Map Disco: 18 Oct 2013
Topic: North Hemispheric Pattern Change, The Full Story
The Past
GFS Analysis and Forecast: North Pacific
Synoptic Overview(DT/Irro.Wind/PW,MSLP,Jets/500-hPa vort./CI,850-200-hPa shear/925-500-hPa thrm.vort.,thick,925-hPa hgt.)
(16 Sep - 11 Oct 2013) - NCEP (Alicia Bentley)
Recent Upstream Players
GFS Analysis and Forecast: West Pacific
Synoptic Overview(DT/Irro.Wind/PW,MSLP,Jets/500-hPa vort./CI,850-200-hPa shear/925-500-hPa thrm.vort.,thick,925-hPa hgt.)
(05 Oct - 26 Oct 2013) - NCEP (Alicia Bentley)
Synoptic Overview(PV Isen 310/330/350)
(05 Sep - 26 Oct 2013) - NCEP (Philippe Papin)
GFS Analysis and Forecast: North Pacific
Synoptic Overview(DT/Irro.Wind/PW,MSLP,Jets/500-hPa vort./CI,850-200-hPa shear/925-500-hPa thrm.vort.,thick,925-hPa hgt.)
(05 Oct - 26 Oct 2013) - NCEP (Alicia Bentley)
200 hPa Standardized Temperature Anomalies, Temp, Heights
(4 Oct - 26 Oct 2013) - NCEP (Kyle Griffin)
Dprog/Dt Synoptic Overview (DT,Low-Level Cyclonic Vort/MSLP,Jets)
(Time Verifying 00 UTC 17 Oct 2013) - NCEP (Kyle Griffin)
Other In House Graphics
Brightness Temperatures (Satellite and Model Analysis/Forecast)
(10 Oct - 24 Oct 2013) - NASA/NCEP (Philippe Papin)
Baroclinic Conversion and Barotropic Conversion
(16 Oct - 23 Oct 2013) - NASA/NCEP (Julian Quinting)
Eddy Kinetic Energy Flux (Con/Div from total and ageostrophic wind)
(16 Oct - 23 Oct 2013) - NASA/NCEP (Julian Quinting)
Energy Flux and Local Generation of EKE
(16 Oct - 23 Oct 2013) - NASA/NCEP (Julian Quinting)
ESRL Graphics
Time Averaged ESRL Graphics
(15 Sep - 15 Oct 2013) - NCEP
GFS Time-Longitude Plots (Hovmollers)
250 hPa Meridional Wind (Total)
(18 Sep - 25 Oct 2013) - NCEP (Kyle Griffin)
250 hPa Meridional Wind (Anomalies)
(18 Sep - 25 Oct 2013) - NCEP (Kyle Griffin)
Recent Typhoons
TC Fitow - 90 Knots - Cat 2
(30 Sep - 06 Oct 2013)
TC Danas - 125 Knots - Cat 4
(03 Oct - 08 Oct 2013)
TC Nari - 105 Knots - Cat 3
(09 Oct - 15 Oct 2013)
TC Wipha - 115 Knots - Cat 4
(10 Oct - 15 Oct 2013)
TC Francisco - 140 Knots - Cat 5
(16 Oct - Current)
More on Typhoon Wipha
Surface Observations of Typhoon Wipha over Japan
(18 UTC 15 Oct 2013) - (Naoko Kitabatake)
Radar Image of Typhoon Wipha approaching Japan
(18 UTC 15 Oct 2013) - (Naoko Kitabatake)
CIMMS Blog Entry on Typhoon Wipha
(15 Oct 2013) - University of Wisconsin-Madison / SSEC
Vertical Cross-section of Typhoon Wipha Approaching Landfall in Japan
(12 UTC 15 Oct 2013) - GFS (Andrea Lang)
Upper-Air Soundings for Tateno, Japan during TC Wipha
(00 UTC 15 Oct - 00 UTC 17 Oct 2013) - University of Wyoming
Phase Space of Typhoon Wipha
Thermal Phase Space Analysis of Wipha through various models (GFS, CMC, NAVGEM)
(06 UTC 8 Oct - 12 UTC 23 Oct 2013) - Florida Sate University (Bob Hart)
Comparison with TC Igor (2010)
(00 UTC 8 Sep - 00 UTC 27 Sep 2010) - Florida Sate University (Bob Hart)
Comparison with TC Sandy (2012)
(00 UTC 22 Oct - 00 UTC 03 Nov 2012) - Florida Sate University (Bob Hart)
More on Super Typhoon Francisco
CIMSS Blog Entry on Super Typhoon Francisco
(19 Oct 2013) - University of Wisconsin-Madison / SSEC
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Zoomed in Suomi NPP Vis/IR Imagery of Francisco
(1548 UTC 18 Oct 2013) - University of Wisconsin-Madison / SSEC
TRMM Overpass on Francisco
(1002 UTC 18 Oct 2013) - Goddard Space Flight Center - NASA
The Downstream Response
GFS Analysis and Forecast: North America
Synoptic Overview(DT/Irro.Wind/PW,MSLP,Jets/500-hPa vort./CI,850-200-hPa shear/925-500-hPa thrm.vort.,thick,925-hPa hgt.)
(05 Oct - 26 Oct 2013) - NCEP (Alicia Bentley)
The Future
GFS Analysis and Forecast: West Pacific
Dprog/DT(500 vort)
(05 Oct - 24 Oct 2013) - NCEP (Kyle Griffin)
Other Miscellaneous Products
SPC Meso Archive
National Snow Analyses - NOHRSC
World Climate Index Map
Mike Ventrice's TRMM Precipitation / MJO Filtered VP200 hPa / 200 hPa Winds
Wyoming Sounding Page
Twister Data
National Buoy Data Center
Storm Prediction Center Meso-analysis
Penn State's EWALL Model Page
High Resolution Rapid Refresh Home Page
Kyle Griffin's Maps: Main Page
Ron-Mctaggart Cowan's DT Maps and Coupling Index
Heather Archambault's 2013 GFS Analyses
Tom Galarneau's Real Time Diagnostics
RAP-UCAR Real-Time Weather Data
Digital Typhoon - Typhoon Images and Information
PSD Maproom - ESRL
NeXt Generation Weather Lab - College of DuPage
Free Relief Maps
Modis Satellite Imagery World Viewer