WEB SITES
General Sites
The home page of the Weather Channel is below. Most of the graphics and information are intended for a general audience but their current weather maps and local forecasts are pretty goodhttp://www.weather.com
This site is run by Ohio State. Pretty good for all sorts of weather information including forecasts, upper air soundings, regional maps etchttp://asp1.sbs.ohio-state.edu/
A good site for forecast maps. Has fallen on hard times due to funding problems but still might be worth a lookhttp://grads.iges.org
Excellent site run from Boulder Colorado. Has regional surface maps, snow cover etc. At the top of the page you can switch over to the radar and satellite pages and get just about anything you want for the United States plus links for other places around the world
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/surface/
Upper Air Data for Specific Stations
Local Interest
Local National Weather Service Office
GOES Image centered on Southern Minnesota
Goes Image centered on Central Kansas
Specific Conditions
General Reference Sites
National Severe Storms Laboratory
National Agricultural Decision Support System--good data on drought, climate, etc
