Dr. Stephen Masters Consulting, LLC

NCEP Data and SMC Modeling Plots

Credits: NCEP GFS, and HRRR data are from the National Center for Envoromental Prediction. Raw GOES-16 imagry and Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) data also from NOAA. The surface maps are created with Digital Atmosphere from Weather Graphics Technologies. The MPAS and WRF simulations are configured and run on local servers by Dr. Stephen Masters Consulting, LLC.

Disclaimer: These charts are provided "as-is" with no guarantee of availability or suitability for your purpose. Always check the dates on the charts to make sure you are viewing the latest available data. Please do not use these for commercial purposes without permission of Dr. Stephen Masters Consulting, LLC.

What's new?

• May 28, 2025: A 7.5 km resolution regional MPAS run covering Spain and Portugal has been added. This compliments the WRF run over Spain and Portugal.
• May 28, 2025: The WRF run covering the eastern United States has been suspended to provide resources for other modeling.
• May 28, 2025: The 0600 UTC 60 km global MPAS run has been replaced with a global run that uses a variable resolution grid. The new 0600 UTC Global MPAS run uses a grid that varies from 92 km to 25 km, with the enhancement centered over Florida.

Quick links

• Home Weather Station. Davis weather stations and GMC500+ radiation sensor.
• Current observations and HRRR analyses. GFS forecasts and current analyses from the HRRR.
• Global data. SST, sea ice, global temperatures, and jet streams.
• GFS. GFS forecasts through 10 days for North America.
• WRF. Locally configured and executed WRF forecasts.
• GMGSI global satellite. Global satellite images from the geostationary weather satellite constellation.
• GEFS/WRF Ensembles. Custom WRF ensemble over the southeast US initialized from the Glocal Ensemble Forecast System (GEFS).
• Global MPAS. MPAS run locally at 120 km (2-week) and 60 km (6 days) resolutions.
• Regional MPAS. MPAS run at higher resolution over limited areas.
• GOES-16. Current regional GOES-16 satellite images.
• GOES 16 GLM Lightning. GLM lightning over the past hour over the Western Hemisphere and some smaller regions.
• Regional weather pages.   Northern US/Canada National Parks    Central Florida North Carolina
• Deep-sky images taken with my Celestron Origin.

• Melbourne, FL   HRRR sounding    Radiation monitor    Weather station -- text-- graphical   
• Lake Adger, NC     HRRR sounding    Weather station

The observations map is updated at :05; the HRRR analyses are updated at :07 from the analysis one hour before. The lightning and satellite data are updated several times each hour. Always check the date and time of the plots carefully. You may need to "reload" the image in your browser to get the most current picture.

Region	Observations	HRRR Temp	HRRR Dew Pt	HRRR Lifted Idx	HRRR SLP/Winds	HRRR Aloft	Satellite	GLM Lighting
Lower 48 states						500 hPa	GMGSI  Vis   WV  SIR  LIR	East   West
Florida						KMLB sounding	GOES-16  True Color    IR Ch.7
Missouri/Kansas						Soundings: KOJC   KSGF	GOES-16  True Color    IR Ch.7
North Carolina						Lake Adger sounding	GOES-16  True Color    IR Ch.7
MT/WY/AB National Parks							GOES-16  True Color    IR Ch.7

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