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ECMWF · Run 18Z 14 Oct · +0 h · Valid Wed 18Z 14 Oct

Region Mid-Atlantic

The readings under the map are for the whole map, not only the part shown.

4040404040404050505050505050505050505050505050505050606060606060606060607070707070708080808080808080808080909090909070°Oklahoma City: 70 °F at 18Z 14 Oct52°Salt Lake City: 52 °F at 18Z 14 Oct61°Seattle: 61 °F at 18Z 14 Oct87°Orlando: 87 °F at 18Z 14 Oct74°New York: 74 °F at 18Z 14 Oct75°Los Angeles: 75 °F at 18Z 14 Oct63°Chicago: 63 °F at 18Z 14 Oct88°Houston: 88 °F at 18Z 14 Oct69°Phoenix: 69 °F at 18Z 14 Oct88°Dallas: 88 °F at 18Z 14 Oct85°Atlanta: 85 °F at 18Z 14 Oct75°Boston: 75 °F at 18Z 14 Oct88°Washington: 88 °F at 18Z 14 Oct47°Denver: 47 °F at 18Z 14 Oct52°Minneapolis: 52 °F at 18Z 14 Oct84°Miami: 84 °F at 18Z 14 Oct60°San Francisco: 60 °F at 18Z 14 Oct82°New Orleans: 82 °F at 18Z 14 Oct62°Buffalo: 62 °F at 18Z 14 Oct85°Charlotte: 85 °F at 18Z 14 Oct82°Philadelphia: 82 °F at 18Z 14 Oct64°Detroit: 64 °F at 18Z 14 Oct87°Tampa: 87 °F at 18Z 14 Oct70°San Diego: 70 °F at 18Z 14 Oct75°St. Louis: 75 °F at 18Z 14 Oct89°San Antonio: 89 °F at 18Z 14 Oct

ECMWF · Run 18Z 14 Oct · +0 h · Valid Wed 18Z 14 Oct

One ECMWF run — issued 18Z 14 Oct — played forward 6 hours at a time, from its analysis to 144 hours out.

Methodology

Nights and days pass as you step this run: that motion is the weather the run forecasts, not the forecast changing. Forecast Evolution is the other film — it holds one moment still and steps the runs, so the only thing that moves there is the model's mind. The colour scale is fitted to the whole run at once, so the same moment reads with more bands here than on the static ECMWF map; the field is identical. Six-hourly to 144 hours. ECMWF's 00Z and 12Z runs forecast out to 360 hours, its 06Z and 18Z runs to 144. The frames past the one shown load on demand.

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