Antarctic Numerical Weather Prediction

Presented by Polar Meteorology Group, Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 43210-1002. It also serves as a backup for The Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS), that is supported by the National Science Foundation. This model uses the Polar WRF. Any comments or questions about real-time numerical weather prediction for Antarctica, please e-mail to Dr. Bromwich.

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00Z Forecast Last Processing Time: 05/18/2013 15:48 UTC
Model forecast is current

12Z Forecast Last Processing Time: 05/18/2013 03:49 UTC
Next model run will be available around 03:00 UTC. The current time is 02:16 UTC.

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Model Domain and Stations Map

First, select a model run

00Z Forecast

12Z Forecast

Spatial Plots

Surface Temp/Wind/MSLP 850 mb Temp/Wind/Hgt 700 mb Temp/Wind/Hgt 500 mb Temp/Wind/Hgt 6-hr Total Precipitation 1000-500 mb Thickness/MSLP 700 mb RH/Wind/Hgt 500 mb Abs. Vort/Wind/Hgt 300 mb Isotachs/Wind/Hgt loop 00 h 06 h 12 h 18 h 24 h 30 h 36 h 42 h 48 h

Skew-T/Log-P Diagrams

Byrd Casey Davis Dome C Dumont D'Urville Halley Mawson McMurdo Mirnyy Molodeznaya Neumaya Novalazarevskaya Palmer Rothera SANAE Siple Amundsen-Scott Syowa Terra Nova Bay Vostok loop 00 h 06 h 12 h 18 h 24 h 30 h 36 h 42 h 48 h

Time Series Plots

Byrd Casey Davis Dome C Dumont D'Urville Halley Mawson McMurdo Mirnyy Molodeznaya Neumaya Novalazarevskaya Palmer Rothera SANAE Siple Amundsen-Scott Syowa Terra Nova Bay Vostok

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