VERIFICATION TO W.M.O. STANDARDS ---------------------------------------- N.C.E.P./U.S.A. FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM MODEL (GFS) ----------------------------------- TABLE 1.1 NORTHERN HEMISPHERE VERIFICATION AGAINST ANALYSES (90N-20N) ----------------------------------------------------------- MEAN-SEA-LEVEL PRESSURE FEBRUARY 2010 ----------------------------------------------- FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE CORRELATION S1 SCORE PERIOD (HPA) (HPA) -------------- -------------- (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 0.0 -0.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 21.8 22.2 48 0.0 -0.1 1.9 1.9 1.0 1.0 30.9 30.9 72 0.1 0.1 2.8 2.8 1.0 1.0 38.9 38.8 96 0.2 0.1 3.9 4.0 0.9 0.9 46.8 47.4 120 0.2 0.1 5.2 5.2 0.9 0.9 54.9 55.1 144 0.3 0.2 6.4 6.5 0.9 0.9 62.0 62.2 168 0.3 0.3 7.4 7.6 0.8 0.8 67.4 68.1 192 0.4 0.4 8.2 8.5 0.8 0.8 71.5 72.1 216 0.5 0.5 9.1 9.4 0.8 0.8 75.0 76.0 240 0.5 0.5 9.8 10.2 0.7 0.7 77.6 79.1 TABLE 1.2 NORTHERN HEMISPHERE VERIFICATION AGAINST ANALYSES (90N-20N) ----------------------------------------------------------- 500 HPA GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT FEBRUARY 2010 ----------------------------------------------- FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE CORRELATION S1 SCORE PERIOD ( M ) ( M ) -------------- -------------- (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -1.9 -2.4 9.1 9.3 1.0 1.0 13.2 13.4 48 -3.2 -4.1 16.8 17.0 1.0 1.0 20.3 20.4 72 -3.7 -4.2 26.6 26.7 1.0 1.0 27.4 27.4 96 -4.5 -5.0 38.4 39.2 0.9 0.9 34.2 34.7 120 -5.4 -6.0 51.8 52.9 0.9 0.9 40.8 41.3 144 -5.9 -6.3 65.2 67.0 0.9 0.9 47.0 47.9 168 -6.6 -6.7 77.7 80.2 0.9 0.8 52.0 53.0 192 -6.7 -6.4 89.2 90.3 0.8 0.8 55.8 56.5 216 -6.9 -6.6 100.8 99.7 0.8 0.8 59.6 59.3 240 -7.9 -7.2 109.9 110.2 0.7 0.7 61.9 62.5 TABLE 1.3 NORTHERN HEMISPHERE VERIFICATION AGAINST ANALYSES (90N-20N) ----------------------------------------------------------- 250 HPA GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT FEBRUARY 2010 ----------------------------------------------- FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE CORRELATION S1 SCORE PERIOD ( M ) ( M ) -------------- -------------- (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.8 -1.2 11.8 11.9 1.0 1.0 10.5 10.6 48 -1.6 -2.2 21.2 20.9 1.0 1.0 15.8 15.8 72 -2.9 -3.0 32.6 32.4 1.0 1.0 20.9 21.0 96 -5.0 -5.0 47.0 48.1 1.0 0.9 26.4 26.8 120 -7.6 -7.7 63.9 66.0 0.9 0.9 32.2 32.9 144 -9.9 -9.9 82.0 84.4 0.9 0.9 37.9 38.7 168 -12.5 -12.1 99.6 102.2 0.9 0.8 43.0 43.7 192 -15.6 -14.6 115.0 115.9 0.8 0.8 47.0 47.3 216 -17.2 -16.4 131.2 130.5 0.8 0.8 50.8 50.5 240 -20.0 -17.7 146.2 146.5 0.7 0.7 53.6 53.9 # ** NCEP/USA GFS ** TABLE 1.4 NORTHERN HEMISPHERE VERIFICATION AGAINST ANALYSES (90N-20N) ----------------------------------------------------------- 500 HPA TEMPERATURE FEBRUARY 2010 ----------------------------------------------- FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE CORRELATION PERIOD (K) (K) -------------- (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.7 1.0 1.0 48 0.1 0.1 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.0 72 0.1 0.1 1.6 1.6 0.9 0.9 96 0.0 0.0 2.1 2.1 0.9 0.9 120 0.0 0.0 2.5 2.6 0.9 0.9 144 -0.1 -0.1 3.0 3.1 0.8 0.8 168 -0.2 -0.1 3.5 3.6 0.8 0.8 192 -0.2 -0.2 3.9 4.0 0.8 0.8 216 -0.3 -0.3 4.3 4.3 0.7 0.7 240 -0.3 -0.3 4.6 4.6 0.7 0.7 TABLE 1.5 NORTHERN HEMISPHERE VERIFICATION AGAINST ANALYSES (90N-20N) ----------------------------------------------------------- 250 HPA TEMPERATURE FEBRUARY 2010 ----------------------------------------------- FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE CORRELATION PERIOD (K) (K) -------------- (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.1 -0.2 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 48 -0.3 -0.3 1.5 1.5 0.9 0.9 72 -0.5 -0.5 2.0 2.0 0.9 0.9 96 -0.7 -0.7 2.5 2.5 0.9 0.9 120 -0.8 -0.8 3.0 3.0 0.8 0.8 144 -1.0 -1.0 3.5 3.5 0.8 0.8 168 -1.2 -1.2 3.9 4.0 0.8 0.8 192 -1.4 -1.4 4.3 4.3 0.7 0.7 216 -1.5 -1.5 4.7 4.6 0.7 0.7 240 -1.7 -1.6 5.0 5.0 0.7 0.7 TABLE 1.6 NORTHERN HEMISPHERE VERIFICATION AGAINST ANALYSES (90N-20N) ----------------------------------------------------------- 500 HPA WIND FEBRUARY 2010 ----------------------------------------------- FORECAST MEAN SPEED ERROR RMSEV PERIOD (M/S) (M/S) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 0.0 -0.1 3.8 3.9 48 -0.1 -0.1 5.7 5.7 72 -0.1 -0.1 7.4 7.4 96 -0.2 -0.2 9.1 9.2 120 -0.2 -0.3 10.8 11.0 144 -0.3 -0.3 12.5 12.7 168 -0.2 -0.3 13.9 14.1 192 -0.4 -0.4 15.0 15.1 216 -0.4 -0.5 16.1 16.0 240 -0.3 -0.4 17.0 17.1 # ** NCEP/USA GFS ** TABLE 1.7 NORTHERN HEMISPHERE VERIFICATION AGAINST ANALYSES (90N-20N) ----------------------------------------------------------- 250 HPA WIND FEBRUARY 2010 ----------------------------------------------- FORECAST MEAN SPEED ERROR RMSEV PERIOD (M/S) (M/S) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 0.0 0.0 4.8 4.8 48 -0.1 0.0 7.0 7.0 72 -0.1 -0.1 9.0 9.1 96 -0.2 -0.1 11.1 11.4 120 -0.1 -0.1 13.5 13.9 144 -0.1 -0.1 16.0 16.4 168 0.0 -0.1 18.3 18.7 192 0.2 0.1 20.3 20.5 216 0.2 0.2 22.3 22.3 240 0.4 0.4 23.8 24.1 TABLE 2.1 TROPICS VERIFICATION AGAINST ANALYSES (20N-20S) ----------------------------------------------------------- 850 HPA GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT FEBRUARY 2010 ----------------------------------------------- FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE CORRELATION S1 SCORE PERIOD ( M ) ( M ) -------------- -------------- (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.5 -0.5 4.3 4.1 0.9 0.9 37.9 38.3 48 -0.3 -0.3 7.1 7.0 0.8 0.8 48.0 49.0 72 -0.7 -0.8 9.3 9.2 0.8 0.8 52.4 53.4 96 -1.3 -1.3 10.8 10.5 0.8 0.8 55.4 56.9 120 -1.7 -1.8 11.8 11.2 0.7 0.8 58.1 59.4 144 -2.3 -2.5 12.9 12.5 0.7 0.7 60.2 61.8 168 -2.5 -2.8 14.2 14.1 0.7 0.7 62.6 64.1 192 -3.5 -4.0 16.0 15.8 0.6 0.6 66.4 68.0 216 -4.7 -5.2 17.5 17.2 0.6 0.6 68.7 70.2 240 -5.4 -5.7 18.7 18.4 0.6 0.6 70.6 72.0 TABLE 2.2 TROPICS VERIFICATION AGAINST ANALYSES (20N-20S) ----------------------------------------------------------- 250 HPA GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT FEBRUARY 2010 ----------------------------------------------- FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE CORRELATION S1 SCORE PERIOD ( M ) ( M ) -------------- -------------- (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 0.3 0.4 6.1 6.2 0.9 0.9 28.9 28.7 48 -1.3 -1.5 9.3 9.7 0.9 0.9 37.1 37.2 72 -4.1 -4.5 12.4 12.6 0.9 0.9 41.5 41.7 96 -6.0 -6.3 14.9 15.2 0.9 0.9 44.7 44.9 120 -7.8 -7.8 17.8 18.4 0.9 0.9 47.5 48.0 144 -9.1 -9.1 21.1 21.5 0.9 0.8 50.5 50.8 168 -9.6 -10.0 23.9 24.6 0.8 0.8 53.2 54.0 192 -12.0 -12.4 27.4 28.1 0.8 0.8 56.2 57.2 216 -13.3 -14.1 30.5 31.2 0.8 0.8 58.8 59.4 240 -15.0 -14.8 33.9 34.4 0.7 0.7 61.3 62.5 # ** NCEP/USA GFS ** TABLE 2.3 TROPICS VERIFICATION AGAINST ANALYSES (20N-20S) ----------------------------------------------------------- 850 HPA TEMPERATURE FEBRUARY 2010 ----------------------------------------------- FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE CORRELATION PERIOD (K) (K) -------------- (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.9 48 -0.1 -0.1 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.8 72 -0.1 -0.1 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 96 -0.2 -0.1 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 120 -0.2 -0.2 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.8 144 -0.2 -0.2 1.1 1.1 0.8 0.8 168 -0.2 -0.2 1.2 1.2 0.8 0.8 192 -0.2 -0.2 1.3 1.4 0.8 0.7 216 -0.2 -0.1 1.4 1.4 0.7 0.7 240 -0.2 -0.2 1.5 1.6 0.7 0.6 TABLE 2.4 TROPICS VERIFICATION AGAINST ANALYSES (20N-20S) ----------------------------------------------------------- 250 HPA TEMPERATURE FEBRUARY 2010 ----------------------------------------------- FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE CORRELATION PERIOD (K) (K) -------------- (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.8 48 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 72 0.0 0.0 1.1 1.1 0.7 0.7 96 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.2 0.7 0.7 120 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.4 0.7 0.7 144 0.0 0.0 1.5 1.5 0.6 0.6 168 0.0 0.0 1.6 1.6 0.6 0.6 192 -0.1 -0.1 1.7 1.7 0.6 0.6 216 -0.2 -0.2 1.8 1.8 0.5 0.5 240 -0.3 -0.3 1.8 1.9 0.5 0.5 TABLE 2.5 TROPICS VERIFICATION AGAINST ANALYSES (20N-20S) ----------------------------------------------------------- 850 HPA WIND FEBRUARY 2010 ----------------------------------------------- FORECAST MEAN SPEED ERROR RMSEV PERIOD (M/S) (M/S) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 0.1 0.1 2.2 2.2 48 0.1 0.0 3.2 3.1 72 0.1 0.0 3.7 3.6 96 0.1 0.1 4.2 4.1 120 0.1 0.1 4.5 4.5 144 0.2 0.2 4.9 4.8 168 0.3 0.3 5.3 5.2 192 0.4 0.4 5.7 5.6 216 0.4 0.4 6.1 6.0 240 0.4 0.5 6.4 6.4 # ** NCEP/USA GFS ** TABLE 2.6 TROPICS VERIFICATION AGAINST ANALYSES (20N-20S) ----------------------------------------------------------- 250 HPA WIND FEBRUARY 2010 ----------------------------------------------- FORECAST MEAN SPEED ERROR RMSEV PERIOD (M/S) (M/S) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.2 -0.2 4.5 4.5 48 -0.4 -0.4 6.4 6.3 72 -0.5 -0.5 7.5 7.4 96 -0.5 -0.5 8.3 8.3 120 -0.5 -0.5 9.1 9.2 144 -0.4 -0.4 9.9 9.9 168 -0.4 -0.5 10.8 10.7 192 -0.4 -0.5 11.5 11.5 216 -0.4 -0.4 12.2 12.2 240 -0.2 -0.2 13.0 13.2 TABLE 3.1 SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE VERIFICATION AGAINST ANALYSES (20S-90S) ----------------------------------------------------------- MEAN-SEA-LEVEL PRESSURE FEBRUARY 2010 ----------------------------------------------- FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE CORRELATION S1 SCORE PERIOD (HPA) (HPA) -------------- -------------- (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.1 0.0 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.0 20.7 20.5 48 -0.1 0.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 29.1 29.0 72 -0.1 -0.1 3.0 3.0 0.9 0.9 37.0 37.2 96 -0.1 -0.1 4.0 4.2 0.9 0.9 44.0 45.1 120 -0.1 -0.1 5.0 5.2 0.9 0.9 50.4 51.7 144 -0.1 -0.1 6.2 6.4 0.8 0.8 56.9 57.9 168 -0.1 -0.1 7.2 7.4 0.8 0.8 62.2 63.2 192 -0.1 -0.1 8.2 8.5 0.7 0.7 66.6 67.5 216 -0.1 -0.1 9.1 9.2 0.7 0.7 70.7 70.2 240 0.0 -0.1 9.6 9.7 0.7 0.6 72.6 72.7 TABLE 3.2 SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE VERIFICATION AGAINST ANALYSES (20S-90S) ----------------------------------------------------------- 500 HPA GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT FEBRUARY 2010 ----------------------------------------------- FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE CORRELATION S1 SCORE PERIOD ( M ) ( M ) -------------- -------------- (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.2 0.2 10.1 10.1 1.0 1.0 14.7 14.6 48 -0.7 0.1 18.0 18.1 1.0 1.0 21.8 21.6 72 -0.8 -0.6 28.2 28.2 1.0 1.0 28.8 28.8 96 -0.7 -0.6 40.0 40.4 0.9 0.9 35.4 35.6 120 -0.7 -0.5 51.7 53.3 0.9 0.9 41.7 42.1 144 -0.6 -0.8 63.8 67.5 0.8 0.8 47.5 48.3 168 -1.1 -1.2 75.4 80.0 0.8 0.8 52.2 53.2 192 -1.7 -2.0 88.0 92.4 0.8 0.7 56.6 57.8 216 -2.2 -2.6 99.2 102.1 0.7 0.7 60.5 61.1 240 -2.6 -3.2 107.0 109.2 0.7 0.7 63.5 63.9 # ** NCEP/USA GFS ** TABLE 3.3 SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE VERIFICATION AGAINST ANALYSES (20S-90S) ----------------------------------------------------------- 250 HPA GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT FEBRUARY 2010 ----------------------------------------------- FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE CORRELATION S1 SCORE PERIOD ( M ) ( M ) -------------- -------------- (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 2.1 2.5 13.5 13.5 1.0 1.0 12.4 12.3 48 3.5 4.1 25.3 25.4 1.0 1.0 19.2 19.1 72 4.7 4.5 39.8 39.5 1.0 1.0 26.2 26.2 96 5.3 5.1 56.8 57.0 0.9 0.9 33.0 33.3 120 4.7 5.0 73.9 77.1 0.9 0.9 39.3 40.2 144 4.3 3.8 91.3 97.2 0.9 0.8 45.1 46.4 168 3.4 2.3 108.4 116.0 0.8 0.8 50.0 51.5 192 0.2 -0.7 128.0 132.9 0.8 0.7 54.7 56.0 216 -2.7 -2.9 142.7 147.2 0.7 0.7 58.5 59.4 240 -5.1 -5.4 155.9 158.8 0.7 0.7 61.7 62.2 TABLE 3.4 SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE VERIFICATION AGAINST ANALYSES (20S-90S) ----------------------------------------------------------- 500 HPA TEMPERATURE FEBRUARY 2010 ----------------------------------------------- FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE CORRELATION PERIOD (K) (K) -------------- (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 0.1 0.1 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0 48 0.2 0.2 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.0 72 0.3 0.3 1.7 1.7 0.9 0.9 96 0.3 0.3 2.1 2.1 0.9 0.9 120 0.4 0.3 2.6 2.6 0.8 0.8 144 0.4 0.4 3.0 3.1 0.8 0.8 168 0.4 0.3 3.3 3.5 0.8 0.7 192 0.3 0.3 3.7 3.8 0.7 0.7 216 0.2 0.3 4.0 4.1 0.7 0.7 240 0.2 0.2 4.3 4.3 0.6 0.6 TABLE 3.5 SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE VERIFICATION AGAINST ANALYSES (20S-90S) ----------------------------------------------------------- 250 HPA TEMPERATURE FEBRUARY 2010 ----------------------------------------------- FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE CORRELATION PERIOD (K) (K) -------------- (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 48 -0.1 -0.1 1.5 1.5 0.9 0.9 72 -0.2 -0.2 2.1 2.1 0.9 0.9 96 -0.3 -0.3 2.6 2.6 0.8 0.8 120 -0.5 -0.5 3.1 3.1 0.8 0.8 144 -0.6 -0.6 3.5 3.5 0.8 0.7 168 -0.7 -0.8 3.8 3.9 0.7 0.7 192 -1.0 -1.0 4.1 4.2 0.7 0.7 216 -1.2 -1.2 4.4 4.5 0.6 0.6 240 -1.3 -1.3 4.7 4.7 0.6 0.6 # ** NCEP/USA GFS ** TABLE 3.6 SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE VERIFICATION AGAINST ANALYSES (20S-90S) ----------------------------------------------------------- 500 HPA WIND FEBRUARY 2010 ----------------------------------------------- FORECAST MEAN SPEED ERROR RMSEV PERIOD (M/S) (M/S) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.1 -0.1 3.6 3.7 48 -0.1 -0.1 5.4 5.3 72 -0.2 -0.2 6.9 7.0 96 -0.2 -0.3 8.5 8.6 120 -0.3 -0.3 10.1 10.2 144 -0.4 -0.5 11.5 11.8 168 -0.5 -0.6 12.8 13.2 192 -0.6 -0.7 14.0 14.4 216 -0.7 -0.7 15.1 15.3 240 -0.7 -0.7 15.9 16.1 TABLE 3.7 SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE VERIFICATION AGAINST ANALYSES (20S-90S) ----------------------------------------------------------- 250 HPA WIND FEBRUARY 2010 ----------------------------------------------- FORECAST MEAN SPEED ERROR RMSEV PERIOD (M/S) (M/S) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.1 -0.1 5.1 5.1 48 -0.1 -0.2 7.7 7.7 72 -0.2 -0.3 10.2 10.3 96 -0.3 -0.4 12.9 13.1 120 -0.5 -0.5 15.5 16.0 144 -0.6 -0.6 17.8 18.6 168 -0.7 -0.7 20.1 21.0 192 -0.7 -0.7 22.2 23.1 216 -0.8 -0.7 23.9 24.5 240 -0.8 -0.6 25.4 25.6 # ** NCEP/USA GFS MODEL ** TABLE 4.1 NORTH AMERICA VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 850 HPA GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (M) (M) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -2.45 -1.81 8.71 8.75 48 -3.26 -4.13 12.96 12.86 72 -5.75 -3.54 17.66 17.36 96 -5.74 -4.54 23.33 24.73 120 -2.34 -3.94 28.89 31.84 144 0.70 -2.98 35.99 40.06 168 0.57 -2.63 44.98 51.33 192 -2.42 -1.45 55.20 53.75 216 -2.94 2.24 60.64 59.94 240 -1.36 -1.89 64.85 67.22 TABLE 4.2 NORTH AMERICA VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 500 HPA GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (M) (M) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -2.10 -2.55 10.98 11.37 48 -3.47 -5.40 18.13 18.68 72 -6.72 -6.14 27.03 26.31 96 -6.69 -7.54 36.60 37.18 120 -5.81 -7.92 46.07 47.81 144 -2.11 -7.88 55.74 63.36 168 -0.89 -7.11 69.89 81.84 192 -2.79 -5.50 86.28 89.16 216 -3.53 -1.80 98.54 96.27 240 -2.89 -3.76 104.21 107.55 TABLE 4.3 NORTH AMERICA VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 250 HPA GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (M) (M) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 4.37 0.94 17.09 15.71 48 2.72 -0.13 26.36 25.00 72 0.51 -1.91 37.14 36.15 96 -3.22 -5.23 51.19 51.13 120 -4.79 -6.94 64.67 65.43 144 -2.17 -11.14 78.27 84.79 168 -0.30 -11.18 98.71 105.36 192 -3.63 -12.83 121.28 120.14 216 -6.30 -9.62 136.21 128.58 240 -7.40 -10.68 142.37 148.33 # ** NCEP/USA GFS MODEL ** TABLE 4.4 NORTH AMERICA VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 850 HPA TEMPERATURE FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (K) (K) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.29 -0.39 1.54 1.59 48 -0.50 -0.60 1.85 1.87 72 -0.67 -0.75 2.22 2.18 96 -0.75 -0.96 2.61 2.60 120 -0.86 -0.98 3.09 3.03 144 -0.84 -1.07 3.62 3.73 168 -0.81 -1.05 4.19 4.72 192 -0.80 -0.97 5.00 5.33 216 -0.76 -0.82 5.74 5.65 240 -0.72 -0.88 5.90 6.16 TABLE 4.5 NORTH AMERICA VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 500 HPA TEMPERATURE FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (K) (K) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 0.28 0.18 0.97 0.99 48 0.35 0.28 1.32 1.35 72 0.39 0.33 1.78 1.72 96 0.33 0.28 2.19 2.20 120 0.30 0.26 2.60 2.65 144 0.30 0.16 2.94 