GFDL Question

[jasons2k]

Does anyone know if the Hi-res version of the WRF, the GFDL replacement, will be operational this year? I had read it was supposed to be operational for the 2007 season.

[jasons2k]

Also, here is some info. I found but it may be outdated:

FY 2007
WRF model runs operationally at NCEP, providing regional early guidance out to 84 hours on continental scale.
Set up system for operational dissemination of aviation products from the WRF model.
Consider focused program for fog prediction and dissipation. Very high-resolution model, horizontally and vertically, needed for this application.

FY 2008
WRF model becomes the operational hurricane model at NCEP.
Time to consider code conversions for next generation computer.
With the prospect of having sufficient computing power to run convection resolving forecasts over the whole continental U.S., further refinements to the model physics will be developed and tested.

From: http://wrf-model.org/development/group/WG9/

[wxman57]

Also, here is some info. I found but it may be outdated:

FY 2007
WRF model runs operationally at NCEP, providing regional early guidance out to 84 hours on continental scale.
Set up system for operational dissemination of aviation products from the WRF model.
Consider focused program for fog prediction and dissipation. Very high-resolution model, horizontally and vertically, needed for this application.

That FY 2007 paragraph appears to deal with the standard WRF, not the hurricane WRF (HWRF). I believe the NHC will be running the HWRF and GFDL side-by-side this year. I don't know if the HWRF guidance will be made public, though.

Here's part of a PowerPoint slide from a presentation made by Richard Pasch: