Meteorological Convention Sources
Third Party Sources
| Organization | links |
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| ECMWF | http://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/charts/catalogue |
| MeteoCenter | http://www.meteocenter.eu/ |
| Unisys | http://weather.unisys.com/ |
| NCEP (NOAA) |
http://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/ |
| SPC (NOAA / NWS) |
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/sref/ |
| EMC (NOAA / NCEP) |
http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/SREF/SREF.html |
| FNMOC | https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/wxmap_cgi/index.html?tab=global#global |
| NCAR / UCAR | http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/model/index.php?model=eta |
| ESRL (NOAA) |
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/map/wx/short.shtml http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/map/images/ens/ens.html |
Coded Examples
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| Source: | ECMWF |
| Forecast Type: | deterministic |
| Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
| Color Map | land mass – beige |
| Color Map | wind speed (every 5) – yellow-green |
| Contours | mean sea level pressure (every 5 [units converts to 50]) – black |
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| Source: | ECMWF |
| Forecast Type: | deterministic |
| Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
| Color Map | temperature (every 4) – rainbow |
| Contours | geopotential heights (every 12 [units converts to 120]) – blue |
| Contours | land mass – brown |
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| Source: | ECMWF |
| Forecast Type: | ensemble & deterministic |
| Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
| Color Map | standard deviation (increasing step size) – greens and pinks, primarily |
| Contours | temperature (every 4 [units converts to 40]) – red and blue |
| Color Map | land mass – beige and blue |
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| Source: | MeteoCenter |
| Forecast Type: | deterministic |
| Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
| Color Map | temperature (every 1) – rainbow |
| Contours | temperature (every 5) – white |
| Contours | land mass – black |
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| Source: | MeteoCenter |
| Forecast Type: | deterministic |
| Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
| Contours | land mass – white |
| Glyphs | wind – wind barbs (rainbow) |
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| Source: | NCEP (via reproduction by CNFRC) |
| Forecast Type: | deterministic |
| Color Map | precipitation (every 0.5) – yellow-green |
| Contours | geopotential heights (every 6 [units converts to 60]) – black |
| Contours | land mass – brown |
| Glyphs | wind – wind barbs (blue/black) |
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| Source: | NCEP (via reproduction by CNFRC) |
| Forecast Type: | deterministic |
| Color Map | wind (every 20) – blue-purple |
| Contours | wind (every 20) – blue |
| Contours | geopotential heights (every 12 [units converts to 120]) – black |
| Contours | land mass – brown |
| Glyphs | wind – wind barbs (blue/black) |
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| Source: | Unisys |
| Forecast Type: | deterministic |
| Color Map | temperature (every 2) – rainbow |
| Contours | geopotential heights (can’t read step) – white |
| Contours | land mass – black |
| Glyphs | wind – scaled arrows (white) |
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| Source: | Unisys |
| Forecast Type: | deterministic |
| Color Map | temperature (every 4) – rainbow |
| Contours | convergence (unknown step) – black |
| Contours | dewpoint (unknown step) – red-white scheme, includes both bold and non-bold |
| Glyphs | wind – scaled arrows (white) |
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| Source: | Unisys |
| Forecast Type: | deterministic |
| Color Map | precipitation (low step, ramps to 1) – rainbow-ish |
| Contours | sea level pressure (every 4) – cyan |
| Contours | 1000–500 Thickness (unknown step) – yellow, dotted and solid |
| Contours | land mass – red |
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| Source: | NCEP |
| Forecast Type: | ensemble |
| Contours | ensemble members – rainbow |
| Contours | land mass – brown |
| Additional Note: | spaghetti plot, 2 isovalues |
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| Source: | NCEP |
| Forecast Type: | ensemble |
| Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
| Color Map | spread of geopotential height (every 10, then every 20) – rainbow-ish |
| Texture Map | spread of vorticity (unknown step) – hatch pattern |
| Contours | mean geopotential height (unknown step) – black |
| Contours | mean vorticity (unknown step) – brown, dashed |
| Contours | land mass – black |
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| Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
| Source: | NCEP |
| Forecast Type: | ensemble |
| Color Map | spread of winds (ramp to every 5) – rainbow-ish |
| Contours | land mass – black |
| Glyphs | wind – wind barbs (black) |
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| Source: | NCEP (via reproduction by Golden Gate Weather) |
| Forecast Type: | deterministic |
| Contours | temperature (every 3) – red-blue |
| Contours | geopotential height (every 3 [units converts to 30]) – black |
| Contours | land mass – brown |
| Glyphs | wind – wind barbs (blue/black) |
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| Source: | NCEP (via reproduction by Golden Gate Weather) |
| Forecast Type: | ensemble |
| Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
| Color Map | spread of temperature (appx every 1%) – rainbow-ish |
| Contours | mean temperature (every 4) – black |
| Contours | land mass – black |
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| Source: | SPC |
| Forecast Type: | ensemble |
| Color Map | probability (>=50) – orange-red |
| Contours | probability (every 10) – purple |
| Contours | mean isocontour (single value) – black, dashed |
| Contours | land mass – black |
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| Source: | SPC |
| Forecast Type: | ensemble |
| Color Map | standard deviation (every 5, 10) – rainbow-ish |
| Contours | mean relative humidity (every 10) – purple |
| Contours | mean isocontour (single value) – black, dashed |
| Contours | land mass – black |
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| Source: | SPC |
| Forecast Type: | ensemble |
| Color/Texture Map | max wind (every 5, >= 15) – rainbow-ish, hatch |
| Contours | max wind (every 5) – purple |
| Contours | land mass – black |
| Glyphs | wind – wind barbs (purple) |
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| Source: | SPC |
| Forecast Type: | ensemble |