3.11 168 0.37 0.08 3.48 3.74 192 0.37 -0.05 4.01 4.04 216 0.27 -0.08 4.47 4.28 240 0.28 -0.19 4.53 4.51 TABLE 4.6 NORTH AMERICA VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 250 HPA TEMPERATURE FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (K) (K) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 0.30 0.08 1.50 1.45 48 0.08 -0.12 1.86 1.87 72 -0.22 -0.37 2.37 2.31 96 -0.46 -0.54 2.79 2.85 120 -0.80 -0.87 3.28 3.31 144 -1.02 -1.10 3.64 3.82 168 -1.26 -1.17 4.17 4.42 192 -1.29 -1.42 4.37 4.70 216 -1.38 -1.62 4.47 4.72 240 -1.51 -1.57 4.81 4.86 # ** NCEP/USA GFS MODEL ** TABLE 4.7 NORTH AMERICA VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 850 HPA WIND FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN SPEED ERROR RMSEV PERIOD (M/S) (M/S) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.36 -0.37 4.03 3.95 48 -0.40 -0.35 4.88 4.84 72 -0.60 -0.55 5.52 5.66 96 -0.63 -0.65 6.41 6.54 120 -0.95 -0.90 7.37 7.38 144 -0.91 -1.00 8.22 8.78 168 -0.74 -0.88 9.54 10.32 192 -0.99 -1.32 10.36 10.85 216 -1.07 -1.33 11.05 11.41 240 -1.15 -1.10 11.65 12.27 TABLE 4.8 NORTH AMERICA VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 500 HPA WIND FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN SPEED ERROR RMSEV PERIOD (M/S) (M/S) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.48 -0.60 4.74 4.86 48 -0.46 -0.57 6.31 6.43 72 -0.52 -0.64 7.87 8.13 96 -0.50 -0.61 9.39 9.88 120 -0.49 -0.67 11.11 11.26 144 -0.47 -0.71 12.62 13.65 168 -0.36 -0.86 14.64 15.73 192 -0.64 -1.13 15.68 16.28 216 -0.54 -1.24 17.02 16.81 240 -0.70 -0.81 17.51 18.55 TABLE 4.9 NORTH AMERICA VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 250 HPA WIND FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN SPEED ERROR RMSEV PERIOD (M/S) (M/S) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.48 -0.71 6.58 6.52 48 -0.39 -0.69 8.82 8.71 72 -0.63 -1.05 10.88 10.41 96 -0.73 -0.95 12.81 13.39 120 -0.66 -0.88 15.52 15.93 144 -0.59 -0.87 17.93 18.71 168 -0.71 -0.71 21.24 21.99 192 -0.66 -1.16 23.73 23.78 216 0.12 -0.59 25.55 24.99 240 -0.40 -0.08 26.37 26.82 # ** NCEP/USA GFS MODEL ** TABLE 5.1 EUROPE VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 850 HPA GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (M) (M) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -1.04 -2.75 9.54 9.71 48 -3.21 -4.54 14.57 14.72 72 -2.48 -2.91 20.63 19.76 96 -0.79 -1.57 28.18 31.63 120 2.02 -0.62 37.62 44.21 144 9.37 3.13 52.81 55.29 168 12.70 12.54 58.95 68.30 192 16.10 19.08 67.28 77.77 216 24.91 23.64 76.53 80.75 240 27.72 32.76 81.14 85.60 TABLE 5.2 EUROPE VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 500 HPA GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (M) (M) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -1.27 -2.71 12.45 12.13 48 -4.62 -6.33 19.26 19.32 72 -3.80 -4.55 29.40 27.15 96 -2.54 -1.87 40.57 42.30 120 -1.31 -0.01 56.52 60.94 144 3.56 -0.90 72.63 78.88 168 10.72 11.24 87.34 96.19 192 14.37 20.35 93.82 105.89 216 27.98 25.86 107.24 107.61 240 32.17 28.68 109.51 116.32 TABLE 5.3 EUROPE VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 250 HPA GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (M) (M) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 2.56 2.20 15.62 15.19 48 1.88 1.06 24.60 24.95 72 5.42 3.74 38.14 36.77 96 8.04 8.10 54.10 59.95 120 7.06 10.88 77.80 76.61 144 10.27 4.34 99.15 100.80 168 12.11 13.36 126.01 131.70 192 15.93 20.83 133.60 146.12 216 37.74 18.96 142.75 147.96 240 24.10 2.57 143.33 146.18 # ** NCEP/USA GFS MODEL ** TABLE 5.4 EUROPE VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 850 HPA TEMPERATURE FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (K) (K) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.12 -0.07 1.26 1.31 48 -0.27 -0.21 1.53 1.55 72 -0.35 -0.25 1.86 1.87 96 -0.34 -0.25 2.31 2.35 120 -0.55 -0.20 2.90 2.93 144 -0.82 -0.63 3.62 3.49 168 -0.53 -0.32 4.02 4.12 192 -0.72 -0.33 4.36 4.47 216 -0.73 -0.47 4.83 4.82 240 -0.68 -0.74 5.29 5.40 TABLE 5.5 EUROPE VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 500 HPA TEMPERATURE FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (K) (K) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 0.27 0.25 1.01 0.95 48 0.36 0.28 1.44 1.33 72 0.55 0.36 1.98 1.75 96 0.54 0.48 2.56 2.49 120 0.35 0.47 3.11 3.21 144 0.30 0.14 3.69 3.97 168 0.31 0.37 4.22 4.58 192 0.34 0.46 4.58 4.86 216 0.90 0.75 4.94 5.30 240 0.80 0.23 5.40 5.52 TABLE 5.6 EUROPE VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 250 HPA TEMPERATURE FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (K) (K) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 0.20 0.30 1.30 1.30 48 0.10 0.21 1.69 1.70 72 0.01 -0.03 2.21 2.13 96 -0.18 -0.12 2.59 2.63 120 -0.23 -0.21 3.00 3.24 144 -0.47 -0.31 3.40 3.66 168 -0.85 -1.04 3.76 4.12 192 -0.93 -1.20 3.97 4.29 216 -0.96 -1.26 4.15 4.37 240 -1.03 -1.11 4.48 4.63 # ** NCEP/USA GFS MODEL ** TABLE 5.7 EUROPE VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 850 HPA WIND FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN SPEED ERROR RMSEV PERIOD (M/S) (M/S) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.06 -0.12 4.25 4.30 48 -0.14 -0.11 5.29 5.33 72 -0.19 -0.30 6.48 6.35 96 -0.22 -0.21 7.71 8.15 120 -0.20 -0.18 9.20 9.72 144 -0.31 -0.25 10.36 10.89 168 0.02 -0.36 11.07 11.85 192 -0.90 -0.93 11.57 12.00 216 -0.74 -0.90 12.36 12.29 240 -0.36 -1.04 12.33 12.30 TABLE 5.8 EUROPE VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 500 HPA WIND FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN SPEED ERROR RMSEV PERIOD (M/S) (M/S) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.23 -0.30 4.81 4.88 48 -0.17 -0.17 6.32 6.49 72 0.00 -0.19 8.19 7.86 96 -0.02 -0.14 9.87 10.25 120 -0.02 0.02 12.43 12.42 144 0.50 0.06 14.28 14.49 168 0.27 0.04 15.78 16.13 192 0.32 -0.71 16.36 17.62 216 0.27 -1.05 17.35 17.58 240 -0.42 -0.86 18.38 18.78 TABLE 5.9 EUROPE VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 250 HPA WIND FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN SPEED ERROR RMSEV PERIOD (M/S) (M/S) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 0.11 -0.05 5.95 5.91 48 0.25 0.05 7.97 7.85 72 0.39 0.16 10.06 10.13 96 0.55 0.62 12.79 13.19 120 1.25 0.97 16.27 16.61 144 1.78 0.65 19.54 19.75 168 1.65 1.01 22.92 23.24 192 1.75 -0.09 24.06 25.08 216 1.33 -0.56 26.69 26.99 240 -0.46 -0.02 27.33 27.04 # ** NCEP/USA GFS MODEL ** TABLE 6.1 ASIA VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 850 HPA GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (M) (M) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 0.40 0.24 9.95 10.22 48 2.84 1.26 14.06 13.69 72 6.16 6.04 18.24 18.83 96 7.64 7.24 22.69 22.29 120 7.28 6.72 26.90 27.22 144 6.51 7.07 33.54 32.94 168 7.86 9.78 39.48 42.66 192 12.50 15.52 44.70 48.05 216 18.19 19.36 50.67 53.39 240 18.93 20.31 54.44 57.90 TABLE 6.2 ASIA VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 500 HPA GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (M) (M) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.10 -2.25 13.49 13.51 48 1.14 -2.46 18.77 18.64 72 5.43 3.70 25.12 25.42 96 8.45 6.62 33.16 33.41 120 8.21 6.22 39.96 42.04 144 5.79 6.15 50.68 51.36 168 7.13 7.11 61.14 64.75 192 11.13 12.24 69.45 70.39 216 12.62 13.47 76.89 76.62 240 14.06 12.04 84.79 84.73 TABLE 6.3 ASIA VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 250 HPA GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (M) (M) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -3.47 -5.46 18.92 18.87 48 -2.03 -5.97 25.12 25.29 72 3.17 1.62 30.61 31.79 96 7.24 6.21 41.08 40.89 120 7.25 5.68 51.43 52.81 144 4.38 4.50 65.89 66.49 168 2.71 2.58 79.75 82.73 192 6.15 4.88 90.57 92.31 216 2.84 4.37 101.46 101.53 240 2.77 2.10 113.71 115.45 # ** NCEP/USA GFS MODEL ** TABLE 6.4 ASIA VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 850 HPA TEMPERATURE FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (K) (K) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.12 -0.29 1.79 1.91 48 -0.13 -0.33 2.20 2.33 72 -0.06 -0.27 2.54 2.69 96 -0.09 -0.16 2.85 2.97 120 -0.07 -0.18 3.27 3.34 144 -0.12 -0.31 3.77 3.89 168 -0.27 -0.57 4.28 4.54 192 -0.29 -0.54 4.75 4.86 216 -0.59 -0.74 5.21 5.48 240 -0.52 -0.99 5.39 5.86 TABLE 6.5 ASIA VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 500 HPA TEMPERATURE FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (K) (K) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.05 -0.17 1.07 1.10 48 -0.01 -0.20 1.36 1.37 72 0.08 -0.07 1.60 1.65 96 0.21 0.06 1.93 1.98 120 0.27 0.10 2.24 2.43 144 0.20 0.16 2.81 2.93 168 0.18 -0.01 3.32 3.37 192 0.17 -0.06 3.55 3.63 216 -0.08 -0.14 3.93 4.15 240 -0.09 -0.24 4.17 4.37 TABLE 6.6 ASIA VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 250 HPA TEMPERATURE FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (K) (K) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.10 -0.07 1.28 1.26 48 -0.31 -0.22 1.62 1.57 72 -0.46 -0.37 1.90 1.93 96 -0.60 -0.45 2.26 2.24 120 -0.72 -0.62 2.56 2.56 144 -0.94 -0.83 2.85 2.85 168 -1.13 -1.08 3.16 3.24 192 -1.41 -1.40 3.38 3.41 216 -1.65 -1.54 3.72 3.62 240 -1.85 -1.72 3.94 3.85 # ** NCEP/USA GFS MODEL ** TABLE 6.7 ASIA VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 850 HPA WIND FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN SPEED ERROR RMSEV PERIOD (M/S) (M/S) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.31 -0.20 3.90 3.95 48 -0.35 -0.20 4.54 4.65 72 -0.30 -0.18 5.10 5.20 96 -0.19 -0.17 5.82 5.87 120 -0.19 -0.05 6.45 6.67 144 -0.24 -0.12 7.28 7.56 168 -0.19 -0.16 8.09 8.32 192 -0.64 -0.75 8.14 8.18 216 -0.64 -0.69 8.72 8.76 240 -0.86 -0.76 8.83 9.25 TABLE 6.8 ASIA VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 500 HPA WIND FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN SPEED ERROR RMSEV PERIOD (M/S) (M/S) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.39 -0.37 5.13 5.10 48 -0.47 -0.60 6.31 6.31 72 -0.58 -0.76 7.57 7.44 96 -0.78 -1.02 8.48 8.63 120 -0.90 -1.03 9.68 9.84 144 -0.95 -0.96 11.08 11.28 168 -0.86 -1.01 12.33 12.70 192 -1.20 -1.28 13.03 13.05 216 -0.75 -1.13 13.78 13.90 240 -0.96 -1.41 14.29 14.66 TABLE 6.9 ASIA VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 250 HPA WIND FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN SPEED ERROR RMSEV PERIOD (M/S) (M/S) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.91 -0.68 6.48 6.30 48 -1.28 -0.98 8.12 8.09 72 -1.30 -1.16 9.17 9.44 96 -1.73 -1.29 10.39 10.72 120 -1.67 -1.49 12.11 12.37 144 -1.82 -1.38 13.87 14.31 168 -1.61 -1.33 15.71 16.33 192 -1.54 -1.42 17.12 17.36 216 -1.29 -1.22 17.64 18.61 240 -0.93 -1.04 19.23 19.66 # ** NCEP/USA GFS MODEL ** TABLE 7.1 AUSTRALIA/ NEW Z VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 850 HPA GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (M) (M) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -3.99 -4.91 7.77 8.73 48 -1.60 -1.51 9.04 9.78 72 0.24 0.96 11.63 14.12 96 0.47 1.55 16.06 17.12 120 0.28 0.14 18.97 23.23 144 1.42 0.27 22.89 26.15 168 2.75 2.42 24.05 35.34 192 0.34 0.88 29.45 39.04 216 0.44 1.79 37.21 44.83 240 1.36 -2.39 38.39 52.37 TABLE 7.2 AUSTRALIA/ NEW Z VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 500 HPA GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (M) (M) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -8.70 -10.68 12.16 14.37 48 -7.54 -7.93 13.46 15.07 72 -6.47 -6.79 16.01 18.27 96 -7.29 -7.19 20.16 23.89 120 -8.18 -8.72 25.17 29.57 144 -7.71 -10.29 32.64 43.61 168 -6.45 -8.48 37.04 54.39 192 -10.28 -10.57 43.18 57.26 216 -9.67 -9.77 52.97 73.64 240 -11.75 -17.58 58.18 80.40 TABLE 7.3 AUSTRALIA/ NEW Z VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 250 HPA GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (M) (M) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -6.23 -7.86 13.92 15.20 48 -6.06 -6.07 18.63 21.83 72 -5.26 -4.52 24.18 26.79 96 -6.78 -6.78 31.30 34.12 120 -10.34 -8.02 38.83 42.56 144 -11.04 -14.74 49.43 60.62 168 -11.26 -13.67 57.32 77.86 192 -18.34 -15.43 69.77 84.42 216 -19.11 -16.25 81.29 110.99 240 -25.83 -28.94 89.69 116.26 # ** NCEP/USA GFS MODEL ** TABLE 7.4 AUSTRALIA/ NEW Z VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 850 HPA TEMPERATURE FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (K) (K) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.56 -0.54 1.38 1.32 48 -0.63 -0.63 1.51 1.51 72 -0.59 -0.51 1.64 1.66 96 -0.64 -0.61 1.90 1.84 120 -0.67 -0.82 2.19 2.05 144 -0.71 -0.73 2.49 2.59 168 -0.75 -0.69 2.83 3.14 192 -0.63 -0.80 3.35 3.47 216 -0.57 -0.81 3.69 3.95 240 -0.86 -0.90 3.70 4.40 TABLE 7.5 AUSTRALIA/ NEW Z VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 500 HPA TEMPERATURE FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (K) (K) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 0.19 0.03 0.94 0.90 48 0.08 0.05 1.04 1.18 72 0.07 -0.01 1.22 1.28 96 -0.01 -0.07 1.35 1.45 120 -0.06 0.00 1.50 1.47 144 -0.09 -0.17 1.75 2.14 168 -0.05 -0.17 1.92 2.19 192 -0.18 -0.11 2.16 2.52 216 -0.17 -0.17 2.26 2.92 240 -0.34 -0.39 2.48 2.84 TABLE 7.6 AUSTRALIA/ NEW Z VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 250 HPA TEMPERATURE FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (K) (K) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 0.28 0.45 1.00 1.10 48 0.32 0.35 1.24 1.32 72 0.24 0.25 1.49 1.53 96 0.18 0.17 1.55 1.74 120 0.08 0.00 1.71 2.14 144 -0.06 -0.09 1.92 2.19 168 -0.19 -0.27 2.03 2.50 192 -0.36 -0.42 2.29 2.75 216 -0.51 -0.54 2.35 2.87 240 -0.71 -0.73 2.52 2.99 # ** NCEP/USA GFS MODEL ** TABLE 7.7 AUSTRALIA/ NEW Z VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 850 HPA WIND FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN SPEED ERROR RMSEV PERIOD (M/S) (M/S) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.19 0.01 4.04 4.25 48 -0.09 0.04 4.82 4.59 72 -0.18 0.12 5.35 5.38 96 -0.26 0.08 5.94 5.88 120 -0.35 -0.05 6.31 6.23 144 -0.34 0.17 7.05 7.18 168 -0.37 -0.20 7.91 8.09 192 -0.52 -0.21 8.32 8.41 216 -0.44 0.02 8.76 8.97 240 -0.25 -0.03 8.86 10.14 TABLE 7.8 AUSTRALIA/ NEW Z VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 500 HPA WIND FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN SPEED ERROR RMSEV PERIOD (M/S) (M/S) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.42 -0.39 4.50 4.55 48 -0.43 -0.57 5.17 5.20 72 -0.69 -0.55 5.91 6.26 96 -0.52 -0.45 6.72 6.79 120 -0.52 -0.47 7.45 7.75 144 -0.62 -0.24 8.33 9.18 168 -0.65 -0.41 9.63 9.99 192 -0.88 -0.65 9.99 10.83 216 -1.03 -0.71 10.85 11.32 240 -1.06 -0.32 11.40 12.17 TABLE 7.9 AUSTRALIA/ NEW Z VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 250 HPA WIND FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN SPEED ERROR RMSEV PERIOD (M/S) (M/S) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.56 -0.58 6.04 6.25 48 -0.48 -0.74 7.70 7.94 72 -0.98 -0.82 8.88 8.99 96 -0.97 -1.10 10.28 10.50 120 -1.55 -0.81 11.80 12.39 144 -1.80 -1.34 13.79 14.37 168 -1.81 -1.36 15.56 16.28 192 -2.03 -1.78 16.56 18.39 216 -2.44 -2.09 17.63 17.97 240 -2.59 -1.80 18.56 19.42 # ** NCEP/USA GFS MODEL ** TABLE 8.1 TROPICS VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 850 HPA GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (M) (M) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -3.25 -2.70 8.94 10.01 48 -0.75 -0.92 9.64 10.64 72 0.30 -0.46 11.11 11.81 96 0.34 -0.64 13.16 12.62 120 -0.42 -1.94 14.29 13.32 144 -0.78 -3.52 15.53 14.98 168 -0.44 -4.33 16.56 17.16 192 -1.53 -5.69 17.82 18.76 216 -2.93 -6.58 19.88 18.78 240 -4.18 -6.57 21.04 18.90 TABLE 8.2 TROPICS VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 500 HPA GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (M) (M) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -10.86 -10.04 14.87 15.05 48 -9.97 -9.72 14.73 15.06 72 -10.13 -10.16 15.59 15.92 96 -10.77 -10.61 16.91 16.79 120 -12.60 -12.12 18.60 18.07 144 -14.34 -14.15 20.25 20.10 168 -14.51 -15.37 20.96 21.62 192 -15.89 -17.37 22.57 23.50 216 -16.40 -18.09 24.00 24.90 240 -18.09 -18.34 26.53 25.65 TABLE 8.3 TROPICS VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 250 HPA GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (M) (M) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -9.53 -7.06 16.96 16.08 48 -10.68 -7.75 18.39 17.66 72 -13.47 -9.71 20.87 19.35 96 -15.94 -10.92 23.18 21.37 120 -19.76 -12.67 27.27 23.94 144 -22.73 -14.69 30.43 26.60 168 -24.06 -15.86 32.88 29.67 192 -27.18 -19.56 36.70 32.45 216 -28.21 -21.29 37.80 35.07 240 -29.44 -22.39 40.46 37.11 # ** NCEP/USA GFS MODEL ** TABLE 8.4 TROPICS VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 850 HPA TEMPERATURE FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (K) (K) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.54 -0.46 1.28 1.28 48 -0.62 -0.54 1.35 1.36 72 -0.67 -0.56 1.39 1.40 96 -0.68 -0.59 1.45 1.45 120 -0.74 -0.62 1.48 1.48 144 -0.76 -0.66 1.50 1.56 168 -0.78 -0.67 1.59 1.54 192 -0.78 -0.71 1.68 1.68 216 -0.78 -0.69 1.77 1.73 