Maps for the Weather Forecasting Project for Spring 2019

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The forecasts were initialized (started) at 00Z on Monday, January 21.

All of the maps required for the project are available in the table below. The GFS model forecasts and ECMWF model forecast maps (middle 2 columns in table) are used in part 2 of the project. The verification maps (last column of table) are used in part 3 of the project.

Table of 500 mb maps Used in the Weather Forecasting Project
Valid Time	GFS Model Forecast Map	ECMWF Model Forecast Map	Verification (True) Map
3 day (72 hour) forecast Valid 00Z January 24
5 day (120 hour) forecast Valid 00Z January 26
7 day (168 hour) forecast Valid 00Z January 28
10 day (240 hour) forecast Valid 00Z January 31