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1.International Desk Forecasting Tools - Access
  Operational forecasting loops developed at the WPC International Desks, to aid with the forecasting of quantitative precipitation, severe convection, surface fronts, and other impactful types of weather.
2.The Gálvez-Davison Index (GDI) - Access
  Thermodynamic index developed in 2014 to improve the forecasting of different types of tropical and subtropical convection.
3.Model Analyses and Forecasts
  The Caribbean and Central America
South America
The Atlantic
4.Daily wind charts for streamline analysis - Access
  GFS-Model wind charts used at the International Desks on a daily basis to perform streamline analysis.
5. Quantitative Precipitation Verification Sites - Access
  International Weather Service websites with daily rainfall observations and analysis for QPF verification.


Caribbean and Central America
       00 UTC          06 UTC          12 UTC          18 UTC    
NAM
00 NAM
May 15

-- 12 NAM
May 15 		--
GFS
00 GFS  
May 15

-- 12 GFS
May 15 		--
GFS
Ensembles		 Probability of
Precipitation 		00Z PQPF
May 15
12Z PQPF
May 15
Spaghetti Plots 24-Hour QPF
Observations
  00 UTC 06 UTC 12 UTC 18 UTC
Sfc
West
00 Sfc
May 15

06 Sfc
May 15 		12 Sfc
May 15 		18 Sfc
May 15
Sfc
East
00 Sfc
May 15


06 Sfc
May 15


12 Sfc
May 15


18 Sfc
May 15


GTS Observed 24 Hr Precipitation (color)
 

 

South America
  00 UTC 06 UTC 12 UTC 18 UTC
GFS 00 GFS
May 15 		-- 12 GFS
May 15 		--
GFS
Ensembles		 00 Ensemble Means
May 15
-- 12 Ensemble Means
May 15 		--
Probability of
Precipitation 		00Z PQPF
May 15
12Z PQPF
May 15
24-Hour QPF
CMC
Ensembles
 		00 Ensemble Means
May 15 		-- 12 Ensemble Means
May 15 		--

GTS Observed 24-hr Precipitation (color)
GTS Observed 24-hr Precipitation (b/w)

 

Atlantic
       00 UTC          06 UTC          12 UTC          18 UTC    
GFS 00 GFS
 May 15 		-- 12 GFS
May 15 		--

 
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