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WEATHER

Capital Weather .com   "Local" weather discussion with frequent contributions from my office mate Dan Stillman.

Fox HD Radar

Weather.com radar

My Weather LLC radar

Weather Underground radar

WeatherBonk set for Springfield, VA

Washington DC Air Quality   Site 1     Site 2    (Orange and worse days mean free bus rides!)

MY WEATHER BRIEFING PAGE D.C.   Northeastern US Version  (A vertical run of many weather products... LOADS SLOWLY!!!)

MY WEATHER BRIEFING PAGE OKC   S. Plains Version              (A vertical run of many weather products... LOADS SLOWLY!!!)

AccuWeather Pro  (needs a password)

AccuWeather Normal

WeatherTap    Great Radar!  (needs a password)  D.C. Animated   Oklahoma Animated   Texas Animated   US Animated

The Weather Underground (national/international conditions + GOOD tropical weather)

Tropical Weather at weatherunderground.com 

Tropical Weather at IBISEYE

The National Hurricane Center

UCAR Weather (a GREAT site)

NWS RADAR site - excellent as well!

The National Weather Service Digital Forecast Products   cool!

Severe Storms Forecast Office      US Surface Map

Climate Diagnostic Center 

Oklahoma Weather Roundup

Oklahoma Forecast Office   ------  Oklahoma State Forecast Information

Baltimore/Washington Office  -------   Northern Virginia/ D.C./Maryland Area Information  ------  Virginia State Information

Northern Virginia Soil Data (for soil temps in the winter)

Penn State Weather Site

The Week of  Weather (from the Weather Channel via Kentucky and in the next bullet)  The Week of Temperatures

Current Conditions····Forecasts····Satellite····Radar····Press··Long Range Outlooks··Drought··Severe Wx
Tropical Wx
····Winter Wx····Climatology···· Pest/ Diseases····Hydrology····Kentucky AgWx····Ag/Wx Calc····Fire Wx····NWS Offices

The Weather Channel (national map page)

The Intellicast Site   (slow to load, but a good backup of data sources)

Model Page from Kentucky

Oklahoma City Clear Sky Clock                 The US Naval Observatory Washington D.C. 

High-res Visible Satellite Images (CIRA, Colo. St.):  GOES8 (east)

Central Plains Visible Satellite Image (NCAR/RAP): Central Plain

Northern Hemisphere Animation Upper Air Maps

Millions of Model Output Pages... with a link to a page with billions  (Ok so I am exaggerating) 

The Wide World of Weather Links

OKC Channel 4 Weather                          DC WRLC TV Weather Channel 4 NBC

OKC Channel 5 Weather                          DC WJLA TV Weather Channel 7 ABC

OKC Channel 9 Weather                         DC WUSA TV Weather Channel 9 CBS

OKC Channel 25 Weather                       DC  WTTG  TV Weather Channel 5 FOX

The Oklahoma Piconet (my work and PhD research)

The University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology

The University of Maryland Meteorology

NOAA Experimental 40-km Weather Maps

Weather Photo Images: Yahoo Server

Weather Images: Weatherimages.Org

World Composite Image (from SSEC)

European METEOSAT

Intellicast US Cities

Intellicast International Cities

Ohio State Satellite Server

Global Change Master Directory Homepage

University of Illinois Weather World Homepage

USGS Water Resources Homepage

Storm Chaser Homepage

Hurricane Data Page

  SSEC Wisconsin Realtime Imagery

SSEC Wisconsin Homepage

Historical GOES Imagery Homepage

Millenium Weather

Edwards' Online Tornado FAQ

Landsea's FAQ Tropical Cyclones

Weather Facts Chronology

Weather Journals & Libraries

ASU Libraries Home Page

Tempe Public Libraries Home Page

University of Arizona Library

Scientific Citation Index

American Meteorological Society Homepage

The journal Science

The journal Nature

Scientific American

New Scientist home page

The journal Climate Research

Earth Science Journal Page

Pat Michael's World Climate Report

US & World Newspapers

ASU General Studies Form

Climate Links

Disaster Relief News Page

Drought Monitor

Morbidity & Mortality Weekly

Earthweek

Satellite Archive Search

GOES historical satellite image browser

NOAA photo library

Ocean Datasets (U Washington)

