Water Vapor overview image:
radar.weather.gov/Conus/RadarImg/pacnorthwest.gif

Visible Spectrum shortcut URL for MODIS RR Saturna Island Subsets:
(*note you must change the calendar date to a date in the past before hitting preview)
Hit preview to get a low resolution idea, or click download for the high-resolution
wvs.earthdata.nasa.gov/?COORDINATES=45.5...69,52.0201,-116.4156

Mauna Kea Summit Forecast direct link:
(snow resources for the tropics Volcanoes and Pineapple Express)
 forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?zoneid=HIZ028

NOAA - ENSO Overview Page:
www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/MJO/enso.shtml

NOAA - ENSO Status and Predictions (PDF):
www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_...status-fcsts-web.pdf

Worth including a historically good weather blog with many years of observations and commentary too:
 cliffmass.blogspot.com/

SNOWTEL Shortcut URL for Snow Depth sensors Interactive Map:
(sadly does not include data for British Columbia Sensors, only site locations)
www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/wcc/home/qu...on=-114.888&zoom=7.0
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07 Apr 2020 09:34 #167082 by MtnPavlas
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Awesome - thanks a lot, Chris - definitely a page that needs sprucing up so I appreciate a few items for the list.

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07 Apr 2020 09:36 #167083 by MtnPavlas
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Thanks a lot, @Skier of the Hood, will update the page in a week or two, and the resources you shared are a great input.

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25 Apr 2020 13:21 #233715 by osean
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Hey Pavlas, I hope that I could make some worthwhile contributions as this is my field of work.

Observations:
www.wrh.noaa.gov/map/
Very dynamic site from the NWS.  The hazard polygons can be turned off and observations turned on that include a variety of different sources including NWAC.  Station time-series plots can also easily be made.  Looks like it's a balmy 100 F at Alpental today...

Synoptic Model Outlook:
www.wxcharts.com/
This site is quite dense, but does have plenty of domain choices to see storm track lining up in the Pacific. Sadly, this site is somewhat limited when looking at local weather (at least outside of Europe).  

Meso/Local Scale Model:
weather.cod.edu/forecast/
A fan favorite of weather chasers.  This site is very adept at looking at American models such as the NAM, NAM NEST and GFS.  Overlays are dynamic so the mouse hovering over the image will "highlight" the value of that model grid.  
The aforementioned UW and spotwx sites are both very useful.  

S atellite/Radar: 
weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=global-npa...p&colorbar=undefined
College of DuPage also has a pretty clean look for their radar and especially Satellite images.  

Local Climate Recap
climate.washington.edu/newsletter/
The Office of the Washington State Climatologist publishes a monthly climate recap that puts the previous month in perspective to the monthly climate.  ENSO and CPC 1-3 month outlooks are also included.  For us skier folk, there's a drought and snow pack monitor for the January through June newsletters.  Also, this site has a couple of tools to look at  trends in temp, precip and SWE, and a snowpack plotting tool.  

Lastly, the Mt. Rainier recreational forecast is created by NWS and hosted by UW.  I have idea why, but I do know there aren't any active forecasters at UW.

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25 Apr 2020 22:49 - 25 Apr 2020 22:51 #233716 by MtnPavlas
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Thanks, Seanyboy, Skier of the Hood and Chris, for the contributions. I'll work on this next. (Was focusing on migrating some additional content form the old site, and cleaning up the forum search UX, etc.)

I may ping you for a quick telecon so we can put our heads together what resources to include and how (e.g. just as links or embed some of the info, etc.)

Thanks in advance.
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19 May 2020 16:43 #233753 by Skier of the Hood
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Here is a new one I stumbled across in another forum. Satellite imagery of decent enough quality that you can make out the receding snowline in spring. No need to wonder how far you might make it up the road before being stopped by snow. Simply check the satellite imagery for the most recent sunny day.

For example from the May 7th imagery I can see that NF-8040 on Mt Adams is clear to the morison creek campground with it looks like almost skins on from the parking lot. Snow blocks the road to the upper South Climb Trailhead on the second hairpin. 

Or from the same May 7th imagery, Pole Creek to North Sister is a little past its prime with quite a bit of walking. Probably means a lot of walking would need to be done now.

apps.sentinel-hub.com/sentinel-playgroun...ter=&showDates=false    
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