| Model: | AEMET: Hirlam Aemet "Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET)" |
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| Updated: | 4 times per day, from 0:00, 06:00, 12:00 and 18:00 GMT | |
| Greenwich Mean Time: | 12:00 GMT = 12:00 GMT | |
| Resolution: | 0.05° x 0.05° | |
| Parameter: | Geopotential height (tens of m) at 925 hPa (solid line) and Temperature (°C) at 850 hPa (coloured, dashed line) | |
| Description: | This chart helps to identify areas of densely packed isotherms (lines of equal temperature) indicating a front. Aside from this you can use the modeled temperature in 925 hPa (2000 ft a.s.l.) to make a rough estimate on the expected maximum temperature in 2m above the ground. However, this method does not apply to (winter) inversions. | |
| NWP | Numerical weather prediction uses current weather conditions as input into mathematical models of the atmosphere to predict the weather. Although the first efforts to accomplish this were done in the 1920s, it wasn't until the advent of the computer and computer simulation that it was feasible to do in real-time. Manipulating the huge datasets and performing the complex calculations necessary to do this on a resolution fine enough to make the results useful requires the use of some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. A number of forecast models, both global and regional in scale, are run to help create forecasts for nations worldwide. Use of model ensemble forecasts helps to define the forecast uncertainty and extend weather forecasting farther into the future than would otherwise be possible. Wikipedia, Numerical weather prediction, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_weather_prediction(as of Feb. 9, 2010, 20:50 GMT). | |