Weather

Current Conditions

Fire Weather Advisories

• Current Red Flag Warnings Map

RAWS and Other Surface Weather Observations

• Meso West PNW Surface Weather Map
• Meso West PNW Current Weather Summary
• NWS Weather and Hazards Data Viewer

Satellite

• College of DuPage Visible Image
• College of DuPage Infrared Image
• College of DuPage Water Vapor Image

Radar

• UW Northwestern US Radar Loop
• College of DuPage NW Radar Loop
• USA Radar Loop

Lightning

• University of Washington GOES lightning mapper
• Blitzortung Current Lightning
• Weathernerds GOES Visible lightning mapper
• Weathernerds GOES Infrared lightning mapper

National Weather Service Fire Weather

• Geographical Fire Weather Forecast
• NWS Western Region Fire Weather Page

Pacific NW Fire Weather Operating Plan

• 2025 Fire Weather Operating Plan

Snow/Precipitation Data

• NWCC Snow Cover and RAWS Snow Flags Map
• NW River Forecast Center Snowpack
• Natural Resources Conservation Service Snowpack

NWCC NFDRS and Weather Elements

• Observed and Forecasted NFDRS Elements by PSA

• Observed and Forecasted Weather Elements by PSA

Climatology/Drought

General Climatology Information

• Western Region Climate Center
• Climate Toolbox
• NOAA Climate.gov
• NOAA Drought.gov

Monthly Climate Mapping

• Westwide Drought Tracker
• Oregon State University PRISM
• NCEI State of the Climate
• North American Drought Monitor
• Western Region Climate Center Standardized Precipitation Products

Weekly Climate Tracking

• U.S. Drought Monitor
• Washington Drought
• Oregon Drought

Daily Climate Tracking

• Western Region Climate Center table
• High Plains Regional Climate Center

El Nino Southern Oscillation Bulletins

• NOAA Monthly Bulletin
• ENSO Blog

Climate Outlooks

• NOAA Climate Prediction Center Monthly Outlook
• NOAA Climate Prediction Center Seasonal Outlook
• US Seasonal Drought Outlook

Smoke

Surface Observations

• USFS & EPA Fire and Smoke Map
• Washington Dept of Ecology Air Quality Network
• Oregon DEQ Air Quality Monitoring Network
• LRAPA AQ Monitoring Network

Upper Air

• NOAA NESDIS Aerosol Watch
• NOAA Hazard Mapping

Smoke Forecasting

• HRRR Smoke
• Canadian Fire and Smoke Model
• USFS BlueSky
• NOAA/NWS AQ Forecasts
• WSU AIRPACT
• WA Dept of Ecology

Smoke Blogs

• Washington State Smoke Blog
• Oregon Smoke Blog
  

Smoke Monitoring

• Oregon Department of Forestry
• Washington Department of Natural Resources (WADNR)
• AirNow Interactive Map - US EPA
• US EPA PM2.5 Air Quality Standards Interactive Map by PurpleAir

Weather Maps

• NW Surface Weather Plot
• National Weather Service - Graphical Forecast
• NWC PSA Weather Trend Graphs (tabular)
• NWC PSA Weather Trend (Fullpage)

NWC PSA Weather Trends (Embedded Window).

Weather Forecast Models

• MM5 of University of Washington
• NCEP Loops Page
• Nexlab - College of DuPage
• NOAA - Model Guidance: Areas and Models
• Models: GFS — Pivotal Weather

Other

• Critical Fire Weather Patterns of the US  (4.0 MB)
• Critical Fire Weather Patterns Webcast Part 1 (38 MB)
• Critical Fire Weather Patterns Webcast Part 2 (32 MB)
• Critical Fire Weather Patterns Webcast Part 3 (31 MB)
• Critical Fire Weather Patterns Webcast Part 4 (46 MB)
• Taking Good Weather Observations  (166 KB)