Antarctic Numerical Weather Prediction

Antarctic NWP at OSU serves as a backup to the Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS), an NSF-sponsored real-time modeling collaboration between the National Center for Atmospheric Research and Ohio State's Polar Meteorology Group. The system was upgraded to MM5V3.6 and the webpage updated on 20030917. Forecasts are now initialized twice daily (00 and 12 UTC) and extended to 120 hrs. New forecasts should be on the server about 13-14 hours after initialization time. transparent.gif (810 bytes)
Model Info

00Z Forecast Start Time:
12Z Forecast Start Time:
00 Z Forecast 12 Z Forecast

Surface Time Series

(Click on Desired Station)

Spatial Plots

Skew-T/Log-P Diagrams

RH/Planar Wind Cross Sections

Ptemp/Horizontal Wind Cross Sections

AMPS-like Products for 60-km Antarctic Domain

AMPS-like Products for Ross-Beardmore Domain
Presented by Polar Meteorology Group, Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 43210-1002. Support for Polar MM5 code modifications was provided by the National Science Foundation. Any comments or questions about real-time numerical weather prediction for Antarctica, please mail to bromwich@polarmet1.mps.ohio-state.edu.
Other Resources

Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS)
ECMWF 3-7 Day Forecast Charts
MRF SLP Analysis
MRF 500 hPa Geopotential Height Analysis
AMRC Realtime Antarctic Data