Tornado Titans Weather Desk

Maps

A focused weather desk built for a fast read and a clean share. Choose a product, then choose your view.

Observe now

Live imagery and ground truth

Live radar reflectivity and other radar products, with a loop, by regional, city-hub and state view. Live imagery Radar Current radar with regional and state views. GOES visible, infrared and other channels, looped, by region. Live imagery Satellite Visible and infrared imagery by region. Recent lightning with strike trails, from the Lower 48 down to state views. Live observations Lightning Recent lightning, Lower 48 to state views. ASOS/AWOS stations plotted with temperature, dewpoint, wind and current weather, with an animation. Live observations Surface Observations ASOS/AWOS stations plotted on the map. Every NWS weather balloon launch from the last 7 days, with skew-T, hodograph and threat analysis. Upper-air observations Observed Soundings Every balloon launch from the last 7 days. Explore severe-weather reports or switch to every Local Storm Report issued by NWS offices. Live ground truth Storm Reports Severe reports, or every Local Storm Report. Fire Warnings and evacuation notices, reported fire incidents and perimeters, satellite hotspots and the SPC fire weather outlook. Active fires Wildfires Fire warnings, incidents, perimeters, hotspots.

Models & analysis

Model guidance and the current environment

Hourly analysis of the storm environment: instability, shear, moisture, lift and composite indices such as SBCAPE, shown as fills, contours and wind barbs by region. Environmental analysis Mesoanalysis Hourly analysis of the storm environment. Short-range to seasonal model guidance — HRRR, REFS, GFS, GEFS, NBM, CFS weekly and monthly outlooks, and the HAFS hurricane models. Model forecasts Models Model guidance by region and forecast hour. Daily global sea surface temperatures (SST) and anomalies from NOAA satellites, with the 7-day change and the El Niño / La Niña (ENSO) Niño index history. Ocean analysis Sea Surface Temps Daily global ocean temperatures and anomalies.

Alerts & discussions

Official, short-fuse products

Every active NWS Watch, Warning, Advisory and Statement, filterable by tier and category. Every active alert Nationwide Alerts All active NWS alerts, filterable. Current tornado and severe thunderstorm watches with SPC probabilities, maximum threats and the latest analyzed environment. Official alert Convective Watches Tornado and severe thunderstorm watches. Current SPC discussion areas, watch potential, peak threats and the latest analyzed environment. Short-fuse forecast Mesoscale Discussions Current SPC discussion areas. Current and recent WPC MPDs with full forecaster text, MRMS QPE, moisture and storm-motion ingredients. Short-fuse flood forecast Precipitation Discussions Current WPC precipitation discussions.

Outlooks & forecasts

Official forecasts, days to months ahead

SPC Day 1 through Day 8 categorical and hazard outlooks, from national to state views. Official forecast Convective Outlooks SPC Day 1 to Day 8 outlooks. WPC Day 1 through Day 5 risk areas, official discussion text, observed rainfall and moisture/QPF guidance. Official flood forecast Excessive Rainfall Outlooks WPC flash flood risk, Days 1 to 5. WPC Day 1 through Day 3 winter storm severity and the odds of 1 to 18 inches of snow and 0.01 to 0.50 inch of ice, plus Days 4 to 7 snow and sleet odds. Official winter forecast Winter Outlooks WPC winter storm and snow odds, Days 1 to 7. WPC areas of heavy precipitation, temperature and wind extremes, wildfire risk, drought and flooding expected 3 to 7 days out. Official medium-range forecast Day 3-7 Hazards Outlook WPC hazards expected 3 to 7 days out. CPC temperature and precipitation odds from 6-10 days out through next year, plus week-2 hazards and drought outlooks. Official long-range forecast Climate Outlooks CPC temperature and precipitation odds. WPC Day 1 through Day 7 rainfall forecasts, multi-day totals and full forecast discussions. Official rainfall forecast Precipitation Totals Forecast WPC rainfall totals, Days 1 to 7. Active hurricanes and tropical storms with forecast cones, coastal watches and warnings, the NHC 7-day outlook and every storm of the season, for the Atlantic, East Pacific and Central Pacific. Official tropical forecast Tropical Hurricanes, cones and the 7-day outlook.