First Alert Storm Team Meteorological Toolkit
In addition to state of the art meteorological models, charts, and analysis products delivered via satellite on high speed computers directly to our TV-13 Storm Center, the First Alert Storm Team also uses many products you can view on the internet at home.
We've also included some handy, easy-to-understand forecast products for the casual weather-watcher in our travel, precipitation, and other miscellaneous sections below. You'll even find links for information on everything from Iowa crop reports to road conditions and ski reports!
Scroll down this page and check out some of the scientific analysis behind the forecast in our First Alert Meteorological Toolkit!
SEVERE WEATHER PRODUCTS
- National Watches/Warnings
- Storm Prediction Center Warnings/Advisories
- Iowa State Warnings
- Iowa Public Information Statements
- Threats Discussion
- More National Watches/Warnings
- National Severe Storms Laboratory
- SPC Hourly Mesoscale Analysis
- Convective Outlook
- SPC Forecast Tools And Interactive Maps
- Mesoscale Discussion
- Storm Reports
- NCEP Tropical Prediction Center
FORECAST MODELS AND PRODUCTS
- NOAA Air Resource Lab Selectable Forecast Products
- Miscellaneous Unisys Models
- Hydrometeorological Prediction Center
- NOAA Digital Graphical Weather Forecasts
- COLA IGES Various Forecast Models And Meteograms
- Penn State E-Wall Models Page
- Ensemble/Anomaly Products from CDC
- Climate Diagnostics Center Map Room
- LAMP Analysis Products
- LAMP Real-Time Analysis and Forecast Products
- RUC Model Des Moines Meteograms
- ETA Model DSM Meteograms And Time/Section Plots
- NWS Environmental Modeling Center
- National RUC Model Meteograms
- CPC Long Range Forecasts
- MM5 from PSU/NCAR
- Weathernet Model Page
- Various Models College of DuPage
- Bufkit
- FNMOC WXMAP Forecast Models
- Adonis Model
- NCEP Ruc Model from UCAR
- NCEP GFS Model
- Canadian Regional Model
- Canadian Global Model
- Various Models MOS Output
- LAMP MOS Output By Station List
- Miscellaneous River Forecast Models MOS Output
- Miscellaneous Numeric Model Products
ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDINGS
- Raw Radiosonde Sounding Data
- General NOAA/NWS Soundings
- More General NOAA/NWS Soundings
- Model-Derived Forecast Soundings
- Skewt Analysis and Hodographs
- Profiler Network Data
SATELLITE DATA, IMAGERY AND PRODUCTS
- General Satellite Imagery
- GOES Satellite Imagery
- Polar Orbiting Satellite Imagery
- Composite Satellite Products
- Color Enhanced Satellite Product Images
- GOES Satellite Server
- Miscellaneous Satellite Imagery Links
- National Satellite/Fronts
- National Surface Plot/Fronts
RADAR IMAGERY
FORECAST DISCUSSIONS
- Des Moines Area Forecast Discussion
- Iowa State Discussion
- Quantitative Precipitation
- Heavy Snow Discussion
PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS
- Quantitative Precipitation HPC
- LAMP QPF
- Estimated Snowcast (In Season)
- Radar Estimated Daily Precipitation
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers River Level Gauges
SYNOPTIC SURFACE MAPS
- Daily Forecast 1
- Daily Forecast 2
- Current Surface Analysis
- NCAR Surface Analysis
- Miscellaneous Surface Analysis and Forecast Maps
GENERAL AND UPPER AIR ANALYSIS
- 925mb
- 850mb
- 700mb
- 500mb
- 400mb
- 300mb
- 250mb
- Upper Air Manditory Level Plots
- Upper Air Analysis Contours from DuPage College
CLIMATOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY
- NWS Des Moines Climate Page
- NWS Soil Temperatures Page
- National Climatic Extremes
- National Climatic Data Center
- Climate Diagnostics Center
- Midwest Regional Climate Center
- Climate Prediction Center
- NASA
- Space Weather Forecast
- More Space Weather!
- American Meteor Society
- North American Meteor Network
- Sunrise/Sunset Calculator
- Moon Phase Calculator
- Sun/Moon Transits/Rise/Set Times
- Tide Forecast
- Old Farmer's Almanac
TRAVEL AND RECREATION
- Iowa DOT Current Conditions
- Iowa DOT Construction Updates
- Iowa DOT Winter Road Conditions
- Regional Traffic Delays
- NOAA Aviation Weather Page
- Des Moines International Airport Arrivals
- Des Moines International Airport Departures
- Ames City Construction Projects
- Airline Flight Tracker
- Airline Flight Tracker 2
- Airline Flight Tracker 3
- Airline Flight Tracker 4
- Regional Temperature Forecast
- UV Forecast
- Regional Sun Forecast
- Regional Wind Forecast
- Regional Thunderstorm Forecast
- Regional Rain Forecast
- Wind Chill Forecast (In Season)
- Travel Boating and Beach Forecast
- Golf Forecast
- MLBaseball Forecast
- NFL Football Forecast
- NASCAR Forecast
- Tropical Weather
- Tropical Imagery
- Iowa Soil Temperatures (ISU)
- Fall Foliage Reports ( In Season )
- Nationwide Fall Foliage Reports
- Fall Foliage Guide
- Forest Service Fall Color Hotline Page
- Autumn Activity and Leaf Guide
- Autumn Foliage Webcams
- Skiing Webcams
- Iowa Ski Guide
- Iowa Ski Weather and Conditions
- Iowa Ski Reports
- Snow Quality Outlook
- National Ski and Resort Conditions
- National and International Snow/Ski Reports
- More National and International Ski Reports
- Upper Midwest Snow Forecast
- Additional Snow Reports
- National Ski Weather Report
- Fishing Forecast and Information Links
- Hunting Forecast and Information
GENERAL INFORMATION AND METEOROLOGICAL EDUCATION
- National Wx Service DSM
- NWS Iowa Text Products
- National NWS Text Products
- New Wind Chill Chart
- American Meteorological Society
- UCAR
- Enhanced F Scale for Tornado Damage
- Tornado Facts/SPC
- Iowa State University
- Ohio State University
- Mississippi State University
- University of Utah
- University of Michigan
- Texas A & M
- University of Wisconsin
- Florida State University
- The Weather Center Webpage
- National Weather Service Home Page
- National Hurricane Center
- National Weather Service Playtime for Kids Page
- NOAA Education Page
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