Medium Range Forecasts for the Tropics

Forecasts issued by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (model documentation) are presented as individual images, or grouped together in two formats: a set of five panels showing all fields for each 12 hour interval from 0 (analysis) to 120 hours, or a series of panels showing the evolution in time of a given field.

See Image Titles for Initial and Valid Times

Interpretation Guide

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Weather Map Images Time: Analysis Day 0.5
12 Hours
Day 1
24 Hours
Day 1.5
36 Hours
Day 2
48 Hours
Day 2.5
60 Hours
Day 3
72 Hours
Day 4
96 Hours
Day 5
120 Hours
Fields:   All
Fields
All
Fields
All
Fields
All
Fields
All
Fields
All
Fields
All
Fields
All
Fields
All
Fields
850mb Heights, Streamlines,
Divergence, & Isotachs
All
Times
200mb Heights, Streamlines,
Divergence, & Isotachs
All
Times
Sea Surface Temperature
& 2-meter Air Temperature
All
Times
Precipitable Water
All
Times
700mb Vertical Velocity
or Precipitation
All
Times