NOAA Paleoclimate

Natural Disasters Slide Homepage 

  World Water & Climate Atlas

SOI/SST Information

Internet Disaster Information Center

'Greenie' Environment Sites

The Mining Company: Weather and Geography

Latest Daily SOI Values

Long Paddock (Australia SOI homepage)

El Nino & Climate Prediction

Real-Time Weather Cameras

Royal Meteorological Society

NOAA Homepage

NCDC Homepage

Carbon Dioxide Information Research homepage

National Hurricane Center

Hurricane Research Division

National Severe Storms Laboratory

PWRS's Weather World

Utah Climate Center

Woods Hole Research Center

National Geophysical Data Center Homepage

Goddard Space Flight Center - Radiation

Joint Institute for Atmosphere & Ocean (U. Washington)

Goddard Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Project

Colorado Climate Center

Clickable Map of US States Climate

USGS GEO DATA

DMSP Satellite Imagery

Texas A&M Radar Course

National Park Homepage

Grand Canyon Homepage

Lightning Homepage

Mary Ann Cooper's Lightning Homepage

Sprites & Elves (Lightning)

NCDC Storm Data Homepage

NWS METAR Homepage

Aral Sea Homepage

NSSL SWAMP (SouthWest Area Monsoon Project)

Forecst Systems Laboratory Radiosonde Updates

WEATHER and ASTRONOMY EDUCATION

The Mid-America Christian University Class Astronomy Page   at MACU        Up and running. 

The University of Phoenix - SCI 151  Astronomy Class           Class notes  at  Univ. of Phx   Up and running

The University of Phoenix-  SCI 160  Life  Science -                Class Notes  at Univ. of Phx   Up and running

The University of Phoenix-  SCI 256 Environmental Science - Class Notes at Univ. of Phx   Up and running

The University of Phoenix - Math 208 Class Nov 2006 Class Notes at     Univ. of Phx   Up and running but OLD

The University of Phoenix - Math 209 Class March 2004 Class Notes at     Univ. of Phx   Up and running but OLD

The Mid-America Christian University Class Meteorology Page   at MACU     Up and running but OLD
  alternate Weather Round Up Page (an enhanced mirror of the  OK Weather Roundup)

The Franklin Institute Current Weather and Forecast Discussion page

The University of Oklahoma  (the main page)

The OU School of Meteorology  (SOM)

MY WEATHER BRIEFING PAGE  (A vertical run of many weather products... LOADS SLOWLY!!!)

ASTRONOMY

SETI at Home    and   TEAM CASTLE

NASA

Space Weather

NOVAC - NOrthern Virginia Astronomy Club

Professor Harold Geller's sky tour
Abrams Planetarium Skywatcher's Diary (source of the daily events)
SkyMap software (used to make the maps)
Sky View Cafe (planetarium software using Applets w/browser)
The Nearest Stars
The Brightest Stars
Skymaps dot com (free monthly star maps)
Planetarium Software
About the GMU observatory

Heavens Above (Aligned to Great Falls, VA, but good for all.)

Sky Maps Download (Free maps for printing for personal or educational use)

Amateur Astronomer Telescope Domes

Sky and Telescope Magazine

Astronomy Magazine

Dr. Sky dot com

Oklahoma City Clear Sky Clock

Oklahoma Astronomy Club

Saguaro Astronomy Club - Arizona

American Association of Variable Star Observers

Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers

Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Canadian Space Agency

Eclipse Photography and Safety

Hubble Space Telescope Heritage Site (Images!)

International Astronomical Union Central Bureau  and This Link

International Dark-Sky Association

International Meteor Organization

International Occultation Timing Association

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

MacDonald Observatory  home of Stardate on NPR

Meteorites and Impacts Advisory Committee (CSA)

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) - access to millions of articles

NASA eclipse site

NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

NASA space flight site (current shuttle and ISS info)

The Excellent Canadian Observers Handbook Site  THEIR Links Page

The Planetary Society

Satellite tracking information

SIMBAD astronomical database

Sky News Magazine

Space Telescope Science Institute; access to Digitized Sky Survey

Steward Observatory

Sky Tools  <--- amazing software, planning, mapping, logging  ; auto updates comets, minor planets, etc. 