240 -0.77 -0.67 1.84 1.84 TABLE 8.5 TROPICS VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 500 HPA TEMPERATURE FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (K) (K) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 0.37 0.24 1.02 1.05 48 0.31 0.25 1.08 1.08 72 0.29 0.24 1.11 1.12 96 0.29 0.27 1.16 1.21 120 0.27 0.29 1.21 1.27 144 0.20 0.26 1.25 1.30 168 0.19 0.21 1.32 1.43 192 0.16 0.12 1.37 1.46 216 0.19 0.11 1.44 1.51 240 0.20 0.13 1.48 1.57 TABLE 8.6 TROPICS VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 250 HPA TEMPERATURE FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (K) (K) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 0.08 0.15 0.90 0.86 48 0.03 0.05 1.02 1.00 72 -0.09 0.00 1.13 1.11 96 -0.20 0.05 1.21 1.19 120 -0.25 0.06 1.30 1.28 144 -0.32 0.08 1.43 1.37 168 -0.33 0.10 1.56 1.52 192 -0.48 0.01 1.68 1.59 216 -0.56 -0.05 1.82 1.64 240 -0.62 -0.14 1.87 1.75 # ** NCEP/USA GFS MODEL ** TABLE 8.7 TROPICS VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 850 HPA WIND FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN SPEED ERROR RMSEV PERIOD (M/S) (M/S) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 0.22 -0.05 4.19 4.05 48 0.29 -0.10 4.57 4.28 72 0.27 -0.09 4.82 4.51 96 0.31 -0.07 5.10 4.70 120 0.16 -0.09 5.22 4.86 144 0.18 -0.05 5.55 5.08 168 0.36 0.00 5.74 5.42 192 0.45 -0.07 6.06 5.55 216 0.66 0.02 6.43 5.96 240 0.75 0.05 6.74 6.52 TABLE 8.8 TROPICS VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 500 HPA WIND FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN SPEED ERROR RMSEV PERIOD (M/S) (M/S) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.86 -0.82 4.75 4.64 48 -0.95 -1.07 5.16 5.00 72 -1.14 -1.19 5.53 5.41 96 -1.07 -1.26 5.87 5.71 120 -0.98 -1.12 6.25 6.01 144 -0.85 -1.14 6.67 6.64 168 -0.79 -1.05 7.02 6.98 192 -0.63 -1.20 7.37 7.25 216 -0.51 -1.07 7.77 7.71 240 -0.34 -0.91 8.39 8.10 TABLE 8.9 TROPICS VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 250 HPA WIND FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN SPEED ERROR RMSEV PERIOD (M/S) (M/S) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.56 -0.96 6.19 6.20 48 -0.64 -1.00 7.25 7.15 72 -0.85 -1.01 7.77 8.11 96 -0.91 -0.82 8.54 8.70 120 -0.64 -0.67 9.27 9.29 144 -0.65 -0.72 9.91 9.81 168 -0.74 -0.74 10.56 10.59 192 -1.05 -0.82 11.29 10.95 216 -1.13 -0.94 11.40 11.42 240 -1.46 -1.10 11.82 12.51 # ** NCEP/USA GFS MODEL ** TABLE 9.1 NORTH HEMISPHERE VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 850 HPA GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (M) (M) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -1.84 -2.09 9.75 9.59 48 -2.04 -3.07 14.54 14.42 72 -1.92 -1.90 20.62 20.70 96 -1.84 -1.53 27.86 29.49 120 -0.08 -1.76 36.64 39.02 144 3.37 0.96 45.60 49.56 168 4.09 3.58 55.97 59.84 192 6.50 6.85 62.67 66.57 216 8.56 7.58 70.42 71.78 240 9.31 9.02 76.53 77.58 TABLE 9.2 NORTH HEMISPHERE VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 500 HPA GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (M) (M) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -2.55 -3.45 13.17 12.77 48 -4.01 -5.70 20.14 20.19 72 -3.66 -4.19 29.87 29.01 96 -3.59 -3.45 42.00 42.30 120 -3.22 -4.35 54.15 57.90 144 -0.70 -2.96 69.63 74.17 168 1.23 0.11 83.91 91.24 192 2.26 3.37 96.08 99.36 216 6.89 5.19 110.70 107.18 240 6.64 3.62 119.04 115.68 TABLE 9.3 NORTH HEMISPHERE VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 250 HPA GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (M) (M) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.11 -1.90 17.53 16.62 48 -1.03 -3.39 26.01 25.84 72 -0.02 -1.74 37.16 36.11 96 -1.60 -1.93 53.34 55.14 120 -2.26 -1.93 71.23 71.80 144 -1.00 -4.81 89.78 94.34 168 -1.13 -3.89 110.54 117.29 192 -2.28 -3.00 125.33 128.58 216 4.70 -1.51 146.73 144.12 240 1.11 -4.54 159.04 153.30 # ** NCEP/USA GFS MODEL ** TABLE 9.4 NORTH HEMISPHERE VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 850 HPA TEMPERATURE FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (K) (K) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.26 -0.30 1.50 1.55 48 -0.42 -0.46 1.82 1.86 72 -0.51 -0.52 2.20 2.22 96 -0.52 -0.53 2.65 2.68 120 -0.66 -0.58 3.27 3.20 144 -0.72 -0.75 3.93 4.02 168 -0.67 -0.69 4.43 4.77 192 -0.74 -0.77 5.09 5.32 216 -0.73 -0.74 5.74 5.70 240 -0.81 -0.88 6.16 6.12 TABLE 9.5 NORTH HEMISPHERE VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 500 HPA TEMPERATURE FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (K) (K) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 0.17 0.12 1.02 1.00 48 0.19 0.14 1.39 1.40 72 0.28 0.21 1.87 1.77 96 0.31 0.28 2.36 2.33 120 0.25 0.25 2.85 2.94 144 0.21 0.15 3.34 3.55 168 0.22 0.16 3.86 4.13 192 0.15 0.10 4.24 4.42 216 0.36 0.14 4.75 4.74 240 0.19 0.01 5.05 4.98 TABLE 9.6 NORTH HEMISPHERE VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 250 HPA TEMPERATURE FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (K) (K) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 0.10 0.03 1.35 1.34 48 -0.10 -0.15 1.74 1.77 72 -0.30 -0.37 2.25 2.23 96 -0.54 -0.56 2.73 2.78 120 -0.72 -0.75 3.14 3.33 144 -0.96 -1.00 3.63 3.86 168 -1.25 -1.28 4.03 4.32 192 -1.36 -1.50 4.38 4.58 216 -1.56 -1.65 4.68 4.71 240 -1.66 -1.64 5.01 4.95 # ** NCEP/USA GFS MODEL ** TABLE 9.7 NORTH HEMISPHERE VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 850 HPA WIND FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN SPEED ERROR RMSEV PERIOD (M/S) (M/S) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.39 -0.36 4.12 4.14 48 -0.44 -0.38 5.01 5.00 72 -0.51 -0.51 5.86 5.92 96 -0.48 -0.51 6.98 7.16 120 -0.55 -0.52 8.04 8.38 144 -0.74 -0.50 