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Model Guidance

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

October 09


-- 12 NAM
October 09
--
GFS
00 GFS  

October 09


-- 12 GFS
October 09
--
GFS
Ensembles
Probability of
Precipitation
00Z PQPF
October 09
12Z PQPF
October 09
Spaghetti Plots 24-Hour QPF
Observations
  00 UTC 06 UTC 12 UTC 18 UTC
Sfc
West

00 Sfc

October 09


06 Sfc
October 09
12 Sfc
October 09
18 Sfc
October 09
Sfc
East

00 Sfc
October 09



06 Sfc

October 09



12 Sfc

October 09



18 Sfc

October 09



GTS Observed 24 Hr Precipitation (color)
 

 

South America
  00 UTC 06 UTC 12 UTC 18 UTC
GFS 00 GFS
October 09
-- 12 GFS
October 09
--
GFS
Ensembles
00 Ensemble Means
October 09

-- 12 Ensemble Means
October 09
--
Probability of
Precipitation
00Z PQPF
October 09
12Z PQPF
October 09
24-Hour QPF
CMC
Ensembles
00 Ensemble Means
October 09
-- 12 Ensemble Means
October 09
--

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
October 09
-- 12 GFS
October 09
--

 


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