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Dataset: Best Rapid Refresh Forecast System CONUS 3km - Forecast Time Series
Catalog: UW-AOS THREDDS Data Server - NCEP models/NCEP Forecast Models/Rapid Refresh Forecast System(RRFS) - Parallel run as of August 11, 2026. Will replace NAM, SREF, and others/Rapid Refresh Forecast System CONUS 3km - Forecast
dataFormatGRIB-2
authorityedu.ucar.unidata
featureTypeGRID
idgrib/NCEP/RRFS/CONUS_3km/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: NCEP Rapid Refresh Forecast System (RRFS) Model: frequently updated short-range weather forecasts. Parallel run as of August 11, 2026. Will replace NAM, SREF, and others Model runs are made hourly, with analysis and hourly forecasts out to 3 hours; on the 0, 6, 12, and 18Z runs, the hourly forecasts go out to 84 hours
  • summary: Horizontal = 1127x683 points, resolution ~3 km, Rotated Lat/Lon porojection with 0.108300 resolution. Grid North Pole Latitude= 35N, Grid North Pole Longitude 67E
  • NCEP Model documentation
  • NCEP/NWS Model Analyses and Forecasts page
  • Unidata IDD Model Data page
  • Global Systems Laboratory (GSL)

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: -134.09548029305594 to -60.91719159461894 degrees_east
  • Latitude: 21.138124465942376 to 47.84219632282758 degrees_north

TimeCoverage:

  • Start: 2026-10-14T00:00:00Z
  • End: 2026-10-25T12:00:00Z
  • Duration: 11.5 days

Properties:

  • Originating_or_generating_Center = US National Weather Service, National Centres for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)
  • Originating_or_generating_Subcenter = 0
  • GRIB_table_version = 2,1
  • Type_of_generating_process = Forecast
  • Analysis_or_forecast_generating_process_identifier_defined_by_originating_centre = Rapid Refresh Forecast System (RRFS)
  • file_format = GRIB-2
  • Conventions = CF-1.6
  • history = Read using CDM IOSP GribCollection v3
  • featureType = GRID
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