Product Analyst's Guide
What
1) 2) 3) 4a) 4b) 5) 6) 7) 8a) 8b) 9) 10) 11) 12) Human Impact 500mb heights 250mb Isotachs 500mb height and absolute vorticity Sea-level pressure Surface Maps and Radar Surface Maps 850mb Chart Surface Obs Surface Obs Surface Obs #9 is optional Regional Surface Regional Radar Local Radar
Model/Source
optional GFS thinned GFS thinned ETA 212 ETA 212 Univ. of WY HPC: optional RUC II RUC II GARP MesoWest HPC NCAR-RAP NWS
Details
Pictures, stories, etc. of your choice (set time to "analysis only") contour every 20 knots > 70knots use 500mb macro, select "hght_vort" select "MSL_pres"
http://weather.uwyo.edu/surface/front.html http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/sfc2.shtml
When
last 24 hrs last 24 hrs last 24 hrs last 24 hrs last 24 hrs
Domain (Area)
Overlay
Program
WWW GARP GARP GARP GARP WWW
Northern Hemisphere N North America Y - WV Satellite US: CONUS Y- IR Satellite US: CONUS US US or Regional US or Regional Regional Regional Regional to Local Regional Regional Local Toggle with 4a
use 850mb macro, select "hght_temp" under "HAS" menu select "MSLP"
select "multicolor" and time to matching "closest"
http://www.met.utah.edu/mesowest/ (select Vermont and Surface Data Plot) http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/sfc/namnesfcwbg.gif http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/radar/ http://www.erh.noaa.gov/radar/national.html
last 6-24 h last 6-12 h last 6-12 h current current last 3-6 h last 2 h
WWW N GARP Y-Toggle with 8a GARP Y-IR and/or VIS Sat GARP WWW WWW WWW WWW
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