Naval Postgraduate School MM5 Forecast

TODAY'S FORECAST COMMENTS...

Initial Time = - OLD -- [yymmddhh, hh is UTC]

forecast for 36 hours
Preprocess for 0000 UTC run!
using 2DMQ to initialize MM5
number of domains= 3
==> boundary conditions come from...
NOG!!!
inog,ionog,iavn,ioavn= 1 0 0 0
cln1=

SST field found. ==>04082300_nog1.gem

Material contained herein is made available

for the purpose of peer review and discussion

and does not necessarily reflect the views

of the Department of the Navy or the

Department of Defense.

a special "Thanks" to UNIDATA for

providing data and display software

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NPS use of MM5 does NOT constitute

endorsement by NPS of MM5 over

other mesoscale models

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MODEL SETUP INFORMATION...

MM5 12h forecast is used as first guess in MM5 36h
forecast (WARM start).
(MM5 12h forecast is generated from AVN [1.0 X 1.0]
analyses and forecasts, COLD start).
AVN [1.0 X 1.0] is used as boundary conditions in
MM5 36h forecast.

Superfine grid resolution is 12 km (91 x 127 grid points).
Fine grid resolution is 36 km (49 x 61 grid points).
Coarse grid resolution is 108 km (59 x 59 grid points).

30 vertical levels (all grids).

Anthes-Kuo CPS (coarse grid, 108 km).
Kain-Fritsch CPS (fine and superfine grids, 36 and 12 km).

MRF PBL (all grids).

Multiquadric interpolation (2D) is used to convert first guess grid fields and observations to MM5 grid fields.

Model output GIF images appear on this site by the following times:
0000 UTC run [36 h forecast]; 10:15 pm Pacific Daylight Time.
1200 UTC run [36 h forecast]; 10:15 am Pacific Daylight Time.

To see the nested domain configuration, click

here.

To see the fine grid domain terrain elevation, click

here.

The Mesoscale Model Version 5 (MM5V2.12) has been developed and supported by researchers at Penn State and at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). This model is available to the public and one can find general information about it

here.