The MM5 output can be visualized after the post-processing in MCIP, by using either PAVE or Vis5d. If you would like to visualize MM5 prior to the processing in MCIP, several shareware tools are available for this purpose, such as Vis5d. Vis5d can be freely obtained in its original form from the University of Wisconsin; refer to http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~billh/vis5d.html for details. A processor to reformat MM5 output for Vis5d (tovis5d) can be freely obtained from NCAR via anonymous FTP at ftp://ftp.ucar.edu in directory /mesouser/Util/vis5d. Several other graphics programs (e.g., GEMPAK, NCAR Graphics, GrADS) are available for MM5 visualization, either as freeware or for a nominal fee.

There are limited capabilities, using SAS and simple statistics available with visualization tools, to evaluate MM5 output. There are tools within the MM5 community that are used for model evaluation, but none are currently maintained by NCAR.