NCEP 250-hPa Wind and Height Analyses and Forecasts

Geographic Region: | Northeast Pacific | North America | U.S. West Coast |

Plot Description: 250-hPa wind barbs with magnitude shaded in knots and heights contoured in geopotential meters from the 0.25° Global Forecast System (GFS) and the 12 km North American Mesoscale Forecast System (NAM) models.

| 250-hPa Winds | 500-hPa Absolute Vorticity | 850-hPa Temperature | 6-hour precipitation | IWV | IVT |

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Forecast Hour:

GFS Loop 0 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 54 60 66 72 78 84 90 96 102 108 114 120 126 132 138 144 150 156 162 168 174 180
NAM Loop 0 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 54 60 66 72 78 84

All model data provided courtesy of NOAA/NCEP.