Weather(Forecast)Maps                               

Daily forecast maps of the model WRF-ARW:

WRF-ARW (daily, 00Z-run, 12km, 0-72h, Central Europe)
      Backup:   WRF-ARW (00Z)
WRF-ARW (daily, 12Z-run, 30km, 0-144h, Europe+Atlantic)
WRF-ARW (daily, 00Z-run, 4km, 0-48h, Central Europe)
WRF-ARW (daily, 06Z-run, 12km, 0-48h, Great Plains)
INFO (Update times and file/variable list)  

GFS Central Europe (4x a day)   as well as comparison WRF00z vs. GFS00z:

GFS (0-144h): Central Europe (00/06/12/18Z-run) 
GFS (0-48h):    Comparison GFS00Z vs. WRF00Z 

Weather worldwide   GFS (6h-forecast of 00 and 12Z-run, resp.) and WRF (North America):

GFS (+6h):       World   Hemispheres   Europe   North America   South America   Asia   Australia 
GFS (0-144h): Great Plains (18Z)  .   Ensemble-RR_0-384h  Stratosphere_0-180h 
North America: NAM-WRF, 18Z: +06h  
East US: WRF_hires, 00Z:     +06h   +12h   +18h   +21h   +24h   +27h   +30h   +36h   +42h   +48h   RR24h  
West US: WRF_hires, 06Z:    +06h   +12h   +15h   +18h   +21h   +24h   +30h   RR24h  
Alaska: WRF_hires, 18Z:       +06h   +12h   +18h   +24h  

24h-precipitation Europe   from station observations, compared to GFS and WRF-forecasts:

24h precipitation of the last 3 days

Station observations   hourly; and snow cover, Tmin, Tmax:

hourly /3hrly: T2m /3   TD2m /3   SLP /3   dPP /3   Wind10m /3   NN /3   WX /3   Stations CEur /3   RR  
Snow depth Europe   Minimum temperature Europe   Maximum temperature Europe   Precip Europe  
Snow depth G'many   Minimum temperature G'many   Maximum temperature G'many   Precip G'many  

Thunderstorm composite maps   (archive from 23.05.08) created from GFS 3h-forecasts, always for 15UTC:

Monthly precipitation sums and mean 2m-temperature maps   worldwide, created from the individual 6h-forecasts
of the GFS master run:

2008: January  February  March  April  May  June  July  August  September  October  November  December 
2009: January  February  March  April  May  June  July  August  September  October  November  December 
2010: January  February  March  April  May  June  July  August  September  October  November  December 
2011: January  February  March  April  May  June 

Model orographies

Model orography GFS, WRF, NAM-WRF  

Special events /Gallery

WRF: Wind storm Klaus (Biscay) at 24.01.2009_00Z  
Gallery (Weather maps, WRF and GFS)