Here is where we provide links to websites and/or code that help with monitoring atmospheric conditions in the tropics, Iowa, and beyond.
1) CIRA RAMMB Real-time and Archived Tropical Cyclones Page
http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/products/tc_realtime/
2) North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies: Tropical Monitoring
https://ncics.org/portfolio/monitor/mjo
3) National Hurricane Center
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
4) Climate Prediction Center El Niño – Southern Oscillation Page
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/MJO/enso.shtml
5) Climate Prediction Center Madden-Julian Oscillation Page
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/MJO/mjo.shtml
6) NOAA Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies (2x’s weekly)
https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/ocean/sst/anomaly/
7) Visualization of Global Weather Conditions
https://earth.nullschool.net/
8) Monitoring of the Madden-Julian Oscillation (Australian Bureau of Meteorology)
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/mjo/
9) ISU Agronomy Hall campus weather station observations
https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/plotting/isumet/ams2.phtml
10) Northern Ames weather station observations
https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/plotting/mesoeast/
11) Iowa Environmental Mesonet (Iowa State University)
https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu