Global sea surface temperature and sea ice analysis from OSTIA, based on satellite observations

http://ghrsst-pp.metoffice.com

Sea Surface Temperature for the North Atlantic Ocean for 18 July 2016

Metop-B image of Typhoon Rammasun by the Philippines on 15 July 2014, 01:00 UTC.
This image is a Natural Colour RGB with ASCAT winds overlay.

http://www.eumetsat.int

SARAL Altika and Jason-2 altimeter significant wave heights over North Atlantic 9 Dec 2014.

8-hour forecast showing mean sea level pressure (solid lines) in millibars (mb), 1000-500 mb thickness (a measure of temperature of a layer) in decameters (red and blue dotted lines), and six-hour total precipitation in inches (colored contours using scale on left). The forecast was valid May 24, 2007.

http://celebrating200years.noaa.gov

Winds aloft measured by satellites are crucial for good forecasts. Satellite data is used to initialize numerical weather models world wide. Especially over oceans. This image from CIMMS shows upper winds around TS Arlene on Wed. 29 June,2011.

http://blogs.agu.org