Forecast Models

[Peter Wharton]

Would someone be able to post useful links for the various forecast models, e.g. GFS, ETA, NAM etc which are referred to in the current Target forecast/talk for 20/4?

Thanks,
Peter

[William Scheftic]

There are a ton of sites that carry this information, just a few of the popular sites below.

Rap UCAR (http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/model/)

NCEP Central Operations (http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/analysis/)

Wyoming (http://weather.uwyo.edu/models/)

Utah (http://www.met.utah.edu:8080/wwwmet_new/wx/)

College of Dupage (http://weather.cod.edu/forecast/)

Unisys (http://weather.unisys.com/)

Plymouth State (http://vortex.plymouth.edu/grb-comp2.html)

Penn State e-wall (http://www.meteo.psu.edu/%7Egadomski/ewall.html)

edited: these two below also contain very useful information, and a good site for viewing the AFWA MM5

Air Resources Laboratory (ARL) Forecast Model Animations (http://www.arl.noaa.gov/ready/animations.html)

ARL Model Forecast products, great for point locations (i.e. soundings) (http://www.arl.noaa.gov/ready/cmet.html)

[Peter Wharton]

Thanks, William - have loaded these links, and will peruse with great interest - will allow me (hopefully) to follow the forecast discussions - cheers, Peter :D

[Oscar van der Velde]

Varous severe weather parameters, based on NCEP GFS 0.5 degree grid:

North America (http://www.lightningwizard.com/maps/usa.html)
Europe (http://www.lightningwizard.com/maps/)

[Dan Cook]

Looks nice. :D