GOES / Himawari
GOES-R (16/18/19) and Himawari (8/9) via AWS.
16 18 19 H8 H9
channel number
optional
optional
IR Analysis
Satellite IR diagnostic and structure analysis.
IBTrACS name
McIDAS
Older geostationary archive via SSEC. Covers GOES 1–15, GMS, MTSAT, early Himawari.
3=WV 4=IR
optional
optional
HAFS
Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS-A/B) real-time output.
NNX format
00 06 12 18
e.g. 024 048
temp wind rh vort pwat cape sst slp shear…
optional
a or b
storm or parent
DeepMind
Google DeepMind FNV3 1000-member ensemble TC track density map.
optional
TC-PRIMED
Passive microwave + IR two-panel from the TC-PRIMED archive.
xxXX format, e.g. AL11 EP20 IO06
ATMS AMSR GMI SSMI SSMIS MHS TMI
mid (85-91 GHz) or low (36-37 GHz)
true or false
A-Deck Consensus
Averaged A-Deck guidance with SST overlay for current-year storms.
ATCF ID, e.g. al10 ep03 wp05
00 06 12 18
comma-separated ATCF model IDs
SHIPS RI
Random-forest 24h intensity prediction from SHIPS predictors.
ATCF ID, e.g. al13 ep05
00 06 12 18 — optional, tries all
SHIPS Diagnostics
Historical SHIPS lsdiag environmental diagnostics — AL/EP 1982–2023, WP/IO/SH 1990–2021.
RT / RECENT STORM
2023–present storms. Uses ATCF b-deck (past track) + NHC stext forecasts.
HRRR
High-Resolution Rapid Refresh model from AWS.
GOM SE NE MA SC MW GP SW NW US EUS WUS
00–23
00–48
temp wind rh vort pwat cape sst slp shear prcp…
hPa or lower/upper/mid/deep — optional
ERSST Composite
ERSSTv5 SST anomaly composites with 30-year sliding climatology via PSL OPeNDAP.
1–12
comma-separated
anomalies or std — optional
true or false — optional
20CR Composite
20th Century Reanalysis v3 geopotential height anomaly composites with 30-year sliding climatology via PSL OPeNDAP.
1–12
comma-separated
pressure level in mb — optional
anomalies or std — optional
true or false — optional
region key — optional
ERSST Timeseries
ERSSTv5 regional SST anomaly timeseries via PSL OPeNDAP. Click column headers to sort. Top/bottom 10 years link to ERSST composite.
1–12
–
S to N
–
W to E (0–360)
ACE Timeseries
Accumulated Cyclone Energy by year. Click column headers to sort. Top/bottom 10 years link to ERSST composite.
–
optional, MM-DD range
–
optional, S to N
–
optional, W to E
Daily ACE
Distribution of seasonal ACE by day-of-year, normalized and compared against a fixed climatology.
comma-separated
ERSST PCA / EOF
Empirical Orthogonal Function analysis of ERSSTv5 SST anomalies. Returns the PC timeseries for the selected EOF, detrended and z-scored.
–
S to N
–
W to E
optional, comma-sep, default all 12
optional, default: avg across PCA months
ERA5 Reanalysis
0.25° ERA5 pressure-level and surface diagnostic plots via CDS API.
HURDAT2 name — overrides lat/lon if provided
required if no storm name
required if no storm name
wind temp tempadv thetae divergence rh windplot tempplot dewplot mslp sheardiag
hPa — required for pressure-level plots
ICOADS Ship Observations
ICOADS marine surface observations overlaid on ERA5 background fields via CDS API.
HURDAT2 name — overrides lat/lon if provided
wind temp tempadv thetae divergence mslp
hPa — required for pressure-level plots
ACE Density Anomaly
Kernel-smoothed TC density anomaly map from IBTrACS. 150 km radius, Gaussian filter σ=3.
comma-separated
ERA5 Monthly Composite
0.25° ERA5 monthly mean or anomaly composites via CDS API. Fixed 1991–2020 climatology.
1–12
comma-separated
hPa — optional
OISST SST
OISSTv2.1 daily SST contour map and distribution envelope via NOAA S3. Fetches ~45 years of data — expect 1–2 min.
