Recent Plotted Surface Data and/or Contoured Overlay Maps
Select a region, time, map size, density for plotted data, background color for map, geopolitical boundary (map outline) color, scaling size for plotted data and/or contour labels, first variable, type of contoured or plotted map, contour interval, color of plotted data or line contours, and similar settings can be set for a second variable for an overlay map.

Region:	Time:	Map Size:	Plot Density:	Background:	Map Color:	Scaling:
New England New Hampshire Northeast Mid-Atlantic Southeast Midwest Southern Plains Northwest Southwest Contiguous US Alaska Hawaii Eastern Canada Western Canada Northern Canada Canada North America Central America South America Europe Asia Pakistan North Asia West Asia Southeast Asia Africa North Africa South Africa Middle East Australia New Zealand West Pacific Antarctica Arctic	Latest Hour -1 Hour -2 Hour -3 Hour -4 Hour -5 Hour -6 Hour -7 Hour -8 Hour -9 Hour -10 Hour -11 Hour -12 Hour -13 Hour -14 Hour -15 Hour -16 Hour -17 Hour -18 Hour -19 Hour -20 Hour -21 Hour -22 Hour -23 Hour -24 Hour -25 Hour -26 Hour -27 Hour -28 Hour -29 Hour -30 Hour -31 Hour -32 Hour -33 Hour -34 Hour -35 Hour -36	640x480 800x600 912x650 1024x768	Default Density Lowest Density Low Density Moderate-Low Density Moderate-High Density High Density Highest Density	white black light gray	black white red green blue cyan magenta	.4 .5 .6 .7 .8 .9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0
Variable 1:	Contour Type:	Interval:	Color:
Station Plot(F) Temperature(F) Temperature(C) Water Temps(C) Virtual Temp Potential Temp Virtual Pot. Temp Equiv. Pot. Temp Wind Chill (2001-present formula) Wind Chill (pre 2001 formula) Heat Index Temp Advection Dewpoint Relative Humidity Mixing Ratio Specific Humidity Moisture Convergence Sea Level Pressure Pressure Tendency Station Pressure Sfc Altimeter Setting Cloud Ceiling Wind Barb Wind Vector Streamlines Wind Direction Wind Speed Wind Gusts Relative Vorticity Absolute Vorticity Vorticity Advection Surface Convergence Surface Visibility Max Temperature Min Temperature Snow Depth 1HR Precip 6HR Precip 24HR Precip City IDs	line color fill dashed line gridpoint plot	.1 .5 1 2 4 5 10 20 25	black white red green blue cyan magenta
Variable 2:	Contour/Plot Type:	Interval:	Color:
No Overlay Variable NCEP Fronts Station Plot(F) Temperature(F) Temperature(C) Water Temps(C) Virtual Temp Potential Temp Virtual Pot. Temp Equiv. Pot. Temp Wind Chill (2001-present formula) Wind Chill (pre 2001 formula) Heat Index Temp Advection Dewpoint Relative Humidity Mixing Ratio Specific Humidity Moisture Convergence Sea Level Pressure Pressure Tendency Station Pressure Sfc Altimeter Setting Cloud Cover Cloud Ceiling Wind Barb Wind Vector Streamlines Wind Direction Wind Speed Wind Gusts Relative Vorticity Absolute Vorticity Vorticity Advection Surface Convergence Surface Visibility Present Weather Weather Depiction Max Temperature Min Temperature Snow Depth 1HR Precip 6HR Precip 24HR Precip City IDs	line data plot dashed line gridpoint plot	.1 .5 1 2 4 5 10 20 25	black white red green blue cyan magenta
Time Zone Label:	Web/Print:
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Notes:

• Online data here go back 36 hours. However, you can go back much further (years) in time at our archived data site.
• The station plot legend is shown here.
• NCEP front data that cover N. America are available as an overlay option. The associated time shown may be off by an hour or two, since these data are only available every 3 hours and are valid for 00Z,03Z,06Z,09Z,12Z,15Z,18Z, and 21Z. Choosing an intermediate hour will return data for the previous valid hour and not nexessarily for the hour shown.
• The 912x650 size works best for full page 8.5"x11.5" printing, if you select the landscape orientation using the "Properties" or "Preferences" option of the print window.