Below is the agenda for the upcoming tutorial. Due to the virtual format of this tutorial, presentations will be slightly condensed. See our YouTube WRF Tutorial playlist for all full presentations.

NCAR/MMM

Basic WRF Tutorial

3-7 February, 2025

NOTE: All times are in U.S. Mountain Standard Time (MST)

Monday, February 3

Time		Instructor
9:00 - 9:15	Welcome Remarks	Joe Klemp
9:15 - 9:45	Instructor and Student Introductions
9:45 - 10:15	WRF Modeling System Overview	Wei Wang
10:15 - 10:45	WPS Overview	Michael Duda
10:45 - 11:05	*Break*
11:05 - 11:25	Program Real	Wei Wang
11:25 - 12:00	Running WPS and WRF	Kelly Werner
12:00 - 1:00	*Break*
1:00 - 2:15	**LIVE PRACTICE SESSION** Practice Instructions at the beginning	Kelly Werner
2:15 - 2:35	*Break*
2:35 - 3:30	**LIVE PRACTICE SESSION**

Tuesday, February 4

Time		Instructor
9:00 - 9:40	Overview of WRF Physics (Part 1)	Jimy Dudhia
9:40 - 10:10	Introduction to Nesting	Kelly Werner
10:10 - 10:30	*Break*
10:30 - 12:00	(Live Demo) End-to-End Set up of a Model Simulation	Michael Duda
12:00 - 1:00	*Break*
1:00 - 2:15	**LIVE PRACTICE SESSION**
2:15 - 2:35	*Break*
2:35 - 3:30	**LIVE PRACTICE SESSION**

Wednesday, February 5

Time		Instructor
9:00 - 9:30	WRF Dynamics	Bill Skamarock
9:30 - 10:10	Overview of Physics (Part 2)	Jimy Dudhia
10:10 - 10:30	*Break*
10:30 - 11:00	Compiling WRF and WPS	Kelly Werner
11:00 - 11:30	WRF-Python Post-processing Tool	Abby Jaye
11:30 - 12:00	VAPOR Post-processing Tool	Scott Pearse
12:00 - 1:00	*Break*
1:00 - 2:15	**LIVE PRACTICE SESSION**
2:15 - 2:35	*Break*
2:35 - 3:30	**LIVE PRACTICE SESSION**

Thursday, February 6

Time		Instructor
9:00 - 9:30	Idealized Cases	Bill Skamarock
9:30 - 10:00	Advanced Usage of the WPS	Michael Duda
10:00 - 10:20	*Break*
10:20 - 10:50	Other Runtime Options	Wei Wang
10:50 - 11:20	WRF Computation	Anthony Islas
11:20 - 11:50	Best Practices	Ming Chen
11:50 - 1:00	*Break*
1:00 - 2:15	**LIVE PRACTICE SESSION**
2:15 - 2:35	*Break*
2:35 - 3:30	**LIVE PRACTICE SESSION**

Friday, February 7

Time		Instructor
9:00 - 9:30	Verification of WRF Simulations	Ming Chen
9:30 - 9:40	Summary and Wrap-up	Kelly Werner
9:40 - 10:00	*Break*
10:00 - 12:00	**LIVE PRACTICE SESSION**