Getting started:
- When you first use this page, you will see a small information box appear when moved over any windows or controls.
The 'Tips' checkbox (below/right of "Info") allows you to turn on/off these messages.
- Try using the forecast hour controls (brown vcr-like buttons) to step/animate the fields you see, forwards or backwards.
- Then click anywhere in either the left or the right plot. It should be highlighted, and the small buttons ("L","R")
at top left may change.
Now use the pull-down menus to choose a model, time, and/or field to view on the one (left or right) plot you selected.
- Select/change the second plot in the same way.
- Change the small button at top left to "Both", and use the forecast hour controls to again step/animate both fields.
- Javascript is required for these pages.
* For bug reports or suggestions, go here.
Model details:
- WRFa: 18-km grid, run 72h; NAM data used for initial/boundary conditions.
- WRFk: 18-km grid, run 72h; RUC initial data, NAM boundary condition data.
- WRFn: 18-km grid, run 120h; GFS data used for initial/boundary conditions.
- WRFx: 18-km grid, run 120h; RUC initial data, GFS boundary condition data.
- All other runs: 12-km grid, run 48h.
- All runs are currently WRF-ARW, version 3.1.1
- Physics common to all runs at present: RRTMG (new RRTM radiation) scheme; WRF single-moment 3-class microphysics (for now).
- No nudging or digital filter initialization (DFI) yet; both are planned.
- MM5 forecasts (and possibly ARPS) are planned. Some WRF forecasts will be removed.
- Recent run status/history:
00z,
12z.
Updates (most recent first):
- Thu. 10/21: made changes to (hopefully) prevent future disk space issues.
- Sat. 10/17:
Starting to fix problems viewing these pages in Internet Explorer (Full Size, Plot Details buttons should work now).
Odd button layout display left/right of animation bar is unique to IE -- looks OK in Firefox -- and IE fix has not yet been found.
Also, working on more compact 2-page display; test page is here.
- New model view pages were introduced on 10/11/09:
- There are now model view versions to display 2x1, 4x1, 6x1 and 4x2 image layouts on the page.
- New menus (e.g.. winter weather), and upperair/surface menus were separated.
- Variable image size (from Show 100% down to 20%)
- Plot details button added for information on any selected plot.
- Run info box added; shows model IC/BC/physics information for each plot display.
- For 4-and-up plots per page, a different model may be specified for each.
The 1-page display, paradoxically, requires much more work but is expected soon.
- New OpenMPI cluster computing software is used starting 00z Oct. 11.
It is hoped this will improve forecast reliability.
(Many thanks to Matthew Erickson and David Wojtowicz of U.I. Atmospheric Sciences).
- Revised model front page; cycle & hour passed to model view page.
Slow network option added. (8/19)
- New model view page in place; will serve as basis for 1-,4-,and 6-plot display views. (8/19)
- Added text box showing ICmodel / BCmodel for the run displayed there (8/10)
- Failed runs are now resubmitted - one "retry" is allowed. (8/10)
- Version 3.1.1 is the latest WRF release, and all WRF runs here now use v3.1.1 (8/9)
- WRF runs using RUC initial conditions are being tested (still with NAM or GFS lateral boundary conditions). (8/9)
- RUC IC/NAM LBC runs: WRF k,l,m,1,2,3,4,5,6,7
- RUC IC/GFS LBC runs: WRF x,y,z
- The present set of 33 forecasts (2x/day) is temporary; forecasts will be evaluated, and this set reduced.
- Fewer model output files are now processed at once, to speed availability of plots on these pages as the runs proceed (8/9)
Last changed Sat 10/17/2009
