Heat the Southwest; Fire Weather in the Central U.S.; Kona Low Impacting Hawaii

A rare March heat wave is ongoing with much above-normal temperatures over the Southwest U.S. through this weekend. Periods of critical fire weather will persist from the central Rockies to the central and southern Plains through the weekend as gusty winds and low relative humidity continue. A Kona low will continue to bring several rounds of moderate to heavy rainfall to Hawaii through Sunday. Read More >

Model Data

Penn State Meteo Department's E-Map Wall (v 2.0)

NOAA National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)

Operational Guidance

NCEP's Full Operational Suite of Model Data (NAM, GFS, etc.)

Ensemble Forecast Links:
Rapid Refresh / CAMs	Short Range Ensembles (SREF)	Medium-Long Range Ensembles
NSSL CAMs (Convective Allowing Models)		Situational Awareness Tables
Hi-Res Ensemble Forecast (HREF)	SPC SREF Maps	CDC/ESRL Map Room - GFS Ensemble Graphics. (plots to 360hrs)
NCEP Time-Lagged N. America Rapid Refresh Ensemble System (NARRE-TL)	SPC NCEP SREF Plume Plots	GEFS Plume Diagrams

Bob Hart's Banded Precipitation Diagnostics Page
Great wintertime reference for Conditional Symmetric Instability (CSI) and forecasting the bands of snow often associated with CSI.