9.12 9.49 168 -0.50 -0.52 10.03 10.66 192 -0.93 -1.07 10.64 11.00 216 -0.88 -0.96 11.32 11.46 240 -0.85 -1.01 11.62 11.81 TABLE 9.8 NORTH HEMISPHERE VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 500 HPA WIND FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN SPEED ERROR RMSEV PERIOD (M/S) (M/S) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.41 -0.48 4.76 4.82 48 -0.37 -0.46 6.30 6.46 72 -0.41 -0.52 8.06 8.21 96 -0.39 -0.58 9.66 10.18 120 -0.54 -0.63 11.68 12.04 144 -0.33 -0.60 13.42 14.17 168 -0.46 -0.67 15.05 15.88 192 -0.55 -1.17 15.92 16.54 216 -0.41 -1.16 17.23 17.12 240 -0.73 -0.89 17.88 18.25 TABLE 9.9 NORTH HEMISPHERE VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 250 HPA WIND FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN SPEED ERROR RMSEV PERIOD (M/S) (M/S) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.19 -0.34 5.92 5.91 48 -0.27 -0.35 7.91 7.92 72 -0.28 -0.31 9.99 9.92 96 -0.32 -0.32 12.04 12.76 120 -0.19 -0.18 14.96 15.39 144 0.22 -0.25 17.52 18.05 168 0.05 -0.08 20.17 20.84 192 0.29 -0.43 21.99 22.42 216 0.61 -0.22 24.19 23.99 240 0.02 -0.04 25.13 25.10 # ** NCEP/USA GFS MODEL ** TABLE 10.1 SOUTH HEMISPHERE VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 850 HPA GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (M) (M) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -3.43 -2.85 9.35 9.94 48 -2.78 -2.40 12.05 12.20 72 -1.84 -2.47 15.31 17.01 96 -1.13 -1.53 20.80 21.53 120 -3.08 -3.23 24.34 27.42 144 -3.05 -4.83 29.17 31.49 168 -2.22 -4.04 33.73 37.12 192 -2.80 -5.34 37.58 42.73 216 -3.43 -7.06 45.16 48.41 240 -4.71 -9.01 47.88 54.09 TABLE 10.2 SOUTH HEMISPHERE VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 500 HPA GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (M) (M) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -7.69 -6.03 13.61 14.31 48 -7.81 -6.14 16.74 17.56 72 -7.75 -6.43 21.33 23.02 96 -7.66 -6.16 28.06 30.48 120 -9.31 -7.28 33.22 38.47 144 -9.71 -9.18 41.31 48.73 168 -9.02 -6.75 48.43 57.73 192 -10.37 -7.91 52.59 63.58 216 -10.08 -10.04 61.17 69.93 240 -13.50 -12.37 65.68 76.98 TABLE 10.3 SOUTH HEMISPHERE VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 250 HPA GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (M) (M) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -5.18 -2.77 15.51 17.59 48 -4.96 -1.64 21.72 24.35 72 -4.60 -1.55 29.92 32.94 96 -4.38 -1.23 39.96 45.17 120 -7.53 -1.17 48.19 55.72 144 -8.60 -4.25 58.38 72.32 168 -8.97 -0.95 68.85 85.88 192 -13.01 -2.83 77.57 97.89 216 -13.98 -6.63 90.63 108.19 240 -22.24 -11.68 99.06 113.75 # ** NCEP/USA GFS MODEL ** TABLE 10.4 SOUTH HEMISPHERE VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 850 HPA TEMPERATURE FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (K) (K) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.64 -0.44 1.58 1.52 48 -0.74 -0.58 1.75 1.70 72 -0.73 -0.63 1.91 1.91 96 -0.78 -0.70 2.19 2.16 120 -0.84 -0.71 2.51 2.38 144 -0.88 -0.81 2.89 2.80 168 -0.92 -0.72 3.13 3.19 192 -0.96 -0.63 3.66 3.52 216 -0.81 -0.66 3.92 3.68 240 -0.98 -0.66 3.93 4.06 TABLE 10.5 SOUTH HEMISPHERE VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 500 HPA TEMPERATURE FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (K) (K) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 0.11 0.17 0.96 1.09 48 0.09 0.25 1.20 1.36 72 0.06 0.29 1.45 1.57 96 0.06 0.26 1.68 1.89 120 0.04 0.39 1.87 2.14 144 0.06 0.40 2.10 2.69 168 0.09 0.50 2.37 2.91 192 0.01 0.54 2.52 3.18 216 0.04 0.57 2.74 3.38 240 -0.13 0.51 2.96 3.40 TABLE 10.6 SOUTH HEMISPHERE VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 250 HPA TEMPERATURE FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN ERROR RMSE PERIOD (K) (K) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 0.25 0.16 1.21 1.29 48 0.22 0.07 1.52 1.59 72 0.14 -0.11 1.91 1.99 96 -0.03 -0.16 2.11 2.39 120 -0.11 -0.22 2.40 2.83 144 -0.24 -0.38 2.60 2.99 168 -0.39 -0.61 2.87 3.28 192 -0.69 -0.79 3.06 3.68 216 -0.83 -0.99 3.28 3.84 240 -1.09 -1.23 3.49 4.05 # ** NCEP/USA GFS MODEL ** TABLE 10.7 SOUTH HEMISPHERE VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 850 HPA WIND FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN SPEED ERROR RMSEV PERIOD (M/S) (M/S) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.16 -0.30 4.40 4.56 48 -0.13 -0.38 5.03 4.98 72 -0.20 -0.32 5.61 5.66 96 -0.25 -0.32 6.33 6.42 120 -0.41 -0.35 6.70 6.92 144 -0.31 -0.30 7.69 7.93 168 -0.32 -0.53 8.37 8.87 192 -0.79 -0.99 8.79 8.99 216 -0.82 -0.97 9.19 9.64 240 -0.84 -0.95 9.47 10.16 TABLE 10.8 SOUTH HEMISPHERE VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 500 HPA WIND FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN SPEED ERROR RMSEV PERIOD (M/S) (M/S) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.44 -0.48 4.56 4.90 48 -0.46 -0.60 5.36 5.85 72 -0.57 -0.76 6.43 6.99 96 -0.45 -0.57 7.54 8.14 120 -0.36 -0.62 8.25 9.04 144 -0.48 -0.59 9.34 10.41 168 -0.46 -0.72 10.67 11.62 192 -0.86 -1.17 11.26 12.52 216 -1.07 -1.25 11.90 13.20 240 -1.16 -1.25 12.44 13.64 TABLE 10.9 SOUTH HEMISPHERE VERIFICATION AGAINST RADIOSONDES -------------------------------------------------- 250 HPA WIND FEBRUARY 2010 ------------------------------------------------ FORECAST MEAN SPEED ERROR RMSEV PERIOD (M/S) (M/S) (HOURS) 00 GMT 12 GMT 00 GMT 12 GMT -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ 24 -0.50 -0.58 6.14 6.54 48 -0.44 -0.91 7.85 8.23 72 -0.77 -1.05 9.82 10.22 96 -0.63 -0.99 11.35 12.10 120 -1.08 -1.39 12.95 14.37 144 -1.25 -1.36 15.12 16.29 168 -1.09 -1.61 17.23 18.97 192 -1.45 -1.46 18.23 20.90 216 -1.48 -2.28 19.01 21.21 240 -1.69 -1.78 19.99 22.61