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General information about the WRF Model

Run Times:
The model is run every 6th hour to a forecast time of 60 hours. The table below describes model start times and which files are used for each model run:

The model is run on an 4 CPU 32 bit Linux server (2.6 GHZ). Total system memory is 1.5GB. The model domain is 90x146 with a resolution of 12 km.

Post processing is completed on an additional dual processor Linux PC (2.6 GHZ) for display of model information on AWIPS.

General Model Settings (These may vary at times):

         Model Computational Domain Information

             Note: MOAD - Mother Of All Domains

             WRF Core                        : Non-hydrostatic Mesoscale Model (NMM)
             Number of Domains               : 1
             MOAD Grid Dimensions (W-ExS-N)  : 90x146
             MOAD Grid Spacing               : 12.0 km
             Map Projection                  : rotlat
             MOAD Center Lat/Lon             : 38.9,-77.8
             MOAD Timestep                   : 30 seconds
             Vertical NMMH Levels            : 31
             Pressure at Model Top           : 50 mb


         WRF Run Dynamics Configuration

             Model Dynamics                  : Non Hydrostatic
             Time Integration                : Runge-Kutta 3rd Order
             Turbulence and Mixing Option    : Evaluates Mixing Terms in Physical Space
             Eddy Coefficient Option         : Horizontal Smagorinsky First Order Closure
             Upper Level Damping             : Off
             Vertical Velocity Damping       : On


         WRF Run Physics Configuration

             Cumulus Scheme                  : NAM Kain-Fritsch Scheme
             Cumulus Timestep                : 5 Minutes
             Microphysics Scheme             : Ferrier Microphysics
             Boundary Layer Scheme           : Mellor-Yamada-Janjic
             Boundary Layer Timestep         : 3 Minutes
             Land-Surface Scheme             : NMM Land Surface Model
             Number of Soil Layers           : 4
             Source of Landuse and Soil Data : Standard Initialization (SI)
             Surface Layer Scheme            : Monin-Obukhov (Janjic Eta) Scheme
             Long Wave Radiation             : GFDL Long Wave Radiation Scheme (NMM only)
             Short Wave Radiation            : GFDL Short Wave Radiation Scheme (NMM only)
             Radiation Timestep              : Auto Minutes
      

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