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UK Met Office Exeter

MSLP CHARTS FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC

Analysis
24-hour forecast
36-hour forecast
48-hour forecast
60-hour forecast
72-hour forecast
96-hour forecast
120-hour forecast

Output from the UK Met Office Unified Model

Wetterzentrale Site
The MSLP output includes the 500-hPa field (colour shading), and the key 1000/500-hPa thickness isopleths (eg 510 dam, 528 dam, 546 dam, 564 dam, and 582 dam).
  MSLP:T+0, T+12, T+24, T+36, T+48, T+60, T+72, T+96, T+120, 3-Day-Panel,
  850-hPa temperature:T+0, T+24, T+48

Meteocentre Site
Two sets of charts are available, MSLP isobaric output (4-mb spacing) plus 500-hPa contours and the key total thickness of the 1000/500-hPa layer (in the standard colours used by the Met Office (Brown - 510 dam, Blue - 528 dam, Green - 546 dam, Red - 564 dam, Purple - 582 dam). The Models Menu page on the site provides a wide choice of presentations. The links below are a selection of the pages available. Products are available separately from the last two runs of the model (based on 0000 GMT and 1200 GMT data). The looped sequence interface allows the viewer several options including the selection of specific frames.

MSLP, 500-hPa and the 1000/500-hPa total thickness
  - Looped sequences (T+0 to T+72 in 6-hour steps):00 GMT Run, 12 GMT Run
  - Six-panel format (T+12 to T+72 in 12-hour steps): 00 GMT Run, 12 GMT Run

Individual frames at 6-hour intervals MSLP+500hPa+Thickness:
   00 GMT run:T+0, T+6, T+12, T+18, T+24, T+30, T+36, T+42, T+48, T+60, T+72
  12 GMT run:T+0, T+6, T+12, T+18, T+24, T+30, T+36, T+42, T+48, T+60, T+72


Fleet Numerical Meteorology & Oceanography Center, Monterey (US)
Links to latest computer products from the US MRF, AVN and the Navy NOGAPS models
Links to Tropical Storm information world-wide, ensemble forecasts, gale forecasts etc etc
Site easy to navigate with clear menus - number of products available must be in the hundreds

US computer products (MRF, AVN and NOGAPS), satellite imagery, tropical cyclone information, and more

    Go to the FNOC public access site


Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology University of Cologne
(This site has many links to current weather - plotted charts and links to other related products)
    
Index page
Chart selection
Daytime max
Night-time min


Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)
(Analyses and model output based on the 0000 UTC run except for the 30-hour forecast which is based on the 1800 UTC model run)

Surface Analysis for 00Z (with plotted observations) and a Surface Prognosis for 12Z the following day

The following two charts via the Free University of Berlin are the only two charts available on the Internet from the DWD (updated charts do not usually appear until after 9am UK time). Charts (see below) other than the surface analysis for which links are available are copies of the charts broadcast by the DWD on its radio-facsimile broadcast.

       Surface Analysis for 00:00 UTC         T+36 Surface Prognosis VT 12:00 UTC tomorrow

The DWD disseminates additional model output and manually adjusted prognoses for the North Atlantic area and Europe on its radio-facsimile broadcast. Also included on the broadcast are charts of output (out to T+72) from the DWD Global Model, again for much of the North Atlantic and Europe, but in a four-up presentation. The Observatori Meteorològic de Sort makes many of these products available on the Web in GIF format. It is noted that only products out to T+72 are available (the T+96 prognosis on the broadcast is only provided for the marine community within the context of the Convention for Safety of Life at Sea and cannot be made available to third parties). It is noted that the quality of the products depends on reception of the radio broadcast and therefore the quality of the charts can vary considerably from day to day.

  Note that for ease of access, this server grabs several of the products from the Observatori Meteorològic de Sort site and zips them into two zipped files (see below).

Analyses and forecast charts (forecaster adjusted model products)
    - based on 00Z data (note that the 30-hr forecast is based on 18Z model output)

Surface Analysis (00Z)         30-hour forecast (VT 00Z)
48-hour forecast (VT 00Z)    72-hour forecast (VT 00Z)

Global Model output in 4-up format

H=Contour lines of geopotential height (gpdam), T=Isotherms (°C)
P=MSL pressure (hPa) U=Relative Humidity (%)

T+12/T+24 : 500hPa (H+T)/Surface (P)    T+36/T+48 : 500hPa (H+T)/Surface (P)     T+60/T+72 : 500hPa (H+T)/Surface (P)
T+12/T+24 : 850hPa (T)/700hPa (U)        T+36/T+48 : 850hPa (T)/700hPa (U)        T+60/T+72 : 850hPa (T)/700hPa (U)


ECMWF model
(European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasting, based in United Kingdom)
- run on 1200 GMT data only

ECMWF:
   Menu to various chart displays direct from the ECMWF, UK

Index to ECMWF charts available on the Unisys site
   Surface Pressure & 500 hPa Heights Index    4-Panel (T+3 to T+6 days),   3 day,  4 day,  5 day,  6 day

ECMWF charts available on the INFOMET site (Spain)
   Surface Pressure & 500 hPa Heights   T+0,    6-Panel (T+1 to T+6 days)
   850 hPa Temperatures T+0,    6-Panel (T+1 to T+6 days)


NCEP (National Center for Environmental Prediction, United States) AVN MODEL output for the European sector

AVN Run: 6-Panel presentation of Various Fields, T+12 to T+72 hours
Saving the chart and converting to a negative of the original may make the charts easier to understand.
Charts are based on 0000 and 1200 GMT data. The links below are to the Unisys Corp., USA).
Click on Info for information re the charts being accessed

    Surface Pressure, 1000-500-hPa Thickness & Precipitation (via Unisys Corp., USA) Info.

    850 hPa height, winds & temperatures (via Unisys Corp., USA) Info.

    700 hPa Heights, Winds & Vertical Velocity (via Unisys Corp., USA) Info.

    500 hPa Heights, Winds & Absolute Vorticity (via Unisys Corp., USA) Info.

    300 hPa Heights & Winds (via Unisys Corp., USA) Info.

    Integrated 850-500 hPa Relative Humidity (via Unisys Corp., USA) Info.


More links to forecasts from various sites
(This site has many links to current weather - plotted charts and links to other related products)

    Models page of the UK Weather Information site - links to sites with charts (analyses and forecasts)


This page updated on 20th June 2004. The links are provided 'as is' with no guarantee that they provide the latest information. Also please respect the copyright of the various products which may require that products can be accessed but not downloaded and placed on another site. If you are sailing you should always ensure that you access the official information provided by the various Meteorological Services. E-mails (replace # with @) to: tempusfugit#zetnet.co.uk.