MM-DD-YYYY
METAR Time Series
96-hour METAR time series for temperature, pressure, or wind from any ICAO station.
ICAO station code
temp pres wind
NEXRAD Radar
Archive NEXRAD reflectivity from AWS. Leave radar blank or use NONE to auto-select the nearest site to lat/lon.
4-letter NEXRAD site ID — or NONE for nearest
MM/DD/YYYY
ref ref2–ref9 cod1 cod2 tc1 mn gs pivotal cold random
-2 to 1 (default 2 = full domain)
F-Deck Fixes
Dvorak fixes from the NHC F-Deck, colored by CI number.
basin + number, e.g. AL11 EP05 CP01
| STATION | LAT | LON | WIND (kt) ▼ | DIR (°) | SLP (hPa) | TEMP (°C) | DEWP (°C) |
|---|
| Run a map to populate storm list. | |||||||||||
| ID | Start | End | Init Lat | Init Lon | Peak (kt) | Members | |||||
| HOUR | LAT | LON | WIND (kt) |
|---|
| Rank | Year | Anomaly (°C) |
|---|
| Rank | Year | Season ACE |
|---|
| Rank | Year | PC Value |
|---|
BASIN REGIONS
| NATL | North Atlantic |
| TATL | Tropical Atlantic |
| WATL | Western Atlantic |
| CATL | Central Atlantic |
| EATL | Eastern Atlantic |
| MDR | Main Dev. Region |
| CV | Cape Verde |
| GOM | Gulf of Mexico |
| EPAC | Eastern Pacific |
| CPAC | Central Pacific |
| WPAC | Western Pacific |
| IO | Indian Ocean |
| BOB | Bay of Bengal |
| ARB | Arabian Sea |
| SWIO | SW Indian Ocean |
| SEIO | SE Indian Ocean |
US REGIONS
| NE | Northeast |
| MA | Mid-Atlantic |
| SE | Southeast |
| SC | South Central |
| MW | Midwest |
| GP | Great Plains |
| SW | Southwest |
| NW | Northwest |
IR COLORMAPS
WV COLORMAPS
LEVEL-REQUIRED VARIABLES
| temp | Temperature |
| dewp | Dewpoint |
| wind | Wind speed + barbs |
| vvel | Vertical velocity |
| rh | Relative humidity |
| vort | Absolute vorticity (1/s) |
| absv | Absolute vorticity |
| hgt | Geopotential height |
| pv | Potential vorticity |
| theta | Potential temperature |
| thetae | Equiv. potential temperature |
| thetae_anom | Theta-e anomaly |
| ci | Coupling Index (K) |
| mss | Moist Bulk Stability [dThetaE/dZ] (K/m) |
| ss | Bulk Static Stability [dTheta/dZ] (K/m) |
| s | Γd − Γ (C/km) |
| ratio | Reduction Ratio (10m/700mb) |
| tadv / tadv_s / tadv_ss | Temperature advection |
| mfc / mfc_s / mfc_ss | Moisture flux convergence |
| div / div_s / div_ss | Divergence |
| mflx / mflx_s / mflx_ss | Vertical Mass Flux (kg/m²s) |
| tfp / tfp_s / tfp_ss | Thermal Front Parameter (K/m²) |
| twp / twp_s / twp_ss | Thermal Wind CPS Approximation (m/s) |
| thg / thg_s / thg_ss | Thickness Gradient (dimensionless) |
| okw / okw_s / okw_ss | Okubo-Weiss |
| fgn / fgn_s / fgn_ss | Frontogenesis |
| diab / diab_s / diab_ss | Apparent Heat Source (K/hr) |
| thadv / thadv_s / thadv_ss | Theta advection |
| thedv / thedv_s / thedv_ss | Theta-e advection |
SURFACE / INTEGRATED VARIABLES
| pwat | Precipitable water |
| cape | CAPE |
| cinh | CIN |
| sst | Sea surface temperature |
| gust | Wind gusts |
| slp | Sea level pressure |
| srh | Storm-relative helicity |
| eff | Carnot Efficiency (%) |
| diseq | Thermodynamic Disequilibrium (J/kg) |
| mpi / mpi_s | Maximum Potential Intensity (kt) |
| vpr | Ventilation Proxy (dimensionless) |
| chim | Entropy Deficit (dimensionless) |
| vi | Ventilation Index (dimensionless) |
| lhf | Latent heat flux |
| shf | Sensible heat flux |
| tdiff | SST − T2m (K) |
| qdiff | Saturation Deficit (kg/kg) |
