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Weather, climate resources available online
This is the time of year when we are all headed out into the field or garden and we are wondering what the weather will do. Is it going to rain? Will this be a cold spring? Will we have adequate soil temperature? These are some of the many questions those who work the soil have. Below are some websites that may hold some of the answers to those questions.
Something to remember; climate and weather predictions are guesses! Granted they are backed by tremendous amounts of raw data, carefully developed computer models and years of experience on the parts of the meteorologists, however, they are still guesses. The predictions generated nevertheless, do provide us with some insight into what to expect this growing season.
Web Resources:
National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center: www.cpc.noaa.gov/index.html
CSU Cooperative Extension Water Resources: www.ext.colostate.edu/menuwater.html
Colorado Agricultural Meteorological Network: http://ccc.atmos.colostate.edu/~coagmet/
Colorado Climate Center: http://ccc.atmos.colostate.edu/
Colorado Collaborative Rain and Hail Study: www.cocorahs.org
National Severe Storms Laboratory: www.nssl.noaa.gov/
High Plains Regional Climate Center: www.hprcc.unl.edu/
National Weather Service Forecasts: www.weather.gov/
Western Regional Climate Center: www.wrcc.dri.edu/
Golden Plains Area Agricultural Weather Pages: www.coopext.colostate.edu/GPA/ag_weather_info.html
These are just a very few of the websites that may contain information that will help you in the decision making process this spring. You may also want to try your favorite Web search engine. For example, in Google try typing in some of these key words; "weather," "climate," "climate prediction," "crop weather," "drought," "El Niño," "La Niña," "weather forecasts," and other combinations of words concerning what you are looking for.
Date: 5/26/05
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