AOS 452 Links Page

**WXChallenge - A National Forecasting Contest**
Official Forecast constest website		Participation in the WXChallenge is a mandatory component of this course. As stated in the lecture syllabus (available on the 452 home page), your appoach to the contest will offer some incentives for your final grade.

You may find the following links helpful while preparing your forecasts for the WXChallenge, as well as while preparing your team weather discussions.
UW-Madison AOS Weather Page		UW-NMS
National Weather Service Model Analyses and Guidance		Information on Operational NWP Models
Decoding METAR reports		Oklahoma Mesonet
"Weather" program User's Guide		HRRR model output (great for short term forecasts)
Weather Underground Interactive Weather Map		NWS office for Southern Wisconsin
Chapter 12 of Federal Meteorological Handbook No. 1 (official guide to METAR code)		The Complete Federal Meteorological Handbook No. 1
Archived Model Output Statistics (MOS)		UW-Madison MM5 Model Output

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