Map Discussion Links:
Ocean Prediction Center
CPC Global Temperature Time Series
CPC Global Precipitation Time Series
CPC's Gridded Seasonal Verifications
CIRA Blended Total Precipitable Water (5-d loop)
CIRA Blended Total Precipitable Water (30-d loop)
Remote Sensing Systems Satellite Data
Remote Sensing Systems Scatterometer Data
SSMI/AMSRE-derived Total Precipitable Water--Global
CPC: MJO ENSO AO NAO PNA
ESRL Climate Analysis Branch
Ryan Maue's Home Page
HPC North American Model Data
DEAS Weather Data page
DEAS Surface and Upper-air Observations
PV on 315-K surface (University of Reading)
Matt Greenstein's model page
Jay Cordeira's home page
Heather Archambault's GFS Analyses
Alicia Bentley's real-time isentropic charts
OU's real-time isentropic charts
COD's real-time isentropic charts
NWS Difax charts
Tom Galarneau's QG diagnostics page
Hazard Mapping System Fire and Smoke Product
HPC's Archived Surface Maps (Dan Peterson)
NCEP Model Analyses and Guidance
Penn State e-Wall: The Electronic Map Wall
Canadian Met Center Operational Analyses
NASA Worldview (powered by LANCE!)
Ensemble and Deterministic Forecasting:
Use of NCEP ensemble products in medium-range forecasting
NOAA/NCEP/HPC ensemble training page
NCEP GEFS ensemble products (click for old link)
NCEP SREF ensemble products (click for old link)
NCEP Spaghetti and other experimental products
NCEP/EMC cyclogenesis tracking page
UAlbany GEFS ensemble forecast maps page
Bill Bua's Ensemble Prediction Webcast
PSU-NWS eyewall collaborative website
PSU-NWS GEFS archive (bias-corrected)
Ensemble Forecasting (Wikipedia)
ECMWF ensemble prediction system
Mike Bodner's NCEP Experimental Standardized Anomaly Page
Rich Grumm's ensemble forecast products
Penn State e-Wall: Medium-Range Ensemble page
Penn State e-Wall: SREF page
GFS Model and Ensemble Forecasts & Archives (from PSU)
NCEP model suite documentation
Real-time GFS / NAM analysis performance metrics (click for background info)
http://www.meted.ucar.edu/resource_modlist.php
http://www.meted.ucar.edu/nwp/pcu1/ensemble/
http://www.meted.ucar.edu/nwp/pcu2/ens_matrix/
Dual-Polarization Radar Topics:
Discussion of dual-polarization basics (T. Schlatter, Weatherwise)
Technical training on WSR-88D radar (NWS/WDTB)
Technical training specific to WSR-88D dual-polarization radar products (NWS/WDTB)
"Storm of the Month" webinars (NWS/WDTB)
Status of WSR-88D dual-polarization upgrade
Severe Weather Links:
15 April 2011 Mesoscale Bands in Northern AL
27-28 April 2011 Severe Weather Outbreak
11-29 April 2011 Heavy Rains & Flooding
22 May 2011 Joplin, MO Tornado
1-3 March 2012 Severe Weather Outbreak
U.S. Tornado Environment Browser (SPC)
Recent Items of Interest (new for Spring 2013):
9 November 2012: "Weather Forecasts Slowly Clearing Up" (R. Kerr, Science Magazine)
28 November 2012: A West Coast atmospheric river and heavy precip ('Map' thread)
9 December 2012: Midwest cyclone GFS d(prog)/dt charts (from K. Griffin)
--MSLP/6hr precip: 1200 UTC 9 Dec | 0000 UTC 10 Dec
--500 hPa vort: 1200 UTC 9 Dec | 0000 UTC 10 Dec
--precipitable water: 1200 UTC 9 Dec | 0000 UTC 10 Dec
--850 hPa temp/mixing ratio: 1200 UTC 9 Dec | 0000 UTC 10 Dec
--DT pressure: 1200 UTC 9 Dec | 0000 UTC 10 Dec
--MSLP/thickness/250 hPa wind speed: 1200 UTC 9 Dec | 0000 UTC 10 Dec
26 December 2012: Ensemble bust in the west ('Map' thread)
--Related GFS d(prog)/dt charts (verifying 1200 UTC 26 Dec 12, from K. Griffin)
---500 hPa vort
---DT pressure
---MSLP/thickness/250 hPa wind speed
15 January 2013: Ship smoke plume tracks (CIMSS/SSEC)
15 January 2013: Global tropical cyclone tracks (Wikimedia)
18 January 2013: Hottest day in Sydney's history ('Map' thread)
25 January 2013: Weekly map discussion synopsis ('Map' thread)
1 February 2013: Weekly map discussion synopsis ('Map' thread)
4 February 2013: Prof. Bosart's NH winter update ('Map' thread)
