Step one: Choose Your Model

RUC (hourly analysis and 3 hour forecasts) RUC (12 hour forecasts every 3 hours) WRF NGM GFS to 120 hours GFS to 240 hours

Choose What You Would Like to Contour:

Temperature Dewpoint Dewpoint Depression Pressure Precipitation Vertical Velocity Q-Vectors Q-Vector Convergence Wind Velocity Geostrophic Wind Velocity Ageostrophic Wind Velocity Ageostrophic Wind Vectors Wind Convergence Wind Vectors Wind Streamlines Moisture Convergence Moisture Advection Relative Humidity Pressure Tendency Theta Theta-E Mixing Ratio Wet Bulb Temperature Relative Vorticity Absolute Vorticity Potential Vorticity Vorticity Advection Vorticity Advection 1000-850MB Thickness 1000-700MB Thickness 850-700MB Thickness 1000-500MB Thickness Helicity (WRF/GFS only) CAPE (WRF/GFS only) Convective Inhibition Lifted Index Lifted Index (NGM) Showalter Index Energy-Helicity Index Surface Composite Image Surface Composite Image #2 Surface Composite Image #3 Surface Composite Image 1000MB Composite Image 850MB Composite Image 850MB Composite Image #2 700MB Composite Image 500MB Composite Image 500MB Composite Image #2 300MB Composite Image Composite 4 Panel Image Rel. Hum./L.I. Composite Image

Choose Type Of Contours....

Color Filled Solid Solid Lines, Negative Values Dashed Dashed

Choose Height Level

Sea Level 1000MB 950MB 900MB 850MB 700MB 500MB 300MB 250MB Entire Sounding Parameters (IE, Helicity, LI, SBCAPE,Surface-based CIN) Mean Level (I.E., MLCAPE, Mean-Layer CIN)

Choose Color Of Contour....

Red Yellow Green Blue White Black Cyan Light Red Light Green Light Blue Light Cyan Light Magenta

Step Two: Choose Your Forecast Time

0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 30 36 42 48 54 60 66 72 84 96 108 120 132 144 156 168 180 192 204 216 228 240

Step Three: Decide Region

United States Southern Plains Midwest Southeast Northwest Northeast Southwest Appalachian Mts. Atlantic States Rocky Mountains Pacific Ocean Gulf Of Mexico Eastern Canada Western Canada Alabama Arkansas Arizona Northern California Southern California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Northern Florida Southern Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Massachusetts Maryland L.P. Of Michigan U.P. Of Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Texas Panhandle Texas North Texas Central Texas South Utah Vermont Virginia Washington Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming

Step Five: Decide Background Color

Select One:

 White 
 Black