Thursday, March 3, 2011

Information on Weather Models Page and others.

Major updates to the Weather Centre blog will occur in the coming days.
-Revised US Spring Forecast.
-Tear-down and replacement of many links on Weather Model page.
-Addition of links on Weather Model page.

In the next week or so, for an hour each day, The Weather Models page will be shut down for crucial replacements of links.
Below is a schedule of the shut-down times. (All times in CDT.)
March 4th: 4:25 pm - 5:30 pm.
March 5th: 10:00 am- 11:10 am.
March 6th: 10:00 am- 11:00 am.
March 7th: 5:00 pm- 5:45 pm.

Any additional updates still needed after the scheduled times will be posted in new posts.

The 2011 US Spring Forecast Page will be shut down as well for a good half hour or so Friday, March 4th from 5:45pm CDT- 6:10pm CDT
New Graphics and extended explanations will be added.

March 3rd, 2011 Model Analyses

ECMWF- South Solution with weak north low.
NOGAPS/GEM- Central Illinois solution strong low pressure system. (North track)
WRF- 2 low solution. One low crosses across WI/IL border.
GFS- Weak Low travels through South tip of IL.
UKMET- One low solution tracking through WI/IL border.

Conclusion: Models still having little to no agreement on exact track.