Weather and Climate Data

   
 
Analyses of Current Conditions
  The state of the atmosphere at the time of model initializiation, generally 00Z. This page contains links to complete analysis images for selected regions worldwide plus 1-hr and 6-hr accumulated precipitation over the conterminous United States.
   
 
Weather Forecasts
  Recent forecasts from the MRF, AVN, and ETA models. This page contains links to complete forecast images for selected regions worldwide plus simplified forecasts for North American regions.
   
 
Quick-Looks and Meteograms
 

An abbreviated look at the current weather and forecasts for major metropolitan areas in the United States. This pages contains links to the quick-look weather summaries plus the ETA and MRF meteograms.

   
 
Short-Term Climate Outlooks
  This page contains links to the short-term climate outlooks for temperature, precipitation, and soil moisture. Temperature and precipitation outlooks are 0-5 and 6-10 day means plus 10-day anomalies; the soil moisture outlook is the 14-day change.
   
 
El Niño Forecasts
  These Tropical Pacific SST Predictions are part of an ongoing research effort at COLA, and do not represent official forecasts. The forecasts should not be used as the basis of any commercial or public policy decisions. They are strictly research tools for advancing the understanding of the ocean-atmosphere system.
 

The Models and Prediction System The Latest Forecast Forecast Archive

   
 
Maximum Potential Hurricane Intensity
 

Worried about getting hit by a tropical storm or hurricane? These maps show the potential minimum central pressure and potential maximum winds for the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.

 

Navy Tropical Storm Info Intellicast Tropical Storm Info

   
 
Additional Information
  GIF files of all COLA's weather maps are available via anonymous FTP. If the map you are looking for is not available, check the Status of the Weather and Climate Images for more information. This page also contains the schedule for when the maps are updated.
 

 

 
Official Disclaimer

COLA and IGES make no guarantees about and bear no responsibility or liability concerning the accuracy or timeliness of the images being published on these web pages. All weather and forecast maps are generated by COLA and do not represent the actual forecasts issued by the National Weather Service. These products are not a substitute for official forecasts and are not guaranteed to be complete or timely. The underlying data are the direct product of the various forecast models and are supplied without interpretation or correction by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction, the National Weather Service, NOAA.