NWS Buffalo Mesoscale Models Page

Below you will find links to the two mesoscale models currently being run at the NWS office in Buffalo, NY. Both models are used in a research and operational mode to aid in the prediction of small (or meso) scale weather events that are common to our area. These include, but are not limited to, conditions such as lake effect snow storms, lake and land breezes and orographic enhancement. For those who are used to getting the MM5 model, just go to the MM5 link below and click on it to get to the data. You are encouraged to check out the Workstation ETA model as well. Let us know your comments and suggestions.

Domain	Most of the Great Lakes Region
Grid Spacing	10km
Model Duration Time	24 hours
Model Output Time Increment	1-hour time increment
Initialization Fields	12km ETA 6-hour grids (ETA218 Tiles)
Method of Initialization	12z Model from 6hr forecast of 06z ETA12
	06z Model from 6hr forecast of 18z ETA12

Convective Parameterization Scheme	Kain-Fritsch
Workstation	1.7 Ghz dual processor on LINUX 9.0

Domain	Most of the Great Lakes Region
Grid Spacing	20km
Model Duration Time	36 hours
Model Output Time Increment	1-hour time increment
Initialization Fields	32km ETA 6-hour grids
Method of Initialization	12z Model from 12z ETA32
	00z Model from 00z ETA32

Convective Parameterization Scheme	Grell
Workstation	1.7 Ghz processor on LINUX 9.0

Contact thomas.niziol@noaa.gov with questions about mesoscale modeling at NWS Buffalo.