Starry Night Pro <-- fancy and great for classroom animations ; auto updates comets, minor planets, etc. 

Sky Map Pro  <-- a more basic work horse, planetarium style

Catres du Ciel   (free)  <-- similar to sky map pro , auto updates comets, minor planets, etc. 

Celesita  - a GREAT 3-D solar system and star hopping program

Stellarium - <--  fantastic FREE planetarium software

Ascyone Planetary Calculators  <-- shareware that will give you more info about planets than you knew existed.

Sungraph <--  See at a glance where and when it is dark on Earth.

Virtual Moon Atlas <-- A free Lunar program.  See the backside and phases any time you wish. 

Astronomy Lab 2  (free)  their home site

Sky Maps   excellent downloadable monthly sky maps and calendars

Mars Dust Storms:  http://tes.asu.edu/ 

International Mars Watch:  http://elvis.rowan.edu/marswatch// 

Sky and Telescope Magazine Current Events (MARS): http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/ 

Astronomy Magazine Mars Information: http://www.astronomy.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/001/422xesjq.asp 

The Mid-America Christian University Class Astronomy Page

FAS's Life on Mars Homepage

Mars Pathfinder Homepage

Space Shuttle Homepage

Space Shuttle Monitor Page

MSFC's Real-time Video Page

NASA Astrophysics Data System

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center DAAC

Lunar & Planetary Institute Homepage

NASA News Room

Global Change Master Directory

Solar Weather Forecast

Martian Weather Report

CHRISTIAN

John Piper

The Woodbridge Vineyard Church - Woodbridge, Virginia (my new church)

Our House Church (Bridgway Church affiliation) 

Apologetics for Dummies Notes (March-May Teaching Series)

An Online Bible

Why I'm A Christian (to be expanded!)

My Essay on teaching the Big Bang (vs. Creation)

A borrowed essay on Grace

A borrowed essay on Grace vs. Works

A borrowed essay on Legalism vs. Grace

Astrology and the Gospel - Essay and Planetarium Show Transcript
 

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  Black Mesa Bed and Breakfast  ... you must must must visit here sometime in your life.   Peace and Great Food!

TV , Movies, and Radio Links  (For Show Episode Guides... see my Star Trek Night Page )

TV Guide

Yahoo TV Guide  

Fandango Movie Listings

Hollywood Movie Listings  (too many pop ups--- beware!)

Netflix   THE way to rent movies!

Clean Films .com  THE way to rent or buy movies ready for general audiences! ( Bad language / sex removed via editing )

FOX News   -- the best, mostly unbiased news on the web at present (a bit gung-ho conservative at times)

ABC News  -- fairly ok news

BBC News  --- great international news and another view

CNN News  --- pretty politically slanted (liberal) news... many outlets and early pictures

NY Times -- again fairly biased (liberal), but a good overall source

NPR News -- often fairly liberal, but not always

MSNBC news  -- good for a quick overview

XM Radio    Satellite Radio for home, car or (if you're clever - Bike!!)  - a MUST for long car drives

WLS-AM 890am Chicago Radio      Listen Live link

KTOK Radio - Oklahoma with Streaming 24hrs a day

The Mix 107.3  Fun morning show in Washington DC - The Jack Diamond Show

Glenn Beck Radio Show

Bill O'Reilly Radio and TV Show

Rush Limbaugh Radio Show

Art Bell   (now  www.coasttocoastam.com )  (all the rest of the topics)

Great Candles...

The Glorylight Candle Company   <--- the best candles on the web!!!

Friends and/or former members of  the Castle

 Brodie Daniels

 The personalities of Tom Cannon:  Try THIS if you dare.... or THIS!!! 

 Eric Fooshee former  no page yet, looser

  Mike Bell  former - HAD a great page! Mike!! Bring it BACK!

 Jason Levit  former    Also had a cool page...where is he now?

Jerry Ponder  former  - a page?  I dunno.

EXERCISE

 EAS supplement company (body for life competition)

The Chicago Marathon

The  Bicycle League of Norman

SCIENCE FICTION/FICTION/LITERATURE/KNIGHT STUFF   see my Star Trek Night Page  for more links

Scifi Podcast Extraordinaire!

Horror Podcast

The ultimate Star Trek Site (of