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forecast

an interactive map of climate forecasts

data and visualisation produced by the climate data factory
based on calibrated sub-seasonal and seasonal forecast
see Ready-to-use climate forecast

Displayed Data

Four weeks and six months outlooks based on the blending of
four forecasting models from UK, Italy, Germany, and France.

the data represent conditions at near ground or water level
a layer that follows the contours of the sea, valleys, mountains, etc.

Map

Terciles Probability of being below or above normal conditions
Anomalies Average departure from normal conditions

Horizon

M1 to M6 Month 1 to Month 6
W1 to W6 Week 1 to Week 4

Variables

Temperature Temperature at 2 meter above ground
Precipitation Total precipitation (water and/or snow) at ground surface
Warm Days Number of days above the daily maximum temperature 90th percentile
Warm Nights Number of days above the daily minimum temperature 90th percentile

Keyboard Shortcuts

e show the menu
escape close dialog/menu
n go to now (the most recent data)
shift-c show the date selection calendar
u go backward one time step
shift-u go backward several time steps
i go forward one time step
shift-i go forward several time steps
j go backward one forecast horizon step
shift-j go to the first forecast horizon step
k go forward one forecast horizon step
shift-k go to the last forecast horizon step
g toggle the grid on/off
p toggle the animation on/off
shift-t show settings
d zoom in
shift-d zoom in faster
x zoom out
shift-x zoom out faster
w rotate up
shift-w rotate up faster
z rotate down
shift-z rotate down faster
a rotate left
shift-a rotate left faster
s rotate right
shift-s rotate right faster

Credits

Inspired and adapted from earth.nullschool.net
Open version of code github.com/cambecc/earth
Hosting Amazon S3
CDN CloudFlare
Color Scales ColorBrewer2.org

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