| nqdiff | Normalized Saturation Deficit |
| mse | Moist Static Energy (J/kg) |
| vmse | MSE Advection (W/m²) |
| shear | Wind shear (level: upper/mid/deep) |
| ref | Reflectivity (dBz) |
NOTES
| storm | NNX format — e.g. 09l, 01e, 02w |
| init | 00 / 06 / 12 / 18 |
| fhour | e.g. 024, 048, 120 |
| model | a (default) or b |
| domain | storm (default) or parent |
| level | hPa (e.g. 850, 500, 200) | sfc 2m 10m 3000m tropopause | lower / upper / mid / deep (shear layers) |
| _s suffix | smooth once |
| _ss suffix | smooth twice |
SENSORS
| ATMS | Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (mid + low) |
| AMSR | Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (mid + low) |
| GMI | GPM Microwave Imager (mid + low) |
| SSMI | Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (mid + low) |
| SSMIS | SSMI/Sounder (mid + low) |
| MHS | Microwave Humidity Sounder (mid only) |
| TMI | TRMM Microwave Imager (mid + low) |
PARAMETERS
| storm | xxXX — basin + number, e.g. AL11, EP20, IO06, WP03 |
| date | MM/DD/YYYY of the overpass |
| time | Nearest overpass time is selected automatically |
| mid | 85–91 GHz channel (deep convection signal) |
| low | 36–37 GHz channel (liquid water signal); MHS not supported |
| color | true = RGB composite from H/V polarization ratio |
PARAMETERS
| storm | ATCF ID — e.g. al10, ep03, wp05 |
| date | MM/DD/YYYY of initialization |
| time | Synoptic hour — 00, 06, 12, 18 |
| models | Comma-separated ATCF model IDs |
COMMON MODELS
| OFCI | Official NHC forecast |
| HFAI / HFBI | HAFS-A / HAFS-B (interpolated) |
| HWFI | HWRF (interpolated) |
| EMXI | ECMWF (interpolated) |
| AVNI | GFS (interpolated) |
| NAMI | NAM (interpolated) |
| CTCI | CTCX consensus (interpolated) |
| ICON | ICON model |
| UKX | UK Met Office |
PARAMETERS
| storm | ATCF ID — e.g. al13, ep05 |
| year | 4-digit year |
| month | Month number (1–12) |
| day | Day number (1–31) |
| hour | 00, 06, 12, 18 — optional, tries all if omitted |
OUTPUT
| Distribution | Random forest tree predictions histogram |
| Prediction | Ensemble-mean 24h intensity forecast (kt) |
| RI prob. | % of trees predicting ≥30 kt intensification |
| Shear arrow | 200–850mb shear magnitude + direction |
PANELS
| Intensity vs MPI | VMAX and MPI (kt) at T=0 |
| Wind Shear | Deep (850–200 mb) and upper (500–200 mb) shear (kt); 10/20 kt reference lines |
| SST | Sea surface temperature (°C) at storm center; 26 °C reference line |
| Humidity | Relative humidity (%) at 850–700, 700–500, and 500–300 mb |
SOURCE
| Data | SHIPS lsdiag (RAMMB/CIRA) — AL/EP 1982–2023, WP/IO/SH 1990–2021 |
| T=0 | All values are at the analysis time of each 6-hourly SHIPS initialization |
| MPI | VMPI — maximum potential intensity from thermodynamic environment |
| Shear | Raw value ÷ 10 = kt |
| SST | CSST — raw value ÷ 10 = °C |
LEVEL-REQUIRED VARIABLES
| temp | Temperature (C) |
| dewp | Dewpoint 2m (C) |
| wind | Wind speed (kt) |
| vvel | Vertical velocity (m/s) |
| rh | Relative humidity (%) |
| vort | Absolute vorticity (1/s) |
| hgt | Geopotential height (dm) |
| pv | Potential vorticity (PVU) |
| theta | Potential temperature (K) |
| thetae | Equiv. potential temperature (K) |
| mss | Moist bulk stability (K/m) |
| ss | Bulk static stability (K/m) |
