模式:

GFS (Global Forecast System) Global Model from the "National Centers for Environmental Prediction" (NCEP)

更新:
4 times per day, from 3:30, 09:30, 15:30 and 21:30 UTC
格林尼治平时:
12:00 UTC = 20:00 北京时间
Resolution:
0.5° x 0.5° for forecast time <= 384 hrs
参量:
降水:
东亚降水(毫米或升/平方米)
描述:
降水图 - 每6小时更新一次 - 显示东亚地区模式计算的降水分布情况。 降水区用等雨量线标出。 然而,目前模式算出的降水还不是很可靠。如果您比较一下模式结果和降水实测值,您会 发现模式结果只能算得上降水的一级近似值。不过,这幅图对于专业气象预报员却是个重 参考。

Spaghetti plots:
are a method of viewing data from an ensemble forecast.
A meteorological variable e.g. pressure, temperature is drawn on a chart for a number of slightly different model runs from an ensemble. The model can then be stepped forward in time and the results compared and be used to gauge the amount of uncertainty in the forecast.
If there is good agreement and the contours follow a recognisable pattern through the sequence then the confidence in the forecast can be high, conversely if the pattern is chaotic i.e resembling a plate of spaghetti then confidence will be low. Ensemble members will generally diverge over time and spaghetti plots are quick way to see when this happens.

Spaghetti plot. (2009, July 7). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 20:22, February 9, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spaghetti_plot&oldid=300824682
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://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/數值天氣預報(as of Feb. 9, 2010, 20:50 UTC).