4 February 2013: Climatology of minimum MSLP (Ryan Maue) ('Map' thread)
8 February 2013: The Blizzard of 2013 (discussion and various images)
12 February 2013: NHC report on Hurricane Sandy
22 February 2013: Weekly map discussion synopsis ('Map' thread)
26 February 2013: "When the Butterfly Effect Took Flight" (P. Dizikes, MIT Technology Review)
28 February 2013: A fairly comprehensive collection of forecast skill metrics (Centre for Austrailian Weather and Climate Research)
1 March 2013: An overview of drylines (T. Schlatter, Weatherwise)
1 March 2013: Weekly map discussion synopsis ('Map' thread)
6 March 2013: Heavy Snow Forecast Bust for DC ('Map' thread)
6 March 2013: DC "Snowquester" Bust (Washington Post)
10 March 2013: ECMWF versus NCEP models (NBC News video)
15 March 2013: Weekly map discussion synopsis ('Map' thread)
26 March 2013: QG Diagnostics of the 6-8 March 2013 Cyclone (courtesy Tom Galarneau)
26 March 2013: Composite cross section of potential temperature (Jan 1964-2013 along 80W; source: NOAA/ESRL/PSD)
26 March 2013: Snowpack and cumulus over the Midwest: Visible Satellite - Surface Observations
5 April 2013: Weekly map discussion synopsis ('Map' thread)
8 April 2013: El Reno, OK tornado of 24 May 2011: Direct hit on a mesonet station ('Map' thread)
--Postscript: Mesonet station encounters with tornadoes on 7 Nov 2011 ('Map' thread)
15 April 2013: Intense mesoscale snowband in Colorado (UCAR/RAL)
26 April 2013: Weekly map discussion synopsis ('Map' thread)
2 May 2013: "Chaos at Fifty" (A. Motter and D. Campbell, Physics Today)
3 May 2013: Deformation and QG Forcing for Vertical Motion (Jaymes Kenyon)
7 Jun 2013: El Reno, OK EF-5 tornado of 31 May 2013 ('Map' postings)
Older Items of Interest (from Spring 2012):
17-19 January 2012: West Coast Heavy Rain Event
19 January 2012: Terrain-induced gravity waves
19 January 2012: Impressive baroclinicity
19 January 2012: Downsloping along eastern foothills of Rockies
19 January 2012: Mesoscale thermal boundaries over Pacific Northwest
24 January 2012: Definition of threat score and bias (from HPC)
24 January 2012: SPC Storm Reports (1200 UTC 22 Jan - 1159 UTC 23 Jan)
24 January 2012: Soundings (22 - 23 Jan): SHV - LZK - JAN - DRT
24 January 2012: Impressive air mass boundary in TX
24 January 2012: West Coast Heavy Rainfall EFIs:
00 UTC 18 Jan - 00 UTC 19 Jan - 00 UTC 19 Jan - 00 UTC 20 Jan
24 January 2012: 7-day Precip - 60-day Precip Anomaly (NWS Western Region)
31 January 2012: GFS 250 hPa Height Forecast & Ensemble Spread (courtesy of Heather Archambault)
31 January 2012: GFS MSLP Forecast & Ensemble Spread (courtesy of Heather Archambault)
31 January 2012: 1060-hPa Anticyclone & Climate Change (Rich Grumm)
31 January 2012: 1060-hPa Anticyclone & Climate Change (Kyle Griffin)
2 February 2012: Major Changes in Alaska
2 February 2012: Shallow inversion over Fairbanks, AK
2 February 2012: Svalbard, Norawy Backward Trajectory (00 UTC 27 Jan)
2 February 2012: Svalbard, Norawy Backward Trajectory (12 UTC 30 Jan)
2 February 2012: Amplifying 500-hPa trough
3 February 2012: Subsidence near Hawaii; Diurnal convection over Mexico
3 February 2012: Elevated (Kansas) vs. surface-based (Texas) convection
3 February 2012: Soundings (00 UTC 3 Feb) DDC - FWD
7 February 2012: NCEP 250-hPa Forecast (132-h) vs. Analysis (12 UTC 3 Feb)
9 February 2012: UKMET Office Probabilistic Forecasting Experiment
16 February 2012: GEFS 500-hPa Height/Vorticity/Spread (12 UTC 15 Feb)
16 February 2012: GEFS 500-hPa Spaghetti Plots: 522/564 dam (12 UTC 15 Feb)
16 February 2012: GEFS 500-hPa Spaghetti Plots: 534/576 dam (12 UTC 15 Feb)
16 February 2012: GEFS 500-hPa Spaghetti Plots: 540/582 dam (12 UTC 15 Feb)
23 February 2012: Butterfly Effect & Chaos Theory (published by MIT)
10 April 2012: Increasing NOAA's Computational Capacity (Hamill et al., 2010)
