• Local (MRS, etc.)
• Regional
• National
• Global Atmospheric Circulation (500mb, etc.)
  
• Weather Briefing Archive
• Current Weather Briefing - see right frame ->
  

• NWS Forecasts: 
• MRS
  
• Niwot treeline (11,000')
• Nederland
• Northern Mountains

• [Links pending update: Current MRS weather: 
• Niwot wx stations
• C-1 met station (3022 m)
• http://niwot.colorado.edu/data/climate/c1-meteorological-data
  
• Albion met station (3259 m)
• Saddle met station (3528 m)
• http://niwot.colorado.edu/index.php/data/climate/saddle-meteorological-data
  
• Green Lake 4 met station (3570 m)
• D-1 met station (3739 m)
  
• http://niwot.colorado.edu/data/climate/d1-meteorological-data
  
• Arikaree Glacier (3814 m)
• Niwot Ridge Saddle Stn TundraCam - not always operational (1/13)
• Monthly snow reports for Niwot Ridge C1: 31 Dec 10,  31 Jan 11
  

• CDOT
  
• Road Conditions (double click on map to zoom in)
  
• Cameras (select in right frame: CO 72 for Ward, CO 7 for Lily Lake)

• Intermountain West Climate Dashboard
• Current climate summaries, drought conditions, and future outlooks
  
• NWS
  
• Area Forecast (issued by NWS Grand Jn)
• Graphical Forecast: Central Rockies
• [Link pending update: Radar N Rockies
  
• Mesonet observations for N Colorado Rockies
  
• Mesowest - zoom into Front Range area

• http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/ (click on Legends on menu bar for explanation of symbols)
  
• Regional snow forecast: Colorado & SW U.S. ; (Colorado powder forecast),
• Current and long-range forecast for western US climate and snowpack: Intermountain West Climate Dashboard

• Colorado Avalanche Forecast - 
• Front Range Avi Weather Analysis & Forecast
  
• Interactive Map. 
  
• Link to other regions from these pages.
• Weather obs links

• ~North American Snow Cover: & Snow Depth [Northern Hemisphere Snow Depth]
• Current surface weather conditions

• Current Surface Map w/ radar - American Meteorological Society (AMS)
• Other mapping options (select region, or select variable)
  
• Links to other resources
  
• Current US surface maps - UCAR
• Forecast maps (click on 12-digit hour to advance)
  
• 4 panel - easier to read by component maps: sfc T, moisture: dew point T, sfc pressure/wind, sfc pressure trend

• Satellite - GOES Image Browser
  
• Visible -- Denver centered, Western US: still, animation
• IR -- Western US: still, animation
• Accuweather version - US, (hit Play)
• Unisys Satellite IR: US loop
• AMS
  

• Mid-Troposphere (500mb) wind and heights, showing position and strength of the mid-latitude jet - NCAR/RAP:
  
• General user interface: http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/model/index.php?model=eta
  
• Select forecast period (e.g. 12h, 36h,..), then select:
• 500mb Temperature to see 500mb Heights & Temps
• Surface: Precipitation
• Surface: Temperature
• Also for surface forecasts: in right panel, click on "Quick-look charts"
  
• 500 mb Heights loop: http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/model/displayMod.php?var=eta_500_vrt&loop=loopall&hours=hr06hr30hr54hr78
• Mid-Troposphere (500mb) wind and heights, showing position and strength of the mid-latitude jet - Unisys [Not currently operating - 1/26/19]:
• Current and forecast panel
  
• Corresponding Surface forecast panel
• "Winter panel" - TopLeft: sfc temp, TRight: wind chill temp, LowerL: cloud cover/precip/freeze line, LR: snowfall rate (in/3hrs) - (Guide to panels)
  
• Animations:
• 500mb flow - Northern Hemisphere, polar projection
  
• Current winds, global:  link defaults to 700mb level, but can be set by clicking on "earth" button.  Zoom in to region by clicking on map. 
  
• Jet Stream simple graphics - AccuWeather
• American Met. Soc. graphics site
  

• 2019 -
• 27 Jan 19 - 
• Handout - 500mb (Upper Air) Height & Precip Maps (pdf, 400k)
• Additional figures (pdf, 400k) showing relationships among
  
• 500mb Heights, Temperature and Humidity
• Surface Precipitation and Temperature
• 700mb Winds
• 2-3 Feb 19 - Ribbon Forest and Winter Ornithology field days
• Surface (NWS, CAIC, & NCAR) and Upper Air (NCAR) forecasts
  

Lesson Point: Note in the handouts (above) & presentation (below), the correspondence of the 500mb (upper air) trough in the top figure with the location of precipitation in the bottom graph.

• For a previous 12-hr period, observe the Progression of Upper Air Trough and Precipitation over Colorado (from 11am to 11pm for Saturday 20 Jan 18) (pdf, 260k)

• Windchill Chart:  up to 60 mph - pdf (200k), up to 150 (from Mt Washington link)
• Weekly weather news - Global events (AMS)
  
• See also Winter Climate and Snow "Other Resources"