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Dataset: Best National Weather Service CONUS Forecast Grids (CONDUIT) Time Series
Catalog: UW-AOS THREDDS Data Server - NCEP models/NCEP Analyses/National Digital Forecast Database (NDFD)/National Weather Service CONUS Forecast Grids (CONDUIT)
dataFormatGRIB-2
authorityedu.ucar.unidata
featureTypeGRID
idgrib/NCEP/NDFD/NWS/CONUS/CONDUIT/Best
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Description:

  • summary: Single time dimension: for each forecast time, use GRIB record with smallest offset from reference time
  • rights: Freely available
  • processing_level: Transmitted through Unidata Internet Data Distribution.
  • processing_level: Read by CDM Grib Collection.
  • summary: National Digital Forecast Database (NDFD): US National Weather Service gridded forecasts of sensible weather elements.
  • summary: CONUS, 2145 by 1377 points, resolution 2.5 km. Forecast grids, updated hourly. Forecast intervals and duration vary with the time of forecast and the particular parameter.
  • NCEP Model documentation
  • NCEP/NWS Model Analyses and Forecasts page
  • Unidata IDD Model Data page
  • NWS/NDFD Website
  • NDFD parameter descriptions

Creators:

  • DOC/NOAA/NWS/NCEP
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/National Weather Service (NWS) National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)

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GeospatialCoverage:

  • Longitude: -130.1034374407327 to -60.88556057076988 degrees_east
  • Latitude: 20.1919994354248 to 50.105546325016896 degrees_north

TimeCoverage:

  • Start: 2026-01-16T07:00:00Z
  • End: 2029-12-11T06:00:00Z
  • Duration: 3.9014 years

Properties:

  • Originating_or_generating_Center = US National Weather Service Telecommunications Gateway (NWSTG)
  • Originating_or_generating_Subcenter = -9999
  • GRIB_table_version = 1,0
  • Type_of_generating_process = Forecast
  • file_format = GRIB-2
  • Conventions = CF-1.6
  • history = Read using CDM IOSP GribCollection v3
  • featureType = GRID
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