Forecast System Configuration (homepage)

MPAS forecast configurations:
  • Deterministic global forecasts initialized daily at 0000 UTC
  • 3-km horizontal cell spacing over the globe (65,536,002 grid columns)
  • 55 vertical levels with a 30-km model top
  • 60-hour forecasts
  • Initial conditions provided by downscaling NCEP's GFS analysis (isobaric data) onto the MPAS mesh
  • Physics:
    • Thompson microphysics
    • MYNN planetary boundary layer scheme
    • NOAH land surface model
    • RRTMG radiation scheme
    • Scale-aware "New Tiedtke" convective parameterization scheme (Wang et al. 2022)
Forecast availability
The 60-h forecasts should complete by 1300 UTC. Graphics will be posted to this site as they are available. Status of the model integration and graphics generation can be found here. Some graphics will likely be missing due to random failures among the enormity of graphics "jobs" we are submitting.

Computing
Forecasts are run on NSF NCAR's Derecho supercomputer. Graphics are made on NSF NCAR's Casper cluster. Both systems are maintained by NSF NCAR's Computational and Information Systems Lab (CISL). Thanks to CISL for help facilitating the computing.

Contact
schwartz AT ucar DOT edu