Welcome to the 452 Weather Diagnostics Page


The following links have been created by students in the Fall 2016 - 452 Lab
using the most recent 12 UTC GFS model run.


Each diagnostic (rows) is calculated at a variety of forecast hours (F00, F12, F24, F36, F48, F60, F72).
Please scroll over each variable for a description.

0-h Forecast
12-h Forecast
24-h Forecast
36-h Forecast
48-h Forecast
60-h Forecast
72-h Forecast
300 mb Jet, Divergence
F00
F12
F24
F36
F48
F60
F72
500 mb PVA by the Thermal Wind
F00
F12
F24
F36
F48
F60
F72
500-900 mb Diff. Vort. Adv.
F00
F12
F24
F36
F48
F60
F72
700 Hght, Temp, Omega
F00
F12
F24
F36
F48
F60
F72
600-800 mb Q-vector Conv.
F00
F12
F24
F36
F48
F60
F72
850 mb Neg. Lap. of Temp. Adv.
F00
F12
F24
F36
F48
F60
F72
700 mb Frontogenesis
F00
F12
F24
F36
F48
F60
F72
Surface Pressure/1000-500 Thickness
F00
F12
F24
F36
F48
F60
F72
950-500 mb RH and Stability
F00
F12
F24
F36
F48
F60
F72




If there is something you would like to see added to this page, please email Melissa, mbreeden@wisc.edu.