Astronomy-Specific Weather Resources
Astrospheric
Clear Outside
Pilot Mt. Clear Sky Chart
General Weather Information
Weather Underground
National Weather Service
timeanddate
Windy
Lightning Maps
NOAA GOES Satellite Images
Space Weather
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather.com
Astronomy-Specific Weather Resources
Astrospheric
Astrospheric provides advanced weather forecasting for astronomers in the continental US and Canada.
A real-time view is to the right.
Apps for your smart phone and tablet are available.
Clear Outside
Clear Outside features an annual darkness chart and Bortle light pollution values for a particular location. It also is a 7-day hourly cloud & weather forecast provider, designed by astronomers for astronomers. The annual charts are particularly helpful if you are picking a location to view a solar eclipse. A real-time view is to the right.
Forecast Legend: In general, green is good, red is bad.
Good
So-So
Bad
Cloud Cover Legend: In general, the darker the box, the better the visibility.
Good
So-So
Poor
Apps for your smart phone and tablet are available.
Clear Sky Chart
The Clear Sky Chart is developed by Attilla Danko using data from Allan Rahill at the Canadian Meteorological Center (basis for the Clear Sky Alarm Clock). It shows at a glance when, in the next 96 hours, we might expect clear and dark skies for one specific observing site. It is specifically intended for amateur astronomers.
An Apple app is also available.
Legend for most (the darker the box, the better the visibility).
Great
Good
Better
So-so
Poor
Unknown
Legend for temperature and humidity.
high
(red to orange)
mid-range
(yellow, green, light blue)
low
(blue to dark blue)
A button and real-time view is provided for the Pilot Mountain Clear Sky Chart.
General Weather Information
Weather Underground
Weather Underground utilizes over 250,000 personal weather stations to provide forecasts and local conditions, with humble beginnings in 1993 as the Internet’s first weather service.
Apps for your smart phone and tablet are available.
National Weather Service
The National Weather Service provides an overall look at the country’s weather, as well as a forecast for the Winston-Salem and Mt. Airy.
timeanddate
timeanddate provides an overview of the current weather, as well as a forecast for the next two weeks.
Windy
Windy started in 2014 as a programming project with a goal to be small and fast so it is easily accessible in remote locations or over slow connections. A real-time view is to the right.
Apps for your smart phone and tablet are available.
LightningMaps.org
Real-time lightning strike data.
There are third-party apps from the program’s participants — BlitzortungLive by Marco Bauer for Apple devices, and Blitzortung Lightning Monitor by Andreas for Android devices.
NOAA GOES Satellite Images
The GOES satellite senses electromagnetic energy at five different wavelengths. There are two wavelengths most commonly shown on weather broadcasts: Infrared (IR) and Visible. IR is also has colorized enhancements to bring out details in cloud patterns.
Click on the links below for real-time information.
Interactive Global Geostationary Weather Satellite Images
GOES weather satellite imagery courtesy of the Earth Science Branch at the NASA George C. Marshall Space Flight in Huntsville, Alabama.
Space Weather
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Space Weather Prediction Center has data on the solar wind, geomagnetic activity, aurora forecasts, ionosphere data, solar cycle information, and more.
Click on the links below or to the right for the latest forecast.
spaceweather.com
A commercial website with data on solar flares, sunspots, fireballs, near-earth asteroids, and links to other resources.
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