This list of resources what originally written for the Atmospheric Practical course at Wageningen University.

Commonly used websites:

• EUMetTrain - Satellite, SYNOP, model field overlays
• KNMI (archive) & KNMI (model) - Dutch past observations & ensemble forecasts
• De Veenkampen - MAQ / WUR meteo stations live observations
• Meteologix - Largest collection of global models & observations
• WXCharts - Models & some observations (easy to navigate)
• Weerplaza - Dutch HARMONIE model forecast
• Windy - Basic obs/model information, nice visualization
• ECMWF open charts - Data from ECMWF’s IFS (and AIFS) + ensemble

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Observations

Upper Air

Synoptic

• Kachelmann Soundings Map (850 hPa temperature, 300 hPa wind, & basics at pressure levels)
• Meteocentre Upper Air Analyses (drawn-in analysis maps)

Skew-t

• Rawinsonde Soundings (advanced skew-t)
• Meteologix Soundings (readable skew-t)
• Meteociel Sounding Diagrams (skew-t)

Surface

Synoptic scale

• EUMETRAIN (SYNOP stations, with satellite and upper air overlays)
• Meteociel - Basic surface plots, satellite, or weather overview
• https://weatherobs.com/
• atmos_pract_stationplot.ipynb on Brightspace

Local scale

• Netherlands (Weerplaza) (basic surface observation maps)
• KNMI (obs)

Radar & Satellite

Radar

• Weerplaza
• Stormarchive.nl (advanced Dutch radar plot)
• https://view.eumetsat.int/

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Models

Upper Air

Synoptic

• ECMWF IFS (synoptic maps of IFS by ECMWF)
• Karstenhaustein GFS (10-day, theta-e, pressure tendencies)
• Meteologix ECMWF theta-e 850 (14-day)
• Meteociel ICON-EU (5-day, theta-w)
• Theta-w advection: atmos_pract_thetaw.ipynb on Brightspace
• Climate Reanalyzer (multi-day synoptic weather anomaly forecasts)

Skew-t

• Pivotal Weather (click on map for advanced skew-t)
• IFS Ensemble (synoptic maps of IFS by ECMWF, click for skew-t with ensemble data)

Time series

Ensembles

• KNMI pluim (ECMWF 14-day ensemble with climate context, NL)
• Weerplaza.nl (EMCWF 14-day ensemble with bias correction, NL)

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Historical data

• KNMI observations - Daily extremes
• Wetter3 - GFS analysis archives