CSU WRF model forecasts: model comparison for Colorado
The current run was initialized at 0000 UTC Friday July 26 2024.
![72-hour total precipitation](/weather/real_time_wrf/precip_72h_compare/precip_72h_compare_d02.png?v=1721983616)
![72-hour total precipitation (all of domain 2)](/weather/real_time_wrf/precip_72h_compare_full/precip_72h_compare_d02_full.png?v=1721983627)
![MSLP, 1000–500-hPa thickness, 3-hour precip (click image for animation)](/weather/real_time_wrf/precip_compare/thumb.png?v=1721984060)
![MSLP, 1000–500-hPa thickness, 3-hour precip (all of domain 2) (click image for animation)](/weather/real_time_wrf/precip_compare_full/thumb.png?v=1721984073)
![MSLP, surface temperature, and winds (click image for animation)](/weather/real_time_wrf/sfc_temp_compare/thumb.png?v=1721984690)
![MSLP, surface temperature, and winds (all of domain 2) (click image for animation)](/weather/real_time_wrf/sfc_temp_compare_full/thumb.png?v=1721984702)
![MSLP, surface dewpoint, and winds (click image for animation)](/weather/real_time_wrf/sfc_dewp_compare/thumb.png?v=1721984719)
![MSLP, surface dewpoint, and winds (all of domain 2) (click image for animation)](/weather/real_time_wrf/sfc_dewp_compare_full/thumb.png?v=1721984735)
![10-meter wind speed (click image for animation)](/weather/real_time_wrf/sfc_wind_compare/thumb.png?v=1721984746)
![10-meter wind speed (all of domain 2) (click image for animation)](/weather/real_time_wrf/sfc_wind_compare_full/thumb.png?v=1721984757)
![700-mb heights and wind speed (click image for animation)](/weather/real_time_wrf/700mb_wind_compare/thumb.png?v=1721986009)
![700-mb heights and wind speed (all of domain 2) (click image for animation)](/weather/real_time_wrf/700mb_wind_compare_full/thumb.png?v=1721986027)
![Precipitable water (click image for animation)](/weather/real_time_wrf/pwat_compare/thumb.png?v=1721985978)
![Precipitable water (all of domain 2) (click image for animation)](/weather/real_time_wrf/pwat_compare_full/thumb.png?v=1721985991)
![Mean-layer CAPE and 0–6-km vector wind shear (click image for animation)](/weather/real_time_wrf/mlcape_compare/thumb.png?v=1721986125)
![Mean-layer CAPE and 0–6-km vector wind shear (click image for animation)](/weather/real_time_wrf/mlcape_compare_full/thumb.png?v=1721986132)
![precipitation type and MSLP (click image for animation)](/weather/real_time_wrf/ptype_compare/thumb.png?v=1721986635)
![precipitation type and MSLP (click image for animation)](/weather/real_time_wrf/ptype_compare_full/thumb.png?v=1721986645)
![West-to-east vertical section through Fort Collins of potential temperature and winds (click image for animation)](/weather/real_time_wrf/xsec_windspeed_fcl_compare/thumb.png?v=1721986046)
![Surface temperature time series at Fort Collins](/weather/real_time_wrf/sfc_temp_plume_fcl/thumb.png?v=1721983539)
![Bias-corrected surface temperature time series (using average bias of each run from past 7 days)](/weather/real_time_wrf/sfc_biasc_temp_plume_fcl/thumb.png?v=1721989370)
![3-hour precipitation time series at Fort Collins](/weather/real_time_wrf/sfc_precip_plume_fcl/thumb.png?v=1721983591)
![Accumulated precipitation time series at Fort Collins](/weather/real_time_wrf/sfc_accum_precip_plume_fcl/thumb.png?v=1721983592)
![10-meter wind speed time series at Fort Collins](/weather/real_time_wrf/sfc_wind_plume_fcl/thumb.png?v=1721983551)
New interactive graphs!
![](real_time_wrf/skew_FCL/thumb.gif)
![](real_time_wrf/tracer_all_run1/tracer_all_lowlev_precip_f024.png)
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