Organization | links |
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ECMWF | http://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/charts/catalogue |
MeteoCenter | http://www.meteocenter.eu/ |
Unisys | http://weather.unisys.com/ |
NCEP (NOAA) |
http://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/ |
SPC (NOAA / NWS) |
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/sref/ |
EMC (NOAA / NCEP) |
http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/SREF/SREF.html |
FNMOC | https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/wxmap_cgi/index.html?tab=global#global |
NCAR / UCAR | http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/model/index.php?model=eta |
ESRL (NOAA) |
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/map/wx/short.shtml http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/map/images/ens/ens.html |
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Source: | ECMWF |
Forecast Type: | deterministic |
Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
Color Map | land mass – beige |
Color Map | wind speed (every 5) – yellow-green |
Contours | mean sea level pressure (every 5 [units converts to 50]) – black |
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Source: | ECMWF |
Forecast Type: | deterministic |
Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
Color Map | temperature (every 4) – rainbow |
Contours | geopotential heights (every 12 [units converts to 120]) – blue |
Contours | land mass – brown |
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Source: | ECMWF |
Forecast Type: | ensemble & deterministic |
Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
Color Map | standard deviation (increasing step size) – greens and pinks, primarily |
Contours | temperature (every 4 [units converts to 40]) – red and blue |
Color Map | land mass – beige and blue |
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Source: | MeteoCenter |
Forecast Type: | deterministic |
Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
Color Map | temperature (every 1) – rainbow |
Contours | temperature (every 5) – white |
Contours | land mass – black |
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Source: | MeteoCenter |
Forecast Type: | deterministic |
Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
Contours | land mass – white |
Glyphs | wind – wind barbs (rainbow) |
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Source: | NCEP (via reproduction by CNFRC) |
Forecast Type: | deterministic |
Color Map | precipitation (every 0.5) – yellow-green |
Contours | geopotential heights (every 6 [units converts to 60]) – black |
Contours | land mass – brown |
Glyphs | wind – wind barbs (blue/black) |
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Source: | NCEP (via reproduction by CNFRC) |
Forecast Type: | deterministic |
Color Map | wind (every 20) – blue-purple |
Contours | wind (every 20) – blue |
Contours | geopotential heights (every 12 [units converts to 120]) – black |
Contours | land mass – brown |
Glyphs | wind – wind barbs (blue/black) |
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Source: | Unisys |
Forecast Type: | deterministic |
Color Map | temperature (every 2) – rainbow |
Contours | geopotential heights (can’t read step) – white |
Contours | land mass – black |
Glyphs | wind – scaled arrows (white) |
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Source: | Unisys |
Forecast Type: | deterministic |
Color Map | temperature (every 4) – rainbow |
Contours | convergence (unknown step) – black |
Contours | dewpoint (unknown step) – red-white scheme, includes both bold and non-bold |
Glyphs | wind – scaled arrows (white) |
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Source: | Unisys |
Forecast Type: | deterministic |
Color Map | precipitation (low step, ramps to 1) – rainbow-ish |
Contours | sea level pressure (every 4) – cyan |
Contours | 1000–500 Thickness (unknown step) – yellow, dotted and solid |
Contours | land mass – red |
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Source: | NCEP |
Forecast Type: | ensemble |
Contours | ensemble members – rainbow |
Contours | land mass – brown |
Additional Note: | spaghetti plot, 2 isovalues |
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Source: | NCEP |
Forecast Type: | ensemble |
Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
Color Map | spread of geopotential height (every 10, then every 20) – rainbow-ish |
Texture Map | spread of vorticity (unknown step) – hatch pattern |
Contours | mean geopotential height (unknown step) – black |
Contours | mean vorticity (unknown step) – brown, dashed |
Contours | land mass – black |
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Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
Source: | NCEP |
Forecast Type: | ensemble |
Color Map | spread of winds (ramp to every 5) – rainbow-ish |
Contours | land mass – black |
Glyphs | wind – wind barbs (black) |
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Source: | NCEP (via reproduction by Golden Gate Weather) |
Forecast Type: | deterministic |
Contours | temperature (every 3) – red-blue |
Contours | geopotential height (every 3 [units converts to 30]) – black |
Contours | land mass – brown |
Glyphs | wind – wind barbs (blue/black) |
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Source: | NCEP (via reproduction by Golden Gate Weather) |
Forecast Type: | ensemble |
Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
Color Map | spread of temperature (appx every 1%) – rainbow-ish |
Contours | mean temperature (every 4) – black |
Contours | land mass – black |
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Source: | SPC |
Forecast Type: | ensemble |
Color Map | probability (>=50) – orange-red |
Contours | probability (every 10) – purple |
Contours | mean isocontour (single value) – black, dashed |
Contours | land mass – black |
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Source: | SPC |
Forecast Type: | ensemble |
Color Map | standard deviation (every 5, 10) – rainbow-ish |
Contours | mean relative humidity (every 10) – purple |
Contours | mean isocontour (single value) – black, dashed |
Contours | land mass – black |
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Source: | SPC |
Forecast Type: | ensemble |
Color/Texture Map | max wind (every 5, >= 15) – rainbow-ish, hatch |
Contours | max wind (every 5) – purple |
Contours | land mass – black |
Glyphs | wind – wind barbs (purple) |
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Source: | SPC |
Forecast Type: | ensemble |
Contours | isocontour condition union of members – red, dashed |
