San Francisco
Weather Resources

Andrew Oliphant


Meteorological links for San Francisco Bay Area and West Coast USA:

1. Current satellite images, synoptic pressure fields, radar etc

Global
NRL global imagery (NRL)

North Pacific
(all from SFSU Meteorology)
Latest North Pacific composite msl pressure and visible image
as above but 2nd latest, 3rd latest, 4th latest, archives
(key to reading weather station plots - SFSU Meteorolology)

Latest North Pacific Visible Image
Latest North Pacific TIR Image

Latest Jetstream Analysis
TIR loop

California region
CentralCalVisable (NWS)
NorCal visible, radar and and station data (SFSU Meteorology)
National Weather Service Radar (NWS)

San Francisco Bay Area
SF Bay Area visible (SFSU Meteorology)
Bay Area Winds (San Jose State University Meteorology)

2. Current conditions in SF area: meteorological stations located at

San Francisco State University
Romberg Tiburon Center Pier

San Francisco Buoy (46026)

San Francisco Zoo

3. Forecast conditions

University of Wasington forecast simulation output
03-hr forecast
, 24-hr forecast , 48-hr forecast , 72-hr forecast

National Weather Service forecast and conditions
San Francisco, CA

Blue Canyon, CA (near Donner Pass, northern Sierra Nevada Mountains, 7100')
Tuolumne Meadows, CA (central Sierra Nevada Mountains, 9500')
Orland, CA (north central valley)
Great Falls, MT (southwestern Montana near Continental Divide)

4. Other useful weather sources and homepages of some of above images:
US National Hurricane Center
NexSat weather demonstration products (Naval Research Laboratory -NRL)
California Weather Server Home (SFSU Meteorology)
U. Washington Environmental Forecasts home
Weather Underground for San Francisco, CA



 

 

 

 

 

Last modified by Andrew Oliphant: September 6, 2011