Comtoured Forecast Model Map Animations
Select a pre-defined region OR a map center location (4-digit ICAO ID or lat,lon) plus zoom factor, model, variable, level, type of analysis output, contour interval, forecast time, current or previous model run, map size, and web or print output:

Region:	Model:	Variable:	Level:	Typei Contour:	Int:	Run:	Map Size:
New England Northeast Mid-Atlantic Southeast Midwest Southern Plains Northwest Southwest CONUS Alaska Hawaii Eastern Canada Western Canada Northern Canada Canada North America Central America South America Europe Asia Pakistan East Asia North Asia West Asia Southeast Asia Africa North Africa South Africa Middle East Australia New Zealand West Pacific Antarctica Arctic N. Hemisphere S. Hemisphere E. Hemisphere W. Hemisphere Global	RAP-CONUS NAM-CONUS NAM-Alaska GFS-CONUS GFS-Global UKMET-Global	Sea-Level Pressure Temperature 1000-500mb Thickness 1000-850mb Thickness 850-700mb Thickness Temperature Advection Potential Temperature Equiv. Pot. Temperature Virtual Temperature Virt. Pot. Temperature Geopotential Height Dewpoint Mixing Ratio Wet-Bulb Temperature Relative Humidity Mean R.H. 850-500mb Mean R.H. 500-300mb Specific Humidity Moisture Advection Moisture Convergence Wind Direction Wind Speed Wind Barbs Wind Streamlines Wind Vectors Geostrophic Vectors Ageostrophic Vectors Vertical Velocity Convergence Relative Vorticity Absolute Vorticity Vorticity Advection Convective Precipitation 0-30mb AG Rel. Humidity Showalter Index Lifted Index--> Surface CAPE 0-180mb AG CAPE Surface CINH Helicity Energy Helicity Index	Surface 2m AG 10m AG 0-30mb AG 1000 mb 975 mb 950 mb 925 mb 900 mb 875 mb 850 mb 825 mb 800 mb 700 mb 500 mb 400 mb 300 mb 250 mb 200 mb 150 mb 100 mb 70 mb 50 mb 30 mb 20 mb 10 mb 5 mb	Line Dashed Line Color Fill Line/Clr Fill	.1 .5 1 2 4 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 120 250 500	Latest Previous	640x504 800x630 912x690 1024x806 1280x1024
	Type Loop::
	HAniS Loop Animated GIF

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Notes:

• Not all options apply to every model. Blank maps or missing data result if the requested data are not available.
• If the "latest" model data option doesn't work, not all new model data may have been received. In which case, try the "previous" option.
• Model data is only kept for approximately 24 hours.
• NAM/WRF (CONUS & AK)
  • Model base times for CONUS are 00Z, 06Z, 12Z, and 18Z.
  • Model base times for Alaska are 00Z and 12Z.
  • Forecasts for CONUS are at 3 hour intervals out to 60 hoursi for the 00Z and 12Z base time runs.
  • Forecasts for CONUS are at 3 hour intervals out to 48 hoursi for the 06Z and 18Z base time runs.
  • Forecasts for Alaska are at 6 hour intervals out to 60 hours.
  • New forecasts are generally available ~3-4 hours after model base time.
• GFS-US
  • Model base times are 00Z, 06Z, 12Z, and 18Z.
  • Forecasts for North America every 6 hours out to 10 days at 6-hour forecast intervals.
  • New forecasts are generally available ~4-4.5 hours after base times.
• GFS-Global
  • Model base times are 00Z, 06Z, 12Z, and 18Z.
  • Forecasts for all regions every 6 hours out at 6-hour forecast intervals out to 48 hours amd 12-hour intervals to 3 days.
  • New forecasts are generally available ~4-4.5 hours after base times.
• UKMET
  • Model base times are 00Z, 06Z, 12Z, and 18Z.
  • Forecasts (only available for 12-Hour, 24-hour, & 36-hour forecast times) for all regions every 6 hours.
  • New forecasts are not available until ~4-5 hours after base times.
• RAP
  • Forecasts for CONUS US every 3 hours out to 12 hours for base times of 00Z plus every 3 hours.
  • Every interim hour, the model is run to produce 00-HR and 03-HR forecast updates.
  • New forecasts are generally available ~1-1.5 hours after base times.