Basic WRF Tutorial Agenda

Tutorial Dates: 12-15 October, 2026

Note

All times in the below agenda are in U.S. Mountain Daylight Time (MDT).

Monday

October 12

Time	Lecture	Instructor
9:00	Welcome Remarks	Joe Klemp
9:15	Instructor and Student Introductions
9:45	WRF Modeling System Overview (video)	Wei Wang
10:15	WPS Overview (video)	Michael Duda
10:45	Break
11:05	Program Real (video)	Wei Wang
11:25	Running WPS and WRF (video1) (video2)	Kelly Werner
12:00	Break
1:00	Practice Instructions	Kelly Werner
1:10	Live Practice Session
2:15	Break
2:35 - 3:30	Live Practice Session

October 13

Time	Lecture	Instructor
9:00	Overview of WRF Physics (Part 1) (video1) (video2) (video3)	Jimy Dudhia
9:40	Introduction to Nesting (video)	Kelly Werner
10:10	Break
10:30	End-to-end Setup of a Model Simulationi (Live Demo)	Michael Duda
12:00	Break
1:00	Live Practice Session
2:15	Break
2:35 - 3:30	Live Practice Session

October 14

Time	Lecture	Instructor
9:00	WRF Dynamics (video)	Bill Skamarock
9:30	Overview of Physics (Part 2) (video1) (video2)	Jimy Dudhia
10:10	Break
10:30	Compiling WRF and WPS (video)	Kelly Werner
11:00	WRF-Python Post-processing Tool	Abby Jaye
11:30	Other Runtime Options (video)	Wei Wang
12:00	Break
1:00	Live Practice Session
2:15	Break
2:35 - 3:30	Live Practice Session

October 15

Time	Lecture	Instructor
9:00	Best Practices (video)	Ming Chen
9:30	Advanced Usage of the WPS (video)	Michael Duda
10:00	Break
10:20	WRF Computation (video)	Anthony Islas
10:50	WRF/MPAS Transition Discussion	Gretchen Mullendore
11:50	Tutorial Summary and Wrap-up	Kelly Werner
12:00	Break
1:00	Live Practice Session
2:15	Break
2:35 - 3:30	Live Practice Session