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  Current Deep Thunder Forecast for New York

Temperature and Winds at 1 km between Data Points
 


Description

This animation is a visualization of the Deep Thunder forecast for the highest-resolution nest at 1 km resolution focused on New York City.  Each time step corresponds to 10 minutes of forecast time.  They show the local terrain as a shaded surface that is colored by contour bands of temperature (degrees Fahrenheit), following the scale to the upper right.  During windy winter days, contour bands of wind chill temperature will be shown instead.  Wind chill is an apparent temperature due to effect of wind on the skin.  On colder days, a thick light blue line will mark the location of the freezing point of water.

During humid summer days, contour bands of heat index temperature will be shown instead.  Heat index is an apparent temperature due to the effect of humidity.

The terrain is overlaid with maps of coastlines and county boundaries in dark gray and major roads in light gray.  Individual landmarks and cities are shown by name with the predicted temperature for that time step.  The map is also overlaid with arrows corresponding to predicted winds.  The arrows point in the direction of the wind and are colored by speed following the scale to the lower right.


Instructions

An animation (compressed as an MPEG-1 video) is shown above with 10 minutes of forecast time between each frame.  Depending on your connection speed and that of your computer, the animation may take a few minutes to load and decompress in your browser.  The progress of that process is shown until it is completed.  When it is completed, the animation will play.  There are VCR-like controls under the animation to enable you to stop playback, play forward or backward, or step through the frames one at a time.  If you are having problems viewing or interacting with this animation, make sure your browser has Java and Javascript enabled.  If you are still having difficulty, you can download the mpeg file directly.
 


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Recent High-Resolution Local Satellite Observations
 

Learn More about Deep Thunder
 

Learn More about how Deep Thunder Visualizes the Data Generated by the Weather Model
 

Current Weather Information and Predictions for New York City (from the National Weather Service)
 

Current Model Results from the National Weather Service
 

Recent High-Resolution Local Radar Observations
 

Evaluation of Recent Forecasts


 

  
 
  

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