Welcome to the KF8GR Weather Page

My weather page is intended as a gathering place for local hams who need local weather info. As such, it will probably be boring to anyone else. This page is, like all my pages, in a constant state of evolution. If you like, you may disect my code and adapt it for your own weather page. I don't care if you copy the entire page and just change the links. If you do, please send me a link to your weather page, and I will add it below.

Internet Radar

NWS

Earthwatch

Wx Underground

Why do different doppler systems look at the same sky and see different things?  Well, first, Doppler has different modes, and some doppler programs take out "ground clutter", etc. better than others.  Doppler radar also scans the sky at defferent angles and produces a composite image, it all depends on what point the image was taken, and at what altitude.  Basically, if there is something out there, they will 'see' it, but, it still takes a well trained weather specialist to detirmine what it saw.

Internet Satellite Weather Image

Earthwatch	NOAA Goes 8

Weather Watches and Warnings

	NWS Watches/Warnings

Local Television Doppler and Weather Webpages

WZZM 13 Weather	WOOD TV Weather	WXMI Weather

Ottawa County Webcams
Holland Channel	GVU	Grand Haven Pier
Rolling Meadows Golf	Grand Haven Marina

Ottawa County and Surrounding County forecasts From NOAA/NWS

EMWIN

EMWIN stands for Emergency Managers Weather Information Network, and is probably the fastest way to get weather alert information, (unless you work for the NWS!). EMWIN is broadcast on several different types of equipment, and on several radio bands, across the Internet, etc. The NOAA/NWS has a good page for available equipment/software here.
NWS/NOAA Central Regional Headquarters EMWIN page.

IWIN

IWIN stands for Interactive Weather Information System, and is an NWS operated internet based weather system. This page can be your homepage, and if you have an "Active" desktop, you can keep it there all the time.

It of course can be linked, and is a very capable and accurate program. The only problem with this info (and my weather page for that matter), is smart people don't leave their computer on in thunderstorms.
Interactive Weather Information Network

SKYWARN

Skywarn is a program of trained weather watchers who acting under the authority of the Department of Commerce NWS/NOAA, man strategic locations to report potential weather problems to the NWS. They become the eyes and ears of the NWS, who provides their training. They give on the spot information, that coupled with radar, APRS, and other information, can help the NWS decide if or when to issue alerts.

Linux program Xastir running APRS with wx info. Ham Radio in my local area provides wx info for NWS GRR, and each other.

LINKS

Click this Icon for Interesting weather info

NOAA Weather Radio

NOAA weather radio is heard on 7 different frequencies across the United States, every 25KHz from 162.400 to 162.550.  Check them out, and get armed.