UMOS wind forecasts from CMC - model run: 0000 UTC  05 Feb 2003

UMOS Winds
Updateable Model Output Statistics (UMOS) winds are the product of a real-time statistical analysis of model fields, which includes an assessment of the accuracy of past model performance compared to actual observations. Thus they are useful operationally because they typically exhibit greater accuracy than the actual model-produced winds from a single operational simulation.

The Canadian UMOS system, developed and implemented by the Meteorological Research Branch (MRB) and the Candian Meteorological Centre (CMC) of the Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC), has been supplying operational guidance for land-based stations across Canada since March of 2000. Employing the winds observed at these stations as predictands, UMOS constructs regression equations using predictors from the GEM model.

How to interpret UMOS wind tables:
3105 = wind direction of 310º at 05 kt
VRB = varible winds at <5 kt
>=20 kt winds are in bold

Color code: stations are listed from northwest clockwise around compass with Baker Lake in the center
blue: Baker Lake      red: north of Baker Lake   orange: east of Baker Lake     yellow: south of Baker Lake      green: west of Baker Lake 

* Reference map is located below the table.