Animation Builder
Use the matrix to select the field you wish to animate. Each animation includes a 10-day analysis archive, while a subset of the animations (highlighted in blue) include the most recent 144-hour forecast. The verifying date and time is displayed on the lower part of the image as YYMMDD/HHNNVFFF, where YY=year, MM=month, DD=day, HH=hour, NN=minute, and FFF=forecast hour.
Sutcliffe Development Theory animations:
1000 hPa Height, 1000-500 hPa Thickness, 1000 hPa Geostrophic Relative Vorticity [analysis only]
North America || North Atlantic Basin || Eastern Pacific || Tropical Strip
1000 hPa Height, 1000-500 hPa Thickness, 1000-500 hPa Thermal Vorticity [analysis only]
North America || North Atlantic Basin || Eastern Pacific || Tropical Strip
1000 hPa Height, 1000-500 hPa Thickness, Total RHS Sutcliffe Development theory [analysis and forecast]
North America || North Atlantic Basin || Eastern Pacific || Tropical Strip
1000 hPa Height, 1000-500 hPa Thickness, Term A Sutcliffe Development theory [analysis only]
North America || North Atlantic Basin || Eastern Pacific || Tropical Strip
1000 hPa Height, 1000-500 hPa Thickness, Term B Sutcliffe Development theory [analysis only]
North America || North Atlantic Basin || Eastern Pacific || Tropical Strip
1000 hPa Height, 1000-500 hPa Thickness, Term C Sutcliffe Development theory [analysis only]
North America || North Atlantic Basin || Eastern Pacific || Tropical Strip
Sutcliffe-Petterssen Development Theory animations:
500 hPa Height, Temperature, and Geostrophic Relative Vorticity [analysis only]
North America || North Atlantic Basin || Eastern Pacific || Tropical Strip
700 hPa Height, Temperature, and Vertical Motion [analysis only]
North America || North Atlantic Basin || Eastern Pacific || Tropical Strip
1000 hPa Height, 1000-500 hPa Thickness, and Total RHS Sutcliffe-Petterssen Development Theory [analysis and forecast]
North America || North Atlantic Basin || Eastern Pacific || Tropical Strip
1000 hPa Height, 1000-500 hPa Thickness, and Term A Sutcliffe-Petterssen Development Theory [analysis only]
North America || North Atlantic Basin || Eastern Pacific || Tropical Strip
1000 hPa Height, 1000-500 hPa Thickness, and Term B Sutcliffe-Petterssen Development Theory [analysis only]
North America || North Atlantic Basin || Eastern Pacific || Tropical Strip
1000 hPa Height, 1000-500 hPa Thickness, and Term C Sutcliffe-Petterssen Development Theory [analysis only]
North America || North Atlantic Basin || Eastern Pacific || Tropical Strip
QG Height Tendency Equation animations:
500 hPa Height, Wind, and Geostrophic Absolute Vorticity [analysis only]
North America || North Atlantic Basin || Eastern Pacific || Tropical Strip
700 hPa Height, Temperature, and Wind [analysis only]
North America || North Atlantic Basin || Eastern Pacific || Tropical Strip
500 hPa Height, Temperature, and Wind [analysis only]
North America || North Atlantic Basin || Eastern Pacific || Tropical Strip
300 hPa Height, Temperature, and Wind [analysis only]
North America || North Atlantic Basin || Eastern Pacific || Tropical Strip
500 hPa Height, 700-300 hPa Thickness, and Total RHS Traditional Height Tendency Equation [analysis and forecast]
North America || North Atlantic Basin || Eastern Pacific || Tropical Strip
500 hPa Height, 700-300 hPa Thickness, and Term A Traditional Height Tendency Equation [analysis only]
North America || North Atlantic Basin || Eastern Pacific || Tropical Strip
500 hPa Height, 700-300 hPa Thickness, and Term B Traditional Height Tendency Equation [analysis only]
North America || North Atlantic Basin || Eastern Pacific || Tropical Strip
500 hPa Height, Wind, and Quasigeostrophic Potential Vorticity (QGPV) [analysis and forecast]
North America || North Atlantic Basin || Eastern Pacific || Tropical Strip
500 hPa Height, QGPV, and Total RHS QGPV Height Tendency Equation [analysis and forecast]
