UFS at the 2022 American Meteorological Society Meeting

When: 23-27 January, 2022 Where: George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas Theme: Environmental Security: Weather, water, and climate Read the latest edition of the UFS Quarterly Newsletter See the List of UFS and UFS Related Talks and Presenters Social Media Note: The Twitter Hashtag for the AMS 2022 Annual Meeting is #AMS2022, please be […]

The National Weather Service Released a New Space Weather Model: The WAM-IPE!

On July 21, 2021 the National Weather Service began operations on a new and groundbreaking space weather model known as the Whole Atmosphere Model and Ionosphere Plasmasphere Electrodynamics Model (WAM-IPE). The new model operations allow the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) to provide better forecasting capabilities of ionospheric and space weather conditions. The model utilizes […]

Neil Jacobs’ Vision that Established EPIC and Strengthened the UFS Community

Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) is the cornerstone of modern environmental forecasting. The United States uses a large variety of NWPs for its operational weather forecasting activities at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), ranging from large synoptic-scale models such as the Global Forecast System (GFS), and short-range convection-allowing models such as the High-Resolution Rapid […]

Engaging the Forecast Community in UFS Model Development

By Jamese Sims, Dorothy Koch, Hendrik Tolman, and Deepthi Achuthavarier With the advent of the Unified Forecast System (UFS), the operational model development at the National Weather Service (NWS) is becoming increasingly a collective effort that includes contributions from multiple NOAA labs, national agencies and university research groups. In this context, the UFS community as […]