More weather resources
Hand-picked links for hurricanes, the beach, air quality and the classroom.
Hurricanes and tropics
Is anything brewing in the Gulf or the Atlantic?
- National Hurricane CenterOfficial advisories at 5 and 11, am and pm Eastern, with updates in between
- WeatherNerdsStorm track and strength forecasts from many models at once. Invests are numbered 90 to 99, then start over.
- Tropical TidbitsStorm analysis and model maps by Levi Cowan, plus his video briefings
- Spaghetti modelsWhere the computer models send each storm
- Hurricane model plotsSouth Florida Water Management District
- Central Florida Hurricane CenterFlorida-focused storm news and discussion
- Saharan Air LayerDry, dusty air that can keep storms from forming
- Hurricane CityStorm history for Venice and other cities
Beach, boating and tides
What’s the water doing today?
- Tide chart, Venice InletHigh and low tides with times
- Marine forecast off VeniceWind and waves from the National Weather Service
- Sharky’s Pier stationNOAA readings from the Venice pier: wind and water temperature
- Venice surf reportSurfguru, Venice Jetties
Air quality and lightning
Is it a good day to be outside?
- Air quality right nowLive dial and trend, below
- AirNow for VeniceEPA air quality and forecast
- Air quality historySarasota’s Jackson Road monitor
- Live lightning mapStrikes as they happen, from Blitzortung
Maps and models
See the big picture.
- WindyAnimated wind, rain and wave forecasts
- VentuskyLive maps of wind, rain, radar and temperature
- EarthGlobal winds from supercomputer forecasts, updated every 3 hours
- NWS graphical forecastFlorida forecast maps, hour by hour
- This station on Weather UndergroundForecasts and our historical data
- Tornado pathsEvery recorded tornado track, mapped
Local help
Storm coming, or lights out?
- FPL power outage mapFlorida Power & Light serves Venice
- Florida outagesAll utilities, statewide, from PowerOutage.us
- Florida Division of Emergency ManagementEvacuation zones and storm prep
- Sarasota CountyShelters, sandbags and county alerts
- City of Venice
Education
Lessons built on real data from this station.
- Analyzing VHS weather dataPDF and a sample log file
- Graphing linear equationsData sets: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, all log files
- TidesGraphing directions and questions
- Daily weather reportThis station’s daily summaries
- Graphing global temperature trendsNASA classroom activity
Space weather and radiation
Solar storms, auroras and background radiation.
- Space Weather Prediction CenterNOAA alerts for solar storms
- Solar cycleSunspots now and the forecast
- SolarHamDaily solar activity update
- Solar-terrestrial reportDetailed daily solar report
- EPA RadNet, TampaAir radiation readings near us
- Radiation NetworkVolunteer radiation monitors, nationwide
Air quality right now
Venice High School uses a Davis Vantage Pro2 Plus weather station.
