Weather Forecasts


Maps

  • 20- to 30- Minute Forecast  Still image showing where precipitation is expected in the next 20 to 30 minutes.
  • 24-Hour Forecast Radar Shows precipitation forecast for next 24 honors at two-hour intervals.  ‘Past’ view showthe s most recent two hours observations at ten-minute intervals.  Zoom view.
  • Animated Weather Map for the past hour and coming five hours. You can zoom in for a close-up view.
  • Animated:
    • 15-Hour (Northeast close-up at one- or two-hour intervals)  
    • 48-Hour (Eastern U.S. at one- or two-hour intervals) 
    • 7-Day (U.S. at six-hour intervals)

Drag the time marker to show individual animation frames, or set it to play automatically.  Set the “Fast image load” button on right side to “Off”. to see one-hour instead of two-hour interval.


Text Forecasts (National Weather Service)


Some of the links below use “Universal Coordinate Time” (abbreviated as “UCT”, “Z”, or “GMT”).

Subtract four hours to convert UCT time to Eastern Daylight Savings (EDT).  From early November to early March, subtract five hours to convert to UCT to Eastern Standard Time.  

See Converting UTC time to Local Time for details.

Forecast Data Tables

Once you learn how to read these tables they provide a detailed and quick way to see what is expected to happen and when. Remember to subtract five hours from UTC time to get Eastern Daylight Time ( minus four (-4) hours during winter to get EST ).


Long Range Forecast Maps

Revised OFFICIAL 30-Day Forecasts (NOAA)How to Interpret Six to Ten Day Outlook Maps (NOAA) )

Six- to Ten-Day and Eight- to Fourteen-Day Outlooks  (Updated Daily by 4:00 p.m.)



Next Month 
Outlooks for Temperature and Precipitation (NOAA)

New outlook available on the third Thursday of the month at 3:00 p.m.

Revised outlooks posted on last day of the month for Temperature and Precipitation



Three-Month Outlooks 
(NOAA)

Updated on third Thursday of the month.


Additional Weather Forecast Images (Weather Underground, intellicast website)

  • Two-Day Forecasts for precipitation type (rain, snow, sleet) or amount.
    Series of maps showing status at three-hour intervals for the next 48 hours.  Click on the arrow to advance the forecast time.
  • Sky Cover Forecast Maps that show the percent of cloud cover expected for six-hour intervals over today and tomorrow. Select the forecast hour from the drop-down list above the image. Check to confirm that the day and UTC time on the map displayed is what you want.

Precipitation Forecast Maps (Plymouth State Weather Center website)