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Bureau of Meteorology - Weather maps and ACCESS Model output

• National and International Charts homepage
• Interactive Weather and Wave Forecast Maps
• MSL Analysis - updated at 00z, 06z, 12z & 18z
• MSL 4-day forecast charts
• Rainfall forecast charts
• MSL Analysis archives - Australian region, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Tropical Asia from 1 December 1999

MESOLAPS, LAPS, GASP, GFS and EC model output from Weatherzone

• Main Menu - navigate to synoptic charts or computer models. Registration is required to view a subset of model output. Weatherzone Silver subscription must be paid for all access (free trial available).

GFS Model Output Australian Charts and Custom Plotter by Brisbane Storm Chasers. Includes a 7 day archive of 6 hourly GFS runs.
• GFS Accumulated precipitation - capital city, state and regional forecasts for Australia
• GFS Storm Forecasts - capital city, state and regional thunderstorm forecasting maps for Australia
• GFS Custom Map Plotter and forecast soundings - for Australia
• GFS Custom Map Plotter and forecast soundings - for United States / Tornado Alley

GFS Model Output Climate, Weather Analyses, Weather Forecasts from NOAA. For an explanation on how to use their custom plotter, click here. The data is available about 6 hours after the model initialisation time. Three servers are listed as each is subject to periodic downtime.

• GFS (AVN) Plotter - User friendly interface for thunderstorm forecasting by Inflow Images.
• GFS (AVN) Forecasts: [Server 1][Server 2][Server 5]
• NOMADS NCEP Data Selection Page: [Server 1][Server 2][Server 5]

Atmospheric Soundings for the Australian region

• Bureau of Meteorology charts - enter "bomw0007" for userid and "aviation" for password.
• BoM Analysis Archives and GFS Forecasts Soundings - by Brisbane Storm Chasers
• BoM Sounding Archives - by Oscilmet (formally Strike One)
• Worldwide archive of soundings and data - from University of Wyoming

Hourly Synoptic Charts for the Australian region - by Laurier Williams of Australian Weather News

• Selection Menu - charts are produced using Digital Atmosphere at hourly and 3-hourly intervals.

Air Resources Laboratory - Vertical Soundings and Meteorological Mapping by READY

• Main index for GFS model - click on the map to position the plot, select "interactive map" from the drop down list, then choose the date/time and variables.

Weather Underground - GFS maps

• Australia - maps out to 15 days forecast available with several variables.

NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis - plot weather charts for any date from 1st January 1948 to date.
• Home Page
• Weather map plotting page - 1st January 1948 to end of previous month
• Weather map plotting page - previous 10 weeks to date (select pgb.ctl)

FNMOC - US Navy Meteorological Site - Forecast charts from the US NOGAPS model.

• [Worldwide Index]
• [Australia/NZ region menu]

University of Wyoming - Forecast charts and loops worldwide from various models including UKMET and GFS

• [Forecast Model Index]
• [GFS Model +00 to +174 hours] - select Australia
• [UKMET Model +00 to +72 hours] - select Australia

World Snow Forecasts - by www.snow-forecast.com

• Weather Map Home Page
• NSW / VIC / TAS: [loops][static maps]
• NE VIC / SE NSW: [loops][static maps]
• Victoria: [loops][static maps]
• Tasmania: [loops][static maps]

Storm Surf Weather Maps - based on GFS and NAM (ETA) models.

• [Main Menu] - Animated weather maps for Australia covered in the Pacific and Indian Ocean links

Weather Maps by COLA - Medium Range Forecast and Analysis charts from the GFS Model

• Forecast Homepage
• Aust and NZ maps
• 500hPa Geopotential Height & Vorticity :
  [Analysis][24 hours][48 hours][72 hours][96 hours][120 hours][144 hours][all hours]
• Sea Level Pressure & 1000-500mb Thickness :
  [Analysis][24 hours][48 hours][72 hours][96 hours][120 hours][144 hours][all hours]
• 700hPa Vertical Velocity & Precipitation:
  [Analysis][24 hours][48 hours][72 hours][96 hours][120 hours][144 hours][all hours]
• 850hPa Temperature, Relative Humidity & Winds:
  [Analysis][24 hours][48 hours][72 hours][96 hours][120 hours][144 hours][all hours]
• 200hPa Streamlines and Isotachs:
  [Analysis][24 Hours][48 Hours][72 Hours][96 Hours][120 hours][144 hours][all hours]
• CAPE, Precipitable Water:
  [Analysis][24 Hours][48 Hours][72 Hours][96 Hours][120 hours][144 hours][all hours]

ECMWF medium-range forecast charts: days 3-10 - updated twice a day at 00z and 12z

• MSL and 850 hPa wind speed, or 500 hPa geopotential - select 850 hPa or 500 hPa, then Australia from the menu at left

Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Charts - from NOAA

• Current map - anomaly charts available back to 1996

Australian Region GMS-5 Satellite Derived Winds and Analyses - by the University of Wisconsin CIMSS.

• Australian Selection Panel - for Mid-Upper Level Water Vapour Winds, Low-Mid Level Infrared Winds, Low Level Visible Winds, Wind Shear and Upper Level Divergence

Climate and Weather Monitoring from Satellites Data Selector - by NASA/MFSC GHCC

• Selection Panel - for Lower Troposphere Temperature, Middle Troposphere Temperature, Lower Stratosphere Temperature and Cyclone Activity

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Document: ozcharts.htm Updated: 19 October 2010

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