Global Upper Archives was introduced by Weather Graphics as the single largest collection of WMO TEMP-formatted upper air weather data in existence. This easy-to-use collection of upper-air data imports directly into programs like Digital Atmosphere, RAOB, and any other package that accepts standard "TTAA/TTBB" upper air data. Plot historical upper-air charts and soundings for almost anywhere in the world during the past several decades!

As with Global Surface Archives, you don't get cryptic XML or JSON records, a database, or some other proprietary file. All data is in plaintext ASCII and is in TEMP (TTAA/TTBB/PPBB) which is by far the most widely used upper air format in existence. This means the data can be easily plotted by Digital Atmosphere and RAOB, and may work in off-the-shelf programs like GEMPAK.

Period of record: January 1945 to August 31, 2015
Formats: TEMP (WMO FM-35) upper air data ordered by date-time and collected into monthly ZIP files
Displayable as maps?: Yes - Digital Atmosphere, RAOB, GEMPAK, possibly other programs which read upper air collectives.
Dataset size: 5.0 GB compressed (apprx 16 GB uncompressed)
Inventory: Listings by station and year: 1945-1972, 1973-2013 (more recent years not yet inventoried).
Data samples: 1976-01-03 1200 UTC, 1982-01-20 0000 UTC.
Documentation: For further information, see the technical manual here (PDF).
Special notes: Coverage before 1973 is limited primarily to world stations that are associated with U.S. agencies. Please check the inventory file for further info.

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	January 3, 1976 windstorm in central Europe at 1200 UTC. Note the extensive coverage in the communist Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc. Plotted with Digital Atmosphere.
	January 20, 1982 (0000 UTC) cold air outbreak. Many parts of the Philippine lowlands dropped below 15C (59F). Plotted with Digital Atmosphere.
	April 26, 1989 (0000 UTC) showing conditions several hours before the April 1989 Bangladesh tornado outbreak, which resulted in 1300 deaths. Plotted with Digital Atmosphere.
	Sounding for the southeast coast of the United Kingdom on January 3, 1976 (1200 UTC) during the European windstorm. Plotted with RAOB.