Forecast Steps
1. Examine
500MB Wave Patterns
Medium
Range Forecast, MRF: 1-10 Days
ECMWF 6 day SL Pres/500 mb Height Plot. 6 Panels
GFS (select 500Mb and desired times )
Single panels
from IGES (look day by day) (select item #1)
2. Check Relationship
of 850, 700, 500 Mb Winds to Topography
Pressure
sfcs from Unisys (click on "Forecasts" then select model)
GFS & ETA Wind Plots
3. Check 1000-500
Mb Thickness, Sea Level Pressure Charts
AVN single panels
from IGES Select Item #2 on following links)
ETA single panels
from IGES
NGM single
panels from Ohio-State(select item #1)
GFS (get temperature at 850 & 700 Mb)
4. Check Humidity/Stability
Charts
a.
RH between 850 Mb & 500 Mb
AVN 6 Panel Rel Hum/Lift Plot
ETA_rh_4panel
NGM Rel Hum Plot
b.
RH at 850 Mb
GFS & ETA single panels (click on temp at 850 Mb)
(item #4 on following link)
AVN single panels from IGES
5. Check
Precipitation Charts
AVN
6 Panel SL Pres/Prec Plot
ETA SL Pres/Prec Plot
NGM SL Pres/Prec Plot
GFS
SL Prec Chart
Other Forecast Displays
Forecast Charts of Temperature,
Winds, Clouds vs Altitude. Aviation Site(US only)
GFS
Charts of Temperature, Winds, Clouds
vs Altitude
Weather Root Directories (same data-different displays)
Ohio State weather site
Unisys
University
of Washington
NCAR real time
weather data (nice display, good links)
Forecast Models from Different Countries
(for comparison with US model solutions)
ECMWF day SL Pres/500 mb Height Plot
UK MET model
UK MET
model alternate
Canadian
Forecast Models
Canadian Regional Models
Canadian Global Model
Worldwide Forecasts
Unisys
NOGAPS
Model (US Navy)
Forecast Discussions (help from the pros)
Pacific Northwest Forecast Discussions
National Weather Service
Forecast Office, Seattle.
Model Discussion, 3-5 Day
Precipitation Forecast Discussion
CPC
Predictions: 6-10 Day Outlook
CPC Predictions: 8-14 Day Outlook
Weather Service Sites
National Weather
Service web pages (link to all NWS web pages)
National Weather Service
Forecast Office, Seattle
Salt Lake City
Portland
Local Area Forecasts
Pressure Gradient
NW Surface Pressure
Gradients
Short Term Forecasts Models
RUC Short Term RH Forecast
RUC Short Term SL Pres/Prec Forecast
PNW MM5 Short Term Detailed Forecasts
Current Radar and Satellite Analysis
National radar
KING
5 doppler radar (Western Washington)
Pacific
satellite view
Satellite views
for selected western US sites
Satellite IR 4 km
western Pacific
Satellite VIS 1 km
Satellite
time lapse (1) (MPG) (click "animated MPG")
Satellite time lapse (2) (MPG)
Infrared enhanced pacific satellite
view
Infrared pacific satellite view
Regional Temperature/Precipitation/Wind Summaries
Mountain
Weather Observations
Puget Sound Ferry Observations
Regional Weather Observations and Web cams
Turns All Year (select in upper left corner of page)
Washington
DOT road cams
Whistler-Blackcomb cams
St. Helens cam
Methow cam
ski snow cams-washington
Observations/Short Term Forecasting Tools
Atmospheric sounding from Forks, WA
Atmospheric sounding from Spokane, WA
Atmospheric sounding from Salem, OR
Current 850 Mb temperature
Precipitation Forecasts
Fog Thickness
Cloud Base Estimate
Current surface
map
CDC Map Room Weather Products
300 mb jet stream analysis
Current Snowpack Data
Western US snowpack water content
Eastern
Sierra snowpack
Avalanche Links
Canada Avalanche Forecasts
Utah Avalanche Forecast
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