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Advice - Streamlines 10m (EURO4)

Model:

NAE: Global weather forecast model from the "UK MetOffice, North Atlantic European Model"

Updated:
4 times per day, from 0:00, 05:00, 11:00 and 17:00 UTC
Greenwich Mean Time:
12:00 UTC = 13:00 BST
Resolution:
0.18° x 0.28°
Parameter:
Streamlines at 10 m
Description:
Streamlines are a family of curves that are instantaneously tangent to the velocity vector of the flow. These show the direction a fluid element will travel in at any point in time.
NWP:
Numerical weather prediction uses current weather conditions as input into mathematical models of the atmosphere to predict the weather. Although the first efforts to accomplish this were done in the 1920s, it wasn't until the advent of the computer and computer simulation that it was feasible to do in real-time. Manipulating the huge datasets and performing the complex calculations necessary to do this on a resolution fine enough to make the results useful requires the use of some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. A number of forecast models, both global and regional in scale, are run to help create forecasts for nations worldwide. Use of model ensemble forecasts helps to define the forecast uncertainty and extend weather forecasting farther into the future than would otherwise be possible.

Wikipedia, Numerical weather prediction, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_weather_prediction(as of Feb. 9, 2010, 20:50 UTC).
Last updated: Sa, 07 Dec, 05:08 GMT
These charts are for guidance only, actually gusts and wave heights may be considerably higher than those shown.

wind symbols

West: 5(knots)West: 5 (knots)
South West: 10(knots)South West: 10 (knots)
South: 15(knots)South: 15 (knots)