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HOME > Monitoring and Data > Monitoring Weather & Climate > Blocking > GFS Ensemble Forecasts: Northern Hemisphere Atmospheric Blocking

In the hovmoller plots below the 500 hPa height field was smoothed using a 5 day running mean prior to calculating the blocking index. The spatial correlation coefficient between the individual forecast blocking strength and the observed blocking strength for the last 90 days is shown.

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GFS BLOCKING FREQUENCY


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