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Bufkit Forecasts

Introduction

BUFKIT is a forecast profile visualization and analysis tool kit developed by the staff at the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Buffalo and the Warning Decision Training Branch (WDTB) in Norman, OK. BUFKIT is used in the public, private, and educational meteorological sectors in both the US and Canada. BUFKIT is available to anyone who is interested in the analysis of forecast hourly profiles. Bufkit Software and Download Information


Forecast soundings for the Carolinas and the surrounding region

To download the file for a particular station, right click on the station ID, highlight "Save Target As". and place the file in the appropriate directory. Note that Internet Explorer is preferred since Netscape users may have difficulties.

If you find this service useful, please let us know ! Send a note to Jonathan Blaes.


Forecast Data Locations - Click on the map to enlarge the view

Map of Forecast Data Locations- click to enlarge map

Most recent data files that are available for download are shown in the tables below. Right click on the station ID then choose "Save as" in your browser.

Two day archive of data files for RDU, GSO, FAY, and CLT are also available. These files have a date stamp prepended to the filename. List of archived files.

List of current files - sorted by date/time.
List of current files - sorted by name.

RUC - 20 km
50 levels
hourly
out to 12 hrs
(00Z, 3Z, 6Z, 9Z, 12Z, 15Z, 18Z, & 21Z)


ALL
AVL
BLF
CAE
CHO
CHS
CLT
DAN
ECG
FAY
FFC
FLO
FRI
FVX
GSO
GSP
HKY
IAD
ILM
LWB
MHX
MYR
ORF
PHF
RDU
RIC
ROA
RWI
SBY
TNB
TRI
WAL
Eta - 12 km
60 levels
hourly
out to 60 hrs
(00Z & 12Z)
ALL
AVL
BLF
CAE
CHO
CHS
CLT
DAN
ECG
FAY
FFC
FLO
FRI
FVX
GSO
GSP
HKY
IAD
ILM
LWB
MHX
MYR
ORF
PHF
RDU
RIC
ROA
RWI
SBY
TNB
TRI
WAL
Eta - 12 km
60 levels
hourly
out to 48 hrs
(06Z & 18Z)
ALL
AVL
BLF
CAE
CHO
CHS
CLT
DAN
ECG
FAY
FFC
FLO
FRI
FVX
GSO
GSP
HKY
IAD
ILM
LWB
MHX
MYR
ORF
PHF
RDU
RIC
ROA
RWI
SBY
TNB
TRI
WAL
NGM - 80 km
16 levels
hourly
out to 48 hrs
(00Z & 12Z)
ALL
AVL
 
CAE
CHO
CHS
CLT
 
 
POB
FFC
 
 
 
GSO
GSP
 
IAD
ILM
 
MHX
 
ORF
 
RDU
RIC
ROA
 
 
 
MOR
WAL
GFS3 - 80 km
64 levels
3 hourly
out to 120 hrs
(00Z, 06Z, 12Z, & 18Z)


ALL
AVL
BLF
CAE
CHO
CHS
CLT
DAN
ECG
FAY
FFC
FLO
FRI
FVX
GSO
GSP
HKY
IAD
ILM
LWB
MHX
MYR
ORF
PHF
RDU
RIC
ROA
RWI
SBY
 
TRI
WAL
MM5 -

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