1000-500-hPa thickness (dam; dashed contours with 540 separating red/blue ), precipitable water (mm; shaded according to scale), and mean sea level pressure (hPa; solid contours).

7-day Forecast (init. 1200 UTC 26 Jan 2011)

Verifying Analysis (1200 UTC 2 Feb 2011)

5-day Forecast (init. 1200 UTC 28 Jan 2011)

Verifying Analysis (1200 UTC 2 Feb 2011)

3-day Forecast (init. 1200 UTC 30 Jan 2011)

Verifying Analysis (1200 UTC 2 Feb 2011)

1-day Forecast (init. 1200 UTC 1 Feb 2011)

Verifying Analysis (1200 UTC 2 Feb 2011)