Temperature and Winds at 4 km between Data Points
Description
This animation is a visualization of the Deep Thunder forecast
for the intermediate-resolution nest at 4 km resolution focused on New
York City. Each time step corresponds to 10 minutes of forecast time.
They show the local terrain as a shaded surface that is colored by contour
bands of temperature (degrees Fahrenheit), following the scale to the upper
right. 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. On colder days, a thick light blue
line will mark the location of the freezing point of water.
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.
The terrain is overlaid with maps of coastlines and state boundaries
in black, county boundaries in light gray and rivers in blue. Individual
landmarks and cities are shown by name with the predicted temperature for
that time step. The map is also overlaid with arrows corresponding
to predicted winds. The arrows point in the direction of the wind
and are colored by speed following the scale to the lower right.
Instructions
An animation (compressed as an MPEG-1 video) is shown above with 10
minutes 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. The progress of that process
is shown until it is completed. 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. If you are having problems viewing or interacting
with this animation, make sure your browser has Java and Javascript enabled.
If you are still having difficulty, you can download
the mpeg file directly.
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