Coastal Construction Manual Resources

Web Sites for Information About Storms, Big Waves, and Water Levels 
Great Lakes Information 

Adapted from Web Sites for Information about Storms, Big Waves, and Water 
Levels With an Emphasis on the Great Lakes, by Philip Keillor, 1998.  

Note: The following web addresses are provided to replace the links in 
the 1998 article Web Sites for Information about Storms, Big Waves, and 
Water Levels that are no longer valid. 

Great Lakes Information 

University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute  http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu 

Great Lakes Information Network http://www.great-lakes.net/ 

Weather Systems 

Continental and Statewide Weather  
http://www.weather.gov/view/national.php?map=on 

Local Weather http://www.crh.noaa.gov/greatlakes/ 

Water Levels Great Lakes Water Levels 
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/data/now/wlevels/levels.html 

Great Lakes Water Levels  http://www.lrb.usace.army.mil/ 

Great Lakes Water Levels: Historic Records and Forecasts 
http://www.lre.usace.army.mil/greatlakes/hh/greatlakeswaterlevels/ 

Great Lakes Water Levels Forecasts  
http://www.waterlevels.gc.ca/C&A/glfcst_e.html 

Great Lakes Water Levels http://www.meds-sdmm.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/isdm-
gdsi/twl-mne/index-eng.htm 

Storm Surges on the Great Lakes 
http://www.lre.usace.army.mil/greatlakes/hh/weatherinformation/ 

Winds and Waves 

Wind and Wave Information from Buoys and Coastal Stations  
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/ 

Dial-a-Buoy http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/dial.shtml (Phone number - Call 888-
701-8992 Commercial 301-713-9620) 
Ordering Navigation Charts and Nautical Maps 
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/ 

Surface of the Earth 
Great Lakes Lakebed Graphics 
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/greatlakes/greatlakes.html 

Internet Notes by the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Advisory Services
With an emphasis on the Great Lakes, by Philip Keillor.

This publication no longer exists in a fashion that can be converted to 
be 508 compliant. The document is only available in hard copy or image 
file.