⚡ SPC Day 1 Convective Outlook — National
Today’s severe thunderstorm risk → SPC ↗
Live NWS Indianapolis Text Products
📄 Area Forecast Discussion (AFD)
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⚠️ Hazardous Weather Outlook (HWO)
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Extended Outlooks — NOAA Climate Prediction Center
6–10 Day
8–14 Day
30-Day
Seasonal (90-Day) & ENSO
NWS Indianapolis Text Products
📄 Area Forecast Discussion
Meteorologist reasoning behind the forecast — most “nerd” product from NWS
⚠️ Hazardous Weather Outlook
7-day hazard summary for the Indianapolis CWA
🌡 Zone Forecast Product
Official NWS zone forecasts for all areas in the IND CWA
📢 Public Information Statement
Snow totals, damage reports, and special public bulletins
🌧 Local Storm Report
Spotter and trained observer reports of significant weather
🚨 Special Weather Statement
Below-warning-threshold notable weather statements
📊 Climate Report
Daily climate summary: high, low, precip, normals & records
🌎 NWS Indianapolis Home
All NWS Indianapolis products, forecasts, and local climate info
Weather Models
🌈 Tropical Tidbits — GFS (850mb Temp)
Excellent model viewer: GFS, ECMWF, NAM, RAP — all parameters
🌈 Tropical Tidbits — GFS (Total Precip)
GFS total accumulated precipitation forecast
🌈 Tropical Tidbits — GFS (Simulated Radar)
Animated simulated radar — watch storm systems move across the country
🌞 Tropical Tidbits — Euro (ECMWF)
European Centre model — often best for 7–10 day accuracy
🌠 Tropical Tidbits — NAM
North American Mesoscale model — better short-range detail
🏫 College of DuPage Models
CoD model page — GFS, NAM, HRRR, RAP with Great Lakes focus
🌈 NOAA DESI
Ensemble forecast explorer — interactive 3D/statistical viewer across HREF and other ensembles
🌟 Pivotal Weather
Professional-grade model viewer with ensemble support
🏠 NCEP MAG
NOAA’s official model analysis & guidance graphics
⚡ HRRR Model
High-Resolution Rapid Refresh — hourly updates, 18-hr outlook
📊 MOS Guidance
Model Output Statistics for local stations — Indianapolis and region
Global Windflow — earth.nullschool.net
💨 Surface Wind — full site
The real thing in its own tab — drag the globe, tap for point values
🌪 500 hPa — Jet Stream
Mid-level steering flow — where the storm track is pointed
🌡 Wind + Temperature
Surface wind with a temperature color overlay
💻 How it works
The open-source project behind it (GFS data + canvas particles) — the same technique drives the dashboard’s Wind page
Radar & Satellite
📡 NWS KIND Radar
Indianapolis WSR-88D — the nearest radar to Indianapolis, base reflectivity
🌐 National Radar Mosaic
Full national radar — zoom to any region, animated
🏫 CoD Radar Loop — IND
College of DuPage animated radar loop for the Indianapolis (KIND) site
🌡 GOES-East — CONUS
Geo-color satellite imagery, full CONUS sector, 12-frame loop
🌡 GOES IR — CONUS
Infrared satellite channel — cloud-top temperatures
🏫 CoD Satellite Viewer
College of DuPage multi-channel satellite image loops
Upper Air & Soundings
🏭 SPC Soundings
Interactive sounding viewer — IND (Indianapolis) is on the station list
🏭 Wyoming Soundings
Observed radiosonde soundings — pick the nearest station on the interactive map
📊 SPC Mesoanalysis
Real-time upper-air and surface analysis parameters from SPC
🏡 SPC Upper Air Charts
Observed 850–200 mb analysis charts — updated twice daily
🌄 JetStream Upper Air
NOAA JetStream — educational guide to upper air analysis
Storm Prediction Center
⛈ Convective Outlooks
Day 1–8 severe weather probabilities — tornado, hail, wind
📄 Mesoscale Discussions
Real-time text discussions of developing convective situations
⚠️ Active Watches
Tornado and severe thunderstorm watch boxes currently in effect
📊 SPC Storm Reports
Daily storm reports archive — tornadoes, hail, wind damage
🔥 Fire Weather Outlooks
SPC fire weather day 1–2 outlooks & critical fire conditions
Climate & Records — Indianapolis & Region
🏥 NWS Indianapolis Climate
NOWData — daily normals, records, monthly summaries, and snowfall for Indianapolis
📊 NOAA Climate Data Online
Search Indianapolis Intl (KIND) historical climate data & normals
🏦 Indiana State Climate Office
Purdue-based state climatology — statewide climate data & research
🏠 Midwest Climate Center
NOAA Regional Climate Center covering Indiana — climate tools & data
📊 NOAA Climate Monitoring
National temperature and precipitation rankings, drought monitor
Rivers & Hydrology
🌊 NWS White River Gauges
Official NWS river forecasts & flood stages for the Indianapolis-area White River, Fall Creek, and Eagle Creek gauges
🏟️ Ohio River Forecast Center
OHRFC — Ohio basin river forecasts & flood outlooks
💧 USGS Indiana Streamflow
Real-time flow at every USGS gauge in Indiana, incl. the White River
🌴 Indiana Drought Monitor
Current U.S. Drought Monitor for Indiana — updated weekly
Iowa Environmental Mesonet — Indianapolis (KIND)
IEM NWS Climate (NWSCLI) charts for KIND — Indianapolis Intl. Charts are generated live for the current date and month. Click any to explore on IEM.
📊 IEM — KIND Station Page
Full IEM data hub for Indianapolis Intl (NWSCLI network) — station location map, obs, climate, all chart tools
📈 Daily Departures — Full Year
High/low departures from normal for every day of the year — KIND
🌡 Extreme Temp Swings
Largest temperature jumps or dips over X days at KIND
📈 Departures / Stats Map
Map of temp/precip departures across the region over a period of days
🏥 IEM Climate Data Tool
Flexible query tool for KIND historical climate data going back decades
📄 IEM AFD Archive
Browse past Area Forecast Discussions from NWS Indianapolis in IEM’s archive
📸 IEM Daily Feature
Daily meteorological chart / analysis published by IEM — Midwest focus
Other Good Stuff
🏡 NWS Indianapolis Office
NWS Indianapolis homepage — local forecasts, warning area map, office info
✈ Aviation Weather (AWC)
METARs, TAFs, PIREPs, SIGMETs — good for raw obs data
📈 xmACIS2
Applied Climate Information System — powerful station data queries for the Indianapolis area
📡 Iowa Environmental Mesonet
Deep well of Midwest observation & climate data and plotting tools