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 | Time-integrated 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.