Order the data for 17 - 18 October 1996

Data Available for this Case

Satellite Imagery in McIDAS area files
- GOES-West
  - Infrared 4 km resolution hourly from 96101600 to 96102004
  - Visible 4 km resolution hourly from 96101600 to 96102003 except the hours 04 - 13.
- GOES-East
  - Infrared 4 km resolution hourly from 96101600 to 96102012
  - Visible 4 km resolution hourly from 96101600 to 96102012 except the hours 01 - 09.
Hourly Surface reports -- METAR coded in ASCII format and decoded format and gempak files
- Every hour from 00 UTC 16 October through 17 UTC 20 October
- SAO and Synoptic -- US, Canadian, and Mexican stations
- ship and buoy
Upper Air Soundings -- standard code and gempak files
- All available soundings from 00 UTC 16 October through 12 UCT 20 October
- US, Canadian and Mexican stations
Model Grids -- grib files and gempak files
- ETA 48 hour model runs initialized every 12 hours 00 UTC 16 October through 12 UTC 20 October
- NGM 48 Hour model runs initialized every 12 hours 00 UTC 16 October through 12 UTC 20 October
- AVN 72 hour model runs initialized every 12 hours 00 UTC 16 October through 12 UTC 20 October
- Control files for the avn, eta and ngm models for 00 UTC 17 October through 12 UTC 18 October for use in the software package called GrADS.
Gempak-META files displayed using NTRANS from UNIDATA
- Model grids and diagnostics based on the AVN model, 00 UTC 16 October through 12 UTC 17 October
- Model grids and diagnostics based on the ETA and NGM models, 00 UTC 16 October through 12 UTC 18 October

Ordering Data

Data can be obtained through via the COMET Homepage for the October 1996 case.

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