Forecast Models

Windyweek forecast models currently run or used - territory coverage, resolution and update times.

Windyweek Forecast Models

Model - Resolution Geographic Coverage Update Times (all times are in UTC) Forecast Length
Covers Central Europe. 3h, 9h, 15h, 21h 72h
Covers whole Europe. 4:10h, 10:10h, 16:10h, 22:10h 78h
Covers whole Europe. 4:45h, 10:45h, 16:45h, 22:45h 384h
Covers whole Europe. Every 6 hours; reference times: 00, 06, 12, 18 UTC. Availability varies. 120–180h
Covers whole Europe. Every 6 hours; reference times: 00, 06, 12, 18 UTC. Availability varies. 354–360h
Covers whole Europe. Every 6 hours; reference times: 00, 06, 12, 18 UTC. Availability varies. 162–168h
Covers whole Europe. Every 6 hours; reference times: 00, 06, 12, 18 UTC. Availability varies. 360h

WeatherNext 3: Forecast at three-hour intervals, refreshed from 00/03/06/09/12/15/18/21 UTC runs when available. Main runs provide 15 days; 03/09/15/21 UTC runs refresh the first 48 hours from initialization and retain the preceding main-run forecast beyond that. Publication follows initialization by about 7–8 hours. Wind, temperature, pressure and cloud cover use ensemble means. Precipitation (mm/h) averages the three hourly ensemble medians (p50); this is not the median of the three-hour total. Rates below 0.05 mm/h are hidden, including rain icons. Showers predicted by a minority of members may be omitted. Gusts are estimated using ensemble-mean wind at 100 m, bounded between the surface wind speed and 1.7 times that speed. This is a proxy, not a prediction of short-duration surface gusts. Snowfall is unavailable.

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ECMWF IFS: Adapted from ECMWF forecast data, provided under CC BY 4.0.

UKMO: Met Office forecast data, British Crown copyright, provided under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Regional and temporal interpolation by Windyweek.