Research Weather Maps
Ryan N. Maue PhD Candidate -- COAPS
There are many excellent sources of observational and numerical meteorological products in the public domain. This page endeavors to provide some unique examples of maps that describe medium range predictability on the order of 4-6 days. Models include several NCEP products including the GFS, NAM, mesoscale hurricane HWRF and GFDL, and the operational NMM and ARW WRF.
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2-Meter Temperature Anomalies
Raw Anomalies North America Zoom Northern Hemisphere Zoom
New: Normalized Anomalies (method of Hart et al. 2001) -- Global
New: Normalized Anomalies (method of Hart et al. 2001) -- North America Zoom
New: NCEP Reanalysis Norm Anomalies (t2m min) last 10-days -- North American Zoom
New: NCEP Reanalysis Norm Anomalies (t2m min) last 10-days -- Global
GFS Hurricane Basin Forecasts 0-144 HOURS
Northern Hemisphere Basins Animation
Southern Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere 850 hPa Relative Vorticity
Eastern Hemisphere 850 hPa Relative Vorticity
RUC Current Weather Conditions
 2-meter Temp |
 Precipitable Water |
 2-meter Dewpoint |
 Sea Level Pressure |
 925-mb Wind Speed |
 Heat and Cold |
 Radar Reflectivity |
Florida Zoom Current Temperature
Past 24-hour Maximum
Past 24-hour Minimum --- SE Zoom
Past 24-hour Max-Min
RUC last 48-hours:
925 hPa winds
NCEP GFS 0.5 Degree Forecast Maps
| GFS 925 hPa Winds | 2-meter Temperature | Precipitation | Atmospheric Moisture | Sea-Level Pressure | Isentropic/Tropopause |
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| 00Z: Global | Global | USA | Min Swath | Global Animation | Isentropic PV 325K 305K |
| 06Z: Global | USA N&S Amer | Global | Max Swath | N Pacific N Atlantic | 335-305K Isen Layer Thick 800 hPa ThetaE -- USA Zoom |
| 12Z: Global | Europe-Africa Europe | SE USA | 6-day Mean 6-day Max-Min Diff | N America Indian O | 335K Geopotential Height |
| 18Z: Global | SE USA 2-m 3-hr Max | SE 3-hourly Precip | Dynamic Trop: Global | ||
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SE Max
SE Min
Global Max
Global Min
USA Max USA Min |
USA 3-hourly Precip | Planet Animation | Atlantic Pacific | ||
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| GFS 925 hPa Wind Speed & MSLP | ECMWF (2-day delay) | CMC 00Z & 12Z |
 
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| Historical Analyses Last 14-days | ECMWF 925 mb 180-hour Forecast Southern Hemisphere Tropics Zoom |
CMC 925 mb 144-hour Forecast |
| Planet MSLP
Gulf of Alaska MSLP Icelandic Low MSLP USA 2-meter Temperature 925 mb Wind Speed Planet Precipitable Water North Pacific Precipitable Water |
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NAM Operational Runs 84 hour Forecasts
Accumulated Precipitation (thru 84-hours) --> USA: 00Z 06Z 12Z 18Z
Total Snow Depth (model) (During Next 84-hours) --> USA: 00Z 06Z 12Z 18Z
2-Meter Temperature (Maximum During Next 84-hours) --> USA: 00Z 06Z 12Z 18Z
2-Meter Temperature (Minimum During Next 84-hours) --> USA: 00Z 06Z 12Z 18Z
Radar reflectivity (Last 4-runs)
USA: 00Z 06Z 12Z 18Z ZOOM SE USA: 00Z 06Z 12Z 18Z
MSLP (Last 4-runs) --> USA: 00Z 06Z 12Z 18Z
925 hPa Wind Speed (Last 4-runs) --> USA: 00Z 06Z 12Z 18Z
3-hourly Precipitation --> USA: 00Z 06Z 12Z 18Z
NCEP WRF 4km Operational Runs 48 hour Forecasts -- NMM and ARW [East and West]
WRF 4km Temperature Swaths West USAMax/Min ARW
Max/Min NMM
WRF 4km Temperature Swaths East USA
Max/Min ARW
Max/Min NMM
WRF 4 km Composite Reflectivity (Model Simulated Radar)
Eastern USA -- ARW / NMM
SE USA Zoom
Western USA -- ARW / NMM
Historical SST Comparison Today, 1982-2009 [3-day averages]--> ATL EPAC WPAC PLANET GULF MEX GREAT LAKES
Historical SST Comparison Today, 1982-2009 [7-day averages]--> PLANET
Current SST