High Resolution WRF Forecast

This is an operational 1km WRF downscaling of the GFS forecast. Run entirely from my personal computer and deployed as a python widget.

To view the live version of the above screenshot please follow the link. (http://petes.zapto.org:8866 - or copy this link and paste into your browser) [The host server has had a storage failure so unfortunately this is no longer running (April 2022)]

Please note this is a link to a private dashboard without a valid SSL certificate and as such your browser may display a warning. Further the site will be unavavailable during load shedding.

This WRF downscaling is initialised using the 18z GFS forecast and provides a 36 hour forecast from 7am to 6pm the following day. Updated forecasts are available from 6am daily. The background terrain has been created using a rayshading technique driven by the USGS STRM 30m global elevation data.