| Contours | isocontour condition union of members – red, dashed |
| Contours | isocontour condition intersection of members – blue, dashed |
| Contours | isocontour median of members - dewpoint (20,25,30,35) – grey/green |
| Contours | land mass – black |
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| Source: | EMC |
| Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
| Forecast Type: | ensemble |
| Color Map | % spread (increase to 10) – rainbow |
| Contours | mean relative humidity (every 10) – black |
| Contours | land mass – black |
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| Source: | EMC |
| Forecast Type: | ensemble |
| Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
| Color Map | % spread (increase to 2) – rainbow |
| Contours | mean temperature (every 5) – black |
| Contours | land mass – black |
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| Source: | EMC |
| Forecast Type: | ensemble |
| Contours | probability (every 10) – rainbow |
| Contours | land mass – black |
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| Source: | FNMOC |
| Forecast Type: | deterministic |
| Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
| Color Map | land mass – grey |
| Color Map | wind (step 5, >=15) – blue-red |
| Streamlines | wind – dark blue/green |
| Contours | land mass – black |
| Glyphs | wind – wind barbs (red/orange) |
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| Source: | FNMOC |
| Forecast Type: | deterministic |
| Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
| Color Map | land mass – grey |
| Color Map | rh (70,80,90) – green |
| Contours | temperature (step 3) – red-purple (variation on red-blue) |
| Contours | land mass – black |
| Glyphs | wind – wind barbs (black) |
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| Source: | FNMOC |
| Forecast Type: | deterministic |
| Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
| Color Map | land mass – grey |
| Color Map | relative vorticity (step 2) – blue-red |
| Contours | geopotential heights (step 60) – black |
| Contours | land mass – black |
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| Source: | FNMOC |
| Forecast Type: | deterministic |
| Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
| Color Map | land mass – grey |
| Color Map | rh (50,70,90) – green |
| Contours | vertical velocity (0.1 Pa/s) – red-blue |
| Contours | geopotential heights (step 30) – brown |
| Contours | land mass – black |
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| Source: | FNMOC |
| Forecast Type: | deterministic |
| Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
| Color Map | land mass – grey |
| Contours | mean sea level pressure (step 0.4 in/hg) – red |
| Contours | land mass – black |
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| Source: | FNMOC |
| Forecast Type: | deterministic |
| Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
| Color Map | land mass – grey |
| Color Map | probability (0,20,30,40,50) – green-red |
| Contours | geopotential height (step 120) – black |
| Contours | land mass – black |
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| Source: | FNMOC |
| Forecast Type: | deterministic |
| Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
| Color Map | temperature-based (step 5) – rainbow |
| Contours | land mass – black |
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| Source: | FNMOC |
| Forecast Type: | deterministic |
| Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
| Color Map | land mass – grey |
| Contours | thickness (528,540,552,564) – red-blue |
| Contours | mean sea level pressure (step 4 [units converted to 40]) – yellow |
| Contours | land mass – black |
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| Source: | FNMOC |
| Forecast Type: | deterministic |
| Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
| Color Map | temperature (step 5) – rainbow |
| Contours | land mass – black |
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| Source: | FNMOC |
| Forecast Type: | deterministic |
| Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
| Color Map | tropopause pressure (step 5) – rainbow |
| Contours | tropopause pressure – red |
| Contours | land mass – black |
| Additional Note | unclear on how red contours and color map combine for meaningful interpretation |
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| Source: | FNMOC |
| Forecast Type: | ensemble |
| Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
| Color Map | land mass – grey |
| Color Map | % potential error (ramp to 5) – red-green |
| Contours | mean relative humidity (step 10) – black |
| Contours | land mass – black |
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| Source: | NCAR |
| Forecast Type: | deterministic |
| Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
| Color Map | land mass – grey, blue |
| Color Map | wind (increasing step, 30–150 range) – red-yellow |
| Contours | geopotential heights (step 12 [units converts to 120]) – black |
| Contours | land mass – grey |
| Glyphs | wind – wind barbs (black) |
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| Source: | NCAR |
| Forecast Type: | deterministic |
| Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
| Color Map | land mass – grey, blue |
| Color Map | rh (70,80,90) – green |
| Contours | temperature (step 3) – red-blue |
| Contours | geopotential heights (step 3 [units converts to 30]) – black |
| Contours | land mass – grey |
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| Source: | ESRL |
| Forecast Type: | deterministic |
| Color Map | temperature (step 5) – rainbow |
| Contours | geopotential heights (step 3 [units converts to 30]) – black |
| Contours | land mass – black |
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| Source: | ESRL |
| Forecast Type: | ensemble |
| Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
| Color Map | mean precipitation (ramp 2.5 to 25) – rainbow |
| Contours | standard deviation (ramp 2.5 to 5) – black |
| Contours | land mass – white |
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| Source: | ESRL |
| Forecast Type: | ensemble |
| Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
| Contours | isovalues across ensemble – blue, red |
| Contours | control members – yellow, grey |
| Contours | CLIM (?) – green |
| Contours | land mass – white |
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| Source: | ESRL |
| Forecast Type: | ensemble |
| Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
| Color Map | standard deviation (step 10) – rainbow |
| Contours | land mass – white |
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| Source: | ESRL |
| Forecast Type: | ensemble |
| Lines: | projected lat/long grid |
| Color Map | mean sea level pressure (step 60) – rainbow |
| Contours | thickness (isovalues unclear) – green, red |
| Contours | land mass – white |