Philadelphia Area Weather

• Forecasts [wpF]
  • NWS Forecasts [wpFn]
  • Commercial Forecasts and Current Conditions [wpFo]
• Images [wpI]
  • Radar [wpIr]
  • Satellite [wpIs]
• Conditions [wpc]
• Forecast Model Output [wpm]
• Special Weather Events [wps]
  • Severe Weather [wpsS]
  • Flooding [wpsf]
• Sources of these Statements [wpv]

This page contains links to forecasts, warnings, and other information served by other sites for the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area. I am not responsible for maintaining any of the actual weather information. These forecasts are from a number of different sites. All of the statements on this page, except the commercial ones, were issued by the National Weather Service (mostly from their office in Mount Holly, NJ) - L. David Baron

Status of servers:

• UIUC is no longer serving text data, and has been removed
• OSU is fine
• NHC is no longer serving text data, and has been removed
• UNCC seems to have disappeared, and is being removed
• PSU is fine
• NWS is fine (but more links can be added)
• Need to add IWIN links (see NWS site)

See also National Statements.

Forecasts

NWS Forecasts

• All statements for Chester County, Delaware County
• Zone Forecasts:
  • All of the areas below: OSU, NWS
  • Eastern Pennsylvania: UCDavis, Universal Weather
  • Southern New Jersey: UCDavis, Universal Weather
  • Delaware: UCDavis, Universal Weather
  • Eastern Shore of Maryland: UCDavis, Universal Weather
• Forecast Discussion: OSU, PSU, NWS
• Short Term Forecast: OSU, (NWS)
• Coded City Forecast (5 Temperature/5 Precipitation): OSU, NWS
• Marine Forecast: OSU, NWS
• Eastern PA State Forecast: OSU , NWS
• Southern NJ State Forecast: OSU , NWS
• Delaware State Forecast: NWS
• Weather Message 1: NWS
• Weather Message 2 (???): NWS
• Forecast Discussion for Baltimore/Washington
• Agricultural Weather Advisory

Commercial Forecasts and Current Conditions

• Intellicast Philadelphia Weather
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Weather Forecast from the Weather Underground
• WPVI-TY 6 Accu-Weather Four Day Forecast
• Millenium Weather Northeast Winter Storm Page
• USA Today - 5 Day Forecast - Philadelphia, Pa.
• Weather Channel - Forecast and Current Conditions
• phl.weather newsgroup
• Weather Right NOW! @ Franklin's Forecast
• LookSmart Forecast for Philadelphia, PA

Images

Radar

• see also National Radar and the WeatherNet Travel Cities Page
• Intellicast Nexrad Radar
• Intellicast NEXRAD Storm Relative Velocity
• Intellicast Regional Radar - Philadelphia (Animation)
• Intellicast Regional Radar - Washington, DC (Animation)
• Intellicast Precipitation Totals
• Intellicast Radar Summary
• The Weather Channel - Doppler Radar - U.S. Regional - Northeast U.S.
• The Weather Channel - Philadelphia, PA
• CNN - Weather U.S. Northeast Radars
• CNN Northeast and Midwest US Radar
• AccuWeather Northeast and Midwest Radar
• Precipitation Maps
• Local (Mid-Atlantic) Weather
• Yahoo Northeast US Radar Summary
• Yahoo Northeast US Radar Loop
• Personal AccuWeather(tm)- kPHL
• AccuWeather Philadelphia NEXRAD
• Universal Weather - Northeast U.S. Radar w-Tops and Movement
• WeatherNet4 - Doppler 4000 - Radar of Maryland and Northeastern Virginia

Satellite

• see also The International Weather Satellite Imagery Center
• Intellicast Satellite

Conditions

• Current Conditions: from Albany
• Climatological Summary: OSU, NWS
• Monthly Climatological Summary: OSU, NWS
• State Weather Roundup: OSU, (NWS) - This is a short roundup sent 1 minute before the hour.
• Detailed Weather Roundup: OSU, (NWS) - This is more comprehensive roundup sent at 10 minutes after the hour. This includes stations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and the Delmarva.
• Regional Max/Min Temperature and Precipititation Table: OSU
• State Max/Min Temperature and Precipitation Table: OSU, NWS
• Public Information Statement: OSU, NWS
• Surface Reports: OSU All PA
• UIUC Surface Summary: undecoded, with exact times, with names, ASCII Maps
• Radar Summary (From Harrisburg):
• PA Weather Summary: OSU
• Daily Rainfall Reports
• PA Bi-Weekly Water Resources Summary: OSU
• Area Hydrologic Summary (Including Snow): OSU
• Meteograms (UNIDATA) (Raw)
• Current Conditions across state
• Current Weather Conditions - Philadelphia International Airport

Forecast Model Output

Don't even think about using these statements unless you completely understand what you are reading and are fully aware of the difficulties of making your own weather forecasts and are willing to take responsibility for any errors you make, since these data are not provided by the NWS for public consumption.

• Millenium Weather Northeast Winter Storm Page
• OSU Pennsylvania Model Guidance Directory
• All Metropolitan Quick-Looks for the U.S. & Canada
• Philadelphia Model QuickLook
  • MRF: Surface, Aloft
  • ETA
• MRF (area): OSU
• AVN (area): OSU
• ETA FOUS: OSU
• NGM FOUS (area): OSU
• NGM MOS Philadelphia: OSU Willow Grove: OSU
• NGM MOS Help Page
• FOUE15.KWNO
• NCEP Model Time-Series Forecasts for Northeast US Cities

Special Weather Events

• Fire Weather Forecast (NJ): OSU
• Fire Weather Forecast (PA): OSU , NWS
• Local Storm Report: NWS
• Public Information Statement: OSU
• Record Reports: OSU, NWS

Severe Weather

• OSU Severe Weather Bulletins

Flooding

Two question marks (??) indicate that a link may be incorrect, and therefore the statement would not show up if it existed

• Mid-Atlantic River Forecast Center (MARFC) State College, PA
• Coastal Flood Warning: OSU, NWS??
• Flash Flood Statement: OSU, NWS??
• Flash Flood Warning: UNCC??, NWS??
• Flash Flood Watch: OSU, NWS??
• Flood Potential Outlook: OSU, NWS
• Flood Watch: UNCC
• Marine Weather Statement: OSU, NWS??
• Other Marine Products: OSU
• Recreational River Statement: OSU, NWS??
• River Flood Statement: OSU, NWS??
• River Flood Warning: NWS??
• River Forecast: UNCC??
• River ICE Statement: NWS??
• River Statement: OSU, UNCC, NWS
• Routine QPF: NWS
• Water Supply Statement: OSU, NWS??

Sources of these Statements

• NWS Mount Holly, NJ
• UIUC Pennsylvania
• UC Davis: Pennsylvania Weather
• OSU Pennsylvania
• Texas A&M
• PSU listing of weather products (defunct)
• Pennsylvania Data from IWIN
• Weather Around the Mid-Atlantic Region

(Back to Weather, L. David Baron)

LDB, dbaron@fas.harvard.edu