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
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  
SE Max   SE Min Global Max   Global Min USA Max
USA Min
USA 3-hourly Precip Planet Animation Atlantic   Pacific
USA Animation

Previous & Current Forecast Cycles: GFS & ECMWF & Canadian Met
GFS 925 hPa Wind Speed & MSLP ECMWF (2-day delay) CMC 00Z & 12Z

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 


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 USA
Max/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    


Sea Surface Temperature PLOTS

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