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Dangerous Heat Builds and Expands; Critical Fire Weather for the Southwest; Severe Thunderstorms for Plains and Midwest

Dangerous to record breaking heat will build across the center of the nation and slowly build eastward this week. Wildfire conditions remain critical for the Southwest and portions of the Great Basin through Monday. For the northern Plains and upper Midwest, severe thunderstorms with the potential for large to very large hail and severe winds are the primary hazards. Read More >

National Weather Service Dissemination

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Resources

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The following are links to help inform, alert and warn the public.

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Resources

ALERTS AND WARNINGS
https://www.weather.gov/alerts
https://api.weather.gov/
https://www.weather.gov/enterprise/sw-alerts-text-1b

EMAILED ALERTS
The National Weather Service no longer provides direct email alerts to the public. 
Please see iNWS if you qualify for SMS text messaging.
https://www.weather.gov/enterprise/sw-alerts-email-1a

ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION
NCEP https://www.weather.gov/ncep/
OWP  https://water.noaa.gov/about/nwc

FORECAST MAPS
https://www.weather.gov/forecastmaps

FTP ANONYMOUS
Help Guide https://www.weather.gov/tg/datahelp

GRANT SITES
https://www.fema.gov/grants/preparedness
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2021/07/16/dhs-announces-funding-allocations-fy-2021-preparedness-grants
https://bizfluent.com/federal-grants-weather-warning-systems-7942.html

HURRICANE & TROPICAL STORMS
NASA  https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/main/index.html
NHC    https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

MARINE ENVIRONMENT
https://www.weather.gov/marine/

Buoy Data https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
Fisheries https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/
Guide to 500mb https://ocean.weather.gov/articles/mariners_guide_500mb_chart.pdf
National Weather Service

MISSION
https://www.weather.gov/about/

INFORMATION CENTER
https://www.weather.gov/informationcenter

NWS ORGANIZATION; Office of Dissemination
https://www.weather.gov/organization/diss

DISSEMINATION SYSTEM METHODS
Radar - https://radar.weather.gov
Radio - https://www.weather.gov/nwr/

 

RADIO BROADCASTS
(Check your local Weather Forecast Office)
https://www.weather.gov/srh/nwsoffices

NWR Station Listing

SIRENS
https://www.weather.gov/dvn/sirenFAQ

SPECIAL NEEDS
https://www.weather.gov/dsb/special_needs


Internet

API https://www.weather.gov/documentation/services-web-api
EMWIN https://www.weather.gov/emwin
FTP Anonymous https://www.weather.gov/tg/dataprod
iNWS https://inws.ncep.noaa.gov/
NWWS https://www.weather.gov/nwws
ATOM Feed https://alerts.weather.gov/
RSS Feed https://www.weather.gov/rss
 

Satellite

NWWS https://www.weather.gov/nwws/configuration
EMWIN https://www.weather.gov/emwin/
GOES https://www.goes.noaa.gov/
https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/goes/index.php
SBN/NOAAPORT https://www.weather.gov/noaaport/

DISSEMINATION SYSTEM MAPS
NWR state broadcast coverage    
NWR site poster

EDUCATION
https://www.weather.gov/education/

HAZARD STATISTICS
https://www.weather.gov/hazstat/

OUTDOOR SPORTS
https://www.weather.gov/safety/lightning-sports

RESEARCH
https://www.weather.gov/climateservices/rnd

RIVER FORECAST CENTERs (RFCs)
https://water.weather.gov/ahps/rfc/rfc.php

WEATHER FORECAST OFFICEs (WFOs)
https://www.weather.gov/srh/nwsoffices


NATIONAL CENTERS

National Centers for Environmental Prediction www.weather.gov/ncep/
Aviation Weather Center https://www.aviationweather.gov/
Climate Prediction Center https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/
NCEP Central Operations www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/
National Hurricane Center https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Storm Predication Center https://www.spc.noaa.gov/
Space Weather Prediction Center https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/


OBSERVATIONS & DATA

Weather Observations https://www.weather.gov/about/observations
Past Weather https://www.weather.gov/help-past-weather
Archives https://www.weather.gov/ffc/archives
NCEI  https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/
Other Collaborative Agencies

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA)
https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/practitioners/integrated-public-alert-warning-system

UNITED STATES COAST GUARD (USCG)
https://www.weather.gov/marine/uscg_broadcasts

UNITED STATES NAVY (METOC)
https://www.metoc.navy.mil/

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
https://www.doi.gov/

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/practitioners/integrated-public-alert-warning-system

United States Coast Guard (USCG)
https://www.weather.gov/marine/uscg_broadcasts

UNITED STATES NAVY (USN)
Meteorology & Oceanography Command (METOC)
https://www.metoc.navy.mil/
Products
PRODUCT TYPES
https://forecast.weather.gov/product_types.php

 

AVIATION PRODUCTS  https://www.aviationweather.gov/
CLIMATE PRODUCTS  https://www.weather.gov/climate/
Climate Prediction Center  https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/
Climate Forecasts https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/forecasts/
   
EMWIN PRODUCTS https://www.weather.gov/emwin/
Hydro-Meteorological Products https://www.weather.gov/water/

 
 

OBSERVATIONS
Cooperative Observer https://www.weather.gov/coop
ASOS (Automated Surface Observing System) https://www.weather.gov/asos/
https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/weather/asos/
MADIS (Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System) https://madis.ncep.noaa.gov/
MADIS Surface Observations https://madis-data.ncep.noaa.gov/MadisSurface/
National Data Buoy Center https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
Upper Air Observations https://www.weather.gov/upperair/nws_upper

 
Satellites

GOES - East/West
https://www.goes.noaa.gov/


https://www.weather.gov/noaaport/
https://www.weather.gov/nwws/SBNConfig
 

Channels

PID 101            National Meteorological Center (NMC)
PID 102            - - - retired - - - (previously GOES only)
PID 103            National Meteorological Center (NMC) 2
PID 104            NOPT (OCONUS Imagery/Model)
PID 105            Polar Satellite
PID 106            Experimental Channel
PID 107            GOES-West
PID 108            GOES-East
PID 201            NWWS products only (text products are in WMO Standard format)