seabreezelou Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Haven't posted in quite a long time, but I wanted to re-introduce the Rutgers University (RU COOL) WRF model page. We are now running daily simulations out to 60 hours at 3 km resolution (using the NAM 12 km 12Z forecast (FCHR 12-72)) and at 6 km resolution (using the GFS 12Z forecast (FCHR 12-72)). Simulations are generally available around 0Z. The forecasts cover the middle atlantic from coastal NC to coastal NH, 69 W to 80 W. There are zoom-in plots of NJ, Long Island, Eastern PA, DE, and eastern shore of MD. One very cool aspect of the model runs is that the SST comes from a 1 km AVHRR composite, so there will be good definition around the Gulf Stream and for coastal upwelling. The website is http://rucool.marine...ol-weather.html I am also working on a 750m simulation out to 25 hrs, which should hopefully be available in the next month or so. Feedback would be most appreciated!! While you're on the page, check out other cool data, such as SST, CODAR surface currents, and autonomous underwater gliders http://rucool.marine....php/COOL-Data/ All of this is also part of the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing System (MARCOOS) http://assets.maracoos.org/ which has many additional useful data plots for the coast and offshore waters. Lou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike2010 Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Nice stuff. Definately an improvement over coolwx . Saved as favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phlwx Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Today will be a good test for it to see how it does with the low clouds. It's pegging a high around 65ish @ PHL today (which is ten below the main NAM and seven off the GFS). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Haven't posted in quite a long time, but I wanted to re-introduce the Rutgers University (RU COOL) WRF model page. We are now running daily simulations out to 60 hours at 3 km resolution (using the NAM 12 km 12Z forecast (FCHR 12-72)) and at 6 km resolution (using the GFS 12Z forecast (FCHR 12-72)). Simulations are generally available around 0Z. The forecasts cover the middle atlantic from coastal NC to coastal NH, 69 W to 80 W. There are zoom-in plots of NJ, Long Island, Eastern PA, DE, and eastern shore of MD. One very cool aspect of the model runs is that the SST comes from a 1 km AVHRR composite, so there will be good definition around the Gulf Stream and for coastal upwelling. The website is http://rucool.marine...ol-weather.html I am also working on a 750m simulation out to 25 hrs, which should hopefully be available in the next month or so. Feedback would be most appreciated!! While you're on the page, check out other cool data, such as SST, CODAR surface currents, and autonomous underwater gliders http://rucool.marine....php/COOL-Data/ All of this is also part of the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing System (MARCOOS) http://assets.maracoos.org/ which has many additional useful data plots for the coast and offshore waters. Lou Thanks for the link. Very interesting to watch and compare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phlwx Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 76 @ PHL @ 4 PM. Regular NAM won today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seabreezelou Posted March 20, 2012 Author Share Posted March 20, 2012 Sure did. It does have a bit of a cold bias, but today was a bit disappointing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phlwx Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Sure did. It does have a bit of a cold bias, but today was a bit disappointing. Always fun in this setup to see which model "wins"...it helps in forecasting in the future should we run into similar patterns. The main NAM's been pretty good this week...nailed last Thursday's backdoor better than the GFS and EC. Gotta give it props...it's not often we can do that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seabreezelou Posted May 23, 2012 Author Share Posted May 23, 2012 Bumped for some updates. http://rucool.marine.rutgers.edu/index.php/COOL-Data/ru-cool-weather.html Now 3 km and 0.75 km simulations!! Removed cold and high wind bias. Removed 6 km simulations RUWRF 3 km Coverage: Middle Atlantic States Initialized: 09Z 13 km RAP (rapid refresh) analysis SST: 1 km declouded AVHRR Composite (filled with 2 km NASA SPoRT product when necessary) Boundary Conditions: 06Z 12 km NAM Forecast: 09Z -> 21Z Day 3 (60 hours) Available: Around Noon, but does update every ~30 mins RUWRF 0.75 km Coverage: NJ, ESE PA Initialized: 14Z 13 km RAP (rapid refresh) (10 hr forecast) SST: 1 km declouded AVHRR Composite (filled with 2 km NASA SPoRT product when necessary) Boundary Conditions: 09Z RUWRF Forecast: 00Z -> 00Z Day 2 (24 hours) Available: Around 8 PM, but does update every ~45 mins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslotted Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 I've been looking at this site quite a bit since you posted it, primarily for the wind data...good stuff, thanks for the efforts (from a fellow alum!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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