Current Deep Thunder Forecast for the New York State Thruway
Temperature at 16 km between Data Points
Description
This page contains an animation that is a visualization of the Deep
Thunder forecast focused on the New York State Thruway.
It uses data from the outer nest at 16 km resolution.
The specific data and representation shown are for potential use for operations
and maintenance of highways. In this case, there are maps of
the New York State Thruway, which is color contoured by forecasted temperature,
following the legend at the upper right. The map is accompanied
by a number of overlays, including coastlines in black, state and national
boundaries in white, county boundaries in light gray, and
cities either by their center or by airport locations in black. The forecasted temperatures
at each city locations are also shown. On colder days, a thick
light blue line will mark the location of the freezing point of water.
The background of the map shows color contour bands of temperature
(degrees Fahrenheit). During windy winter days, contour bands of
wind chill temperature will be shown instead. Wind chill is an
apparent temperature due to effect of wind on the skin. During humid
summer days, contour bands of heat index temperature will
be shown instead. Heat index is an apparent temperature due to the
effect of humidity.
Instructions
The animation on this page is composed of a set of individual JPEG images
with one hour of forecast time between each frame. Depending
on your connection speed and that of your computer, the animation may take
a few minutes to load and decompress in your browser. When
it is completed, the animation will play. There are VCR-like
controls under the animation to enable you to stop playback, play forward
or backward, or step through the frames one at a time, control the speed
of playback, etc. If you are having problems viewing or interacting
with this animation, make sure your browser has Javascript enabled.
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