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NOAA’s Model Production Suite

NOAA’s Model Production Suite. Oceans HYCOM WaveWatch III. Forecast. NOS – OFS Great Lakes Northern Gulf of Mexico Bays Chesapeake Tampa Delaware. Climate Forecast System. Hurricane GFDL HWRF. Coupled. GFS MOM4 NOAH Sea Ice. ~2B Obs/Day. Satellites + Radar 99.9%.

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NOAA’s Model Production Suite

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  1. NOAA’s Model Production Suite Oceans HYCOM WaveWatch III Forecast • NOS – OFS • Great Lakes • Northern Gulf of Mexico • Bays • Chesapeake • Tampa • Delaware Climate Forecast System Hurricane GFDL HWRF Coupled GFSMOM4 NOAH Sea Ice ~2B Obs/Day Satellites + Radar 99.9% Dispersion ARL/HYSPLIT Regional NAM WRF NMM Regional DA Global Forecast System Global Data Assimilation Severe Weather WRF NMM/ARW Workstation WRF Short-Range Ensemble Forecast Space Weather North American Ensemble Forecast System Regional DA WRF: ARW, NMM ETA, RSM Air Quality GFS, Canadian Global Model ENLIL NAM/CMAQ Rapid Refresh for Aviation 1 1 NOAH Land Surface Model

  2. Drought Spreads in U.S. • July 2012 was another warmer- and drier-than-average month (warmest and 28th driest July on record, based on data back to 1895) when weather conditions are averaged across the country. • Nationally, the moderate-to-exceptional (D1-D4) drought footprint increased to about 53 percent of the country during July while the percentage in the abnormally dry to exceptional drought category generally held steady at about 71 percent. • About 19 percent of the country was in the worst drought categories (D3-D4, extreme to exceptional drought), more than double the percentage from June. Est. rainfall totals 6/23-27

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