Contours | isocontour condition intersection of members – blue, dashed |
Contours | isocontour median of members - dewpoint (20,25,30,35) – grey/green |
Contours | land mass – black |
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Source: | EMC |
Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
Forecast Type: | ensemble |
Color Map | % spread (increase to 10) – rainbow |
Contours | mean relative humidity (every 10) – black |
Contours | land mass – black |
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Source: | EMC |
Forecast Type: | ensemble |
Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
Color Map | % spread (increase to 2) – rainbow |
Contours | mean temperature (every 5) – black |
Contours | land mass – black |
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Source: | EMC |
Forecast Type: | ensemble |
Contours | probability (every 10) – rainbow |
Contours | land mass – black |
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Source: | FNMOC |
Forecast Type: | deterministic |
Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
Color Map | land mass – grey |
Color Map | wind (step 5, >=15) – blue-red |
Streamlines | wind – dark blue/green |
Contours | land mass – black |
Glyphs | wind – wind barbs (red/orange) |
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Source: | FNMOC |
Forecast Type: | deterministic |
Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
Color Map | land mass – grey |
Color Map | rh (70,80,90) – green |
Contours | temperature (step 3) – red-purple (variation on red-blue) |
Contours | land mass – black |
Glyphs | wind – wind barbs (black) |
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Source: | FNMOC |
Forecast Type: | deterministic |
Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
Color Map | land mass – grey |
Color Map | relative vorticity (step 2) – blue-red |
Contours | geopotential heights (step 60) – black |
Contours | land mass – black |
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Source: | FNMOC |
Forecast Type: | deterministic |
Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
Color Map | land mass – grey |
Color Map | rh (50,70,90) – green |
Contours | vertical velocity (0.1 Pa/s) – red-blue |
Contours | geopotential heights (step 30) – brown |
Contours | land mass – black |
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Source: | FNMOC |
Forecast Type: | deterministic |
Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
Color Map | land mass – grey |
Contours | mean sea level pressure (step 0.4 in/hg) – red |
Contours | land mass – black |
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Source: | FNMOC |
Forecast Type: | deterministic |
Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
Color Map | land mass – grey |
Color Map | probability (0,20,30,40,50) – green-red |
Contours | geopotential height (step 120) – black |
Contours | land mass – black |
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Source: | FNMOC |
Forecast Type: | deterministic |
Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
Color Map | temperature-based (step 5) – rainbow |
Contours | land mass – black |
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Source: | FNMOC |
Forecast Type: | deterministic |
Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
Color Map | land mass – grey |
Contours | thickness (528,540,552,564) – red-blue |
Contours | mean sea level pressure (step 4 [units converted to 40]) – yellow |
Contours | land mass – black |
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Source: | FNMOC |
Forecast Type: | deterministic |
Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
Color Map | temperature (step 5) – rainbow |
Contours | land mass – black |
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Source: | FNMOC |
Forecast Type: | deterministic |
Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
Color Map | tropopause pressure (step 5) – rainbow |
Contours | tropopause pressure – red |
Contours | land mass – black |
Additional Note | unclear on how red contours and color map combine for meaningful interpretation |
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Source: | FNMOC |
Forecast Type: | ensemble |
Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
Color Map | land mass – grey |
Color Map | % potential error (ramp to 5) – red-green |
Contours | mean relative humidity (step 10) – black |
Contours | land mass – black |
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Source: | NCAR |
Forecast Type: | deterministic |
Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
Color Map | land mass – grey, blue |
Color Map | wind (increasing step, 30–150 range) – red-yellow |
Contours | geopotential heights (step 12 [units converts to 120]) – black |
Contours | land mass – grey |
Glyphs | wind – wind barbs (black) |
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Source: | NCAR |
Forecast Type: | deterministic |
Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
Color Map | land mass – grey, blue |
Color Map | rh (70,80,90) – green |
Contours | temperature (step 3) – red-blue |
Contours | geopotential heights (step 3 [units converts to 30]) – black |
Contours | land mass – grey |
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Source: | ESRL |
Forecast Type: | deterministic |
Color Map | temperature (step 5) – rainbow |
Contours | geopotential heights (step 3 [units converts to 30]) – black |
Contours | land mass – black |
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Source: | ESRL |
Forecast Type: | ensemble |
Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
Color Map | mean precipitation (ramp 2.5 to 25) – rainbow |
Contours | standard deviation (ramp 2.5 to 5) – black |
Contours | land mass – white |
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Source: | ESRL |
Forecast Type: | ensemble |
Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
Contours | isovalues across ensemble – blue, red |
Contours | control members – yellow, grey |
Contours | CLIM (?) – green |
Contours | land mass – white |
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Source: | ESRL |
Forecast Type: | ensemble |
Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
Color Map | standard deviation (step 10) – rainbow |
Contours | land mass – white |
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Source: | ESRL |
Forecast Type: | ensemble |
Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
Color Map | mean sea level pressure (step 60) – rainbow |
Contours | thickness (isovalues unclear) – green, red |
Contours | land mass – white |