| s | Lapse rate stability (C/km) |
| ratio | 10m/700mb wind ratio |
| mflx / mflx_s / mflx_ss | Vertical mass flux (kg/m²s) |
| tadv / tadv_s / tadv_ss | Temperature advection (K/hr) |
| thadv / thadv_s / thadv_ss | Theta advection (K/hr) |
| thedv / thedv_s / thedv_ss | Theta-e advection (K/hr) |
| mfc / mfc_s / mfc_ss | Moisture flux convergence |
| div / div_s / div_ss | Divergence (1/s) |
| okw / okw_s / okw_ss | Okubo-Weiss (1/s²) |
| fgn / fgn_s / fgn_ss | Frontogenesis (K/100km/3hr) |
| tfp / tfp_s / tfp_ss | Thermal frontal parameter |
| twp / twp_s / twp_ss | Thermal wind CPS approx (m/s) |
| thg / thg_s / thg_ss | Thickness gradient |
| qdiff / nqdiff | Saturation deficit (kg/kg) |
SURFACE / INTEGRATED VARIABLES
| pwat | Precipitable water (mm) |
| cape | CAPE (J/kg) |
| cinh | CIN (J/kg) |
| sst | Sea surface temperature (C) |
| gust | Wind gusts (kt) |
| slp | Sea level pressure (hPa) |
| srh | 0–3km storm-relative helicity |
| eff | Carnot efficiency (%) |
| diseq | Thermodynamic disequilibrium (J/kg) |
| mpi | Max potential intensity (kt) |
| vpr | Ventilation proxy (dimensionless) |
| lhf | Latent heat flux (W/m²) |
| shf | Sensible heat flux (W/m²) |
| tdiff | SST − T2m (K) |
| ci | Coupling index (K) |
| shear | Wind shear — level: upper/mid/deep |
| prcp | Precipitation type (categorical) |
| snow | Snowfall depth (in) |
| ref | 1km composite reflectivity (dBz) |
NOTES
| region | GOM SE NE MA SC MW GP SW NW US EUS WUS |
| init | 2-digit UTC hour, e.g. 18 |
| fhour | Forecast hour, e.g. 06 |
| level | hPa (e.g. 850, 500, 200) | sfc 2m 10m 3000m tropopause | lower / upper / mid / deep (shear layers) |
| _s suffix | Gaussian smooth once (σ=5) |
| _ss suffix | Gaussian smooth twice (σ=15) |
PARAMETERS
| month | Month number (1–12) |
| years | Comma-separated list of years to composite |
| type | anomalies (default) or std |
| sd | true = standardized by 30-yr std dev; false = global-mean anomaly |
OUTPUT
| anomalies | Composite mean SST anomaly across all years |
| std | Inter-year standard deviation of the anomalies |
NOTES
| source | NOAA ERSSTv5 monthly mean via PSL OPeNDAP |
| climo | 30-year sliding window (or 1854–1883 if year < 1884) |
PARAMETERS
| month | Month number (1–12) |
| years | Comma-separated list of years to composite |
| hgt | Pressure level in mb (default 500) |
| type | anomalies (default) or std |
| sd | true = standardized by 30-yr std dev; false = global-mean anomaly |
OUTPUT
| anomalies | Composite mean height anomaly across all years |
| std | Inter-year standard deviation of the anomalies |
NOTES
| source | NOAA 20th Century Reanalysis v3 monthly mean via PSL OPeNDAP |
| climo | 30-year sliding window (or 1806–1835 if year < 1836) |
PARAMETERS
| lat / lon | Center coordinate |
| month | Month number (1–12) |
| day | Day of month |
| year | 4-digit year |
| hour | UTC hour (00–23) |
| plottype | See plot types below |
| level | Pressure level (hPa) — required for pressure-level plots |
PRESSURE-LEVEL PLOTS
| wind | Wind streamlines and magnitude (kts) |
| temp | Air temperature (°C) |
| tempadv | Temperature advection (°C/hr) |
| thetae | Equivalent potential temperature Θe (K) |
| divergence | Wind divergence (smoothed) |
| rh | Relative humidity (%) |
SURFACE PLOTS
