Grid Visualiser

Grid Visualiser is an interactive desktop application for the analysis and visualisation of the National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Global operational Forecast System (GFS) high resolution (0.5 degree) data available at http://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/ (downloaded via OpenDAP). Images are able to be generated automatically in batch mode. Grid Visualiser (latest version 1.5 November 2008) is written entirely in IDL. An earlier version of Grid Visualiser (Astronomy) was used in the generation of images on SkippySky Astro-Weather Forecast.

             Grid Visualiser (Astronomy)                            Version 1.5 November 2008                        MSL Pressure

                      Wind Speed                                                     Wind Arrow (color based on wind speed)

          Total Cloud Cover                    Low Cloud Cover                     Middle Cloud Cover                  High Cloud Cover

                  Wind Streamlines                                       Wind Vector                                              Watermark

                Relative Humidity                                      Precipitable Water                                        Lifted Index

                     Wind Barb                                              Temperature                                            Light Pollution

                   Seeing Index                                            Transparency                                            Dewing Risk

          Total Cloud Cover                       Temperature                           Seeing Index                           Dewing Risk