Russia Weather Map

Use the controls below to create a map display of your choice. You can highlight a specific location using the pulldown menu on the right. Using the menus below on the left you can choose a basemap (e.g. topography, snow, wind, temperature etc.) and overlay on this information such as current weather observations or specific snow report data. The slider bar enables the forecast maps to be replayed automatically.

Choose weather base map: Colour Base Map Shaded Relief Base Map ===================== Precipitation Forecast (Use Time Slider) Wind Forecast (Use Time Slider) Temperature Forecast (Use Time Slider) Cloud Forecast (Use Time Slider) HTSGW (Use Time Slider)

Pressure:

Wind:

HTSGW:

Freezing level:

None:

Choose Information Overlay: Ski Resorts Surf breaks Cities Tide forecasts =========================== All snow, city, surf, tide forecasts Current Temperature Observations Current Wind Observations Current Weather Observations =========================== None

Display specific resort, city or surf break* Select to locate on the map

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The large scale weather maps make no attempt to model local topographic effects which is why there are always large disparities with the detailed and more accurate snow maps. Essentially these are raw GFS model maps with minimal topographic considerations.