| windplot | 10m wind field and radial profile |
| tempplot | 10m wind and 2m temperature (°F) |
| dewplot | 10m wind and 2m dewpoint (°F) |
| mslp | Mean sea level pressure (hPa) |
SHEAR PLOTS
| sheardiag | Wind shear diagnostics (4 layers) + shear distribution — returns two images |
NOTES
| source | 0.25° ERA5 reanalysis via CDS API |
| domain | ±15° lat / ±20° lon around center (pressure); ±7.5° for windplot |
| sheardiag | Second image (distribution) linked below output |
METAR Time Series
PARAMETERS
| station | ICAO station code, e.g. KMIA, KBWI, EGLL |
| plottype | temp, pres, or wind |
PLOT TYPES
| temp | Temperature & dewpoint time series (°F) |
| pres | Sea-level pressure time series (mb) |
| wind | Wind speed & gust time series (kt) |
NOTES
| source | aviationweather.gov METAR dataserver, 96 hours back |
| data_url | Raw CSV link returned in response for download |
NEXRAD Radar
PARAMETERS
| radar | 4-letter NEXRAD site ID, e.g. KTLX, KBWI — or NONE for nearest to lat/lon |
| date | MM/DD/YYYY |
| time | 4-digit UTC, e.g. 2030 |
| lat / lon | Center point — used to find nearest site when radar is NONE |
| cmap | Colormap (optional, default ref) |
| zoom | -2 to 1, default 2 = full domain |
COLORMAPS
| ref | Standard reflectivity (default) |
| ref2 – ref9 | Reflectivity variants |
| cod1 cod2 | COD-style reflectivity |
| tc1 | TC-focused reflectivity |
| mn | Minnesota-style |
| gs | Grayscale |
| pivotal | Pivotal Weather style |
| cold | Cold-toned |
| random | Random colormap each run |
NOTES
| source | NEXRAD Level-II archive via AWS S3 |
| coverage | CONUS sites, 1991–present (availability varies by site and date) |
CYCLOWEB
An interactive platform built for simplifying tropical cyclone research and monitoring. Originally hosted as a bot on Discord, this website hosts some of the more unique and frequently used features. Data is fetched and plotted on-demand from operational archives via a serverless backend running on Hugging Face Spaces. The underlying Python code for this project was written by Deelan Jariwala, while this website is almost entirely made by Anthropic's LLM, Claude.
ABOUT
Deelan Jariwala is an atmospheric sciences student at the University of Miami with a focus on tropical cyclone structure and intensity change, occasionally dabbling in Python and machine learning.
TOOLS
| GOES / Himawari | GOES-R (16/18/19) and Himawari (8/9) geostationary imagery via AWS S3 and GridSat GOES/B1 |
| McIDAS | Historical geostationary archive via SSEC — GOES 1–15, GMS, MTSAT |
| HAFS | Real-time and archived HAFS-A/B hurricane forecast model diagnostic plots |
| TC-PRIMED | Passive microwave overpasses (85–91 and 36–37 GHz) from TC-PRIMED archive |
| A-Deck | Custom averaged ATCF model guidance track with SST underlay |
| SHIPS RI | Random-forest 24h intensity prediction trained on SHIPS predictors |
| HRRR | NOAA HRRR mesoscale model analysis and short-range forecast diagnostics |
| ERSST | ERSSTv5 sea surface temperature anomaly composites via NOAA PSL |
| ERA5 | 0.25° ERA5 reanalysis pressure-level and surface diagnostics via CDS API |
| METAR | 96-hour surface observation time series from aviationweather.gov |
| NEXRAD | Archive NEXRAD Level-II radar reflectivity via AWS S3 — CONUS sites, 1991–present |