The NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed’s 2015 Spring Experiment will include global MPAS forecasts for the first time ever! Simulations are initialized daily from GFS at 00 UTC. MPAS is a variable-resolution global mesh, with cell spacing ranging from 3-km over the Continental United States with a smooth transition to 50-km elsewhere around the globe. It includes a “scale aware” convective parameterization. Animations can be found at:
http://www.wrf-model.org/plots/realtime_mpasconv.php
This project is made possible through a collaborative effort between Dr. Steven Cavallo at the University of Oklahoma, Dr. Louis Wicker of NSSL, Dr. William Skamarock of NCAR, and Dr. Adam Clark of NSSL.
Coming soon, we will provide exciting animations on the globe!
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