Projection used on the HPC site

[Rob H]

I'm working on a personal project, and while I've come up with some hacky solutions, I'd like to come up with a real solution for my problem.

Essentially what I need is the projection method used for the HPC CONUS maps here.

I couldn't find any of the contact information aside from the webmaster for the HPC site, and I've sent a message to that individual/team. I realize there is a chance that this course of action may not pan out, so I'm hoping that a fellow ST member will either recognize the projection method, or be able to easily find out through their connections.

edit: Alternately, are there archives of the actual bulletins, like this: http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/codsus_hr?

 

[Jeff Duda]

Looks like North Polar Stereographic to me, just based on a cursory glance at the map.

 

[scott r currens]

My guess is Lambert Equal Area Conic.

 

[Zac Flamig]

I think its actually a Lambert Conformal Conic. I've got a .prj file and a well known text file that describes the projection if you'd like that as well.

 

[Rob H]

Thanks for the replies everyone. I was pleasantly surprised when I got a response from several NOAA employees shortly after my inquiry. Here is their reply:

"We looked it up in our nMap display system using the United States map.
The bottom left corner is 19N 119W. The top right corner is 47N 56W.
It is a polar stereographic map with the longitude line/meridian
vertical at 97W longitude"