North America || North Atlantic Basin || Eastern Pacific || Tropical Strip
QG Omega Equation animations:
700 hPa Height, Relative Humidity, and Vertical Motion [analysis only]
North America || North Atlantic Basin || Eastern Pacific || Tropical Strip
700 hPa Height, 1000-500 hPa Thickness, and Total RHS Traditional Omega Equation [analysis and forecast]
North America || North Atlantic Basin || Eastern Pacific || Tropical Strip
700 hPa Height, 1000-500 hPa Thickness, and Term A Traditional Omega Equation [analysis only]
North America || North Atlantic Basin || Eastern Pacific || Tropical Strip
700 hPa Height, 1000-500 hPa Thickness, and Term B Traditional Omega Equation [analysis only]
North America || North Atlantic Basin || Eastern Pacific || Tropical Strip
700 hPa Height, 1000-500 hPa Thickness, and 700 hPa Geostrophic Relative Vorticity [analysis only]
North America || North Atlantic Basin || Eastern Pacific || Tropical Strip
700 hPa Height, 1000-500 hPa Thickness, and Total RHS Sutcliffe-Trenberth Omega Equation [analysis and forecast]
North America || North Atlantic Basin || Eastern Pacific || Tropical Strip
700 hPa Height, Temperature, Q-vectors, and Total RHS Q-vector Omega Equation [analysis and forecast]
North America || North Atlantic Basin || Eastern Pacific || Tropical Strip
700 hPa Height, Temperature, and Total RHS Q-vector Omega Equation [analysis and forecast]
North America || North Atlantic Basin || Eastern Pacific || Tropical Strip
700 hPa Height, Temperature, and Term A Q-vector Omega Equation [analysis only]
North America || North Atlantic Basin || Eastern Pacific || Tropical Strip
700 hPa Height, Temperature, and Term B Q-vector Omega Equation [analysis only]
North America || North Atlantic Basin || Eastern Pacific || Tropical Strip
References
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Bosart, L. F., G. J. Hakim, K. R. Tyle, M. A. Bedrick, W. E. Bracken, M. J. Dickinson, and D. M. Schultz, 1996: Large-Scale antecedent conditions associated with the 12-14 March 1993 cyclone ("Superstorm '93") over eastern North America. Mon. Wea. Rev., 124, 1865-1891.
Carlson, T. N., 1998: Mid-Latitude Weather Systems. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 507 pp.
Durran, D. R., and L. W. Snellman, 1987: The diagnosis of synoptic-scale vertical motion in an operational environment. Wea. Forecasting, 2, 17-31.
Hakim, G. J., L. F. Bosart, and D. Keyser, 1995: The Ohio Valley wave-merger cyclogenesis event of 25-26 January 1978. Part I: Multiscale case study. Mon. Wea. Rev., 123, 2663-2692.
Holton, J. R., 2004: An Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology. 4th ed. Academis Press, 535 pp.
Hoskins, B. J., I. Draghici, and H. C. Davies, 1978: A new look at the omega equation. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 104, 31-38.
Keyser, D., M. J. Reeder, and R. J. Reed, 1988: A generalization of Petterssen's frontogenesis function and its relation to the forcing for vertical motion. Mon. Wea. Rev., 116, 762-780.
Martin, J. E., 2006: Mid-Latitude Atmospheric Dynamics: A First Course. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 324 pp.
Petterssen, S., 1956: Motion and Motion Systems. Vol. I. Weather Analysis and Forecasting. McGraw-Hill, 428 pp.
Sanders, F., and B. J. Hoskins, 1990: An easy method for estimation of Q-vectors on weather maps. Wea. Forecasting, 5, 346-353.
Sutcliffe, R. C., 1947: A contribution to the problem of development. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 73, 370-383.
-----, and A. G. Forsdyke, 1950: The theory and use of upper air thickness patterns in forecasting. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 76, 189-217.
Trenberth, K. E., 1978: On the interpretation of the diagnostic quasi-geostrophic omega equation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 106, 131-137.
Questions or Comments? Contact Tom Galarneau.
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