RUC PACJET HOMEPAGE

NOAA/FSL is running a special version of the RUC assimilation and forecast system for the Pacific Landfalling Jets Experiment (PACJET).

The model will be run through 31 March 2002.

Special cloud-drift wind observations from the GOES rapid-scan winds experiment (GWINDEX - CIMMS/U. Wisc, C. Velden) will be assimilated starting 14 January.

     MODEL CONFIGURATION
  • 20-km CONUS grid
  • 1-h assimilation cycle
  • 24-h forecast every 3 h
  • 10-km nested grid
  • 24-h forecast every 6 h

     SPECIAL OBS USED
  • GOES rapid-scan wind
  • Mesonet including MesoWest
     STANDARD OBS USED
  • rawinsonde
  • METAR, buoy
  • profiler
  • ACARS
  • VAD
  • satellite
  • GPS IPW



Forecast products

All RUC 20km CONUS forecast products

All RUC 10km PACJET forecast products

RUC 10km PACJET quick look plots

RUC 10km regional "quad" plots