WEATHER LOCAL & GLOBAL

Welcome to the Oracle Fire Department Weather Information Link.
Besides using our new OFD WEBCAM located on the home page which is updated every minute and is located on top of the Oracle Fire Department, here is a guide to other sites you may be interested in.

Some interesting webcams . . .

An alternate ORACLE weather link might be usedul in case our weather station is down:
http://www.wunderground.com/weather-forecast/zmw:85623.1.99999
You can click the 'previous' button to observe past day data as well.

Here's what several webcams are doing across the US. Pick a state and you can see what's going on after you enter a zipcode or city, state:
http://www.instacam.com/default.asp

Here's some webcams from KOLD with various cameras located on the I-10 freeway in Tucson:
http://www.kold.com/Global/category.asp?C=79564

Here's a link from the UofA Atmospheric Sciences department which shows a great view of the Catalina Mountains in real time. (Pick a sidebar of Satellite Imagery or Radar for good state or local views including animation.):
http://www.atmo.arizona.edu/index.php?section=weather

NOAA is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric National Weather Service (a one-stop weather information center) at www.weather.gov/ You can get weather warnings by state as well other information.

Here's a site that will let you check monsoon precipitation within a 24-hour period: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/twc/monsoon/q2precip.php

Other excellent sites:
http://www.weather.com

Weather underground link is http://www.wunderground.com/

Let us know if you find other links you think will be useful.