NCEP GFS 0.25 Degree Global Forecast Grids Historical Archive

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| DOI: 10.5065/D65D8PWK
 
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Abstract:

The NCEP operational Global Forecast System analysis and forecast grids are on a 0.25 by 0.25 global latitude longitude grid. Grids include analysis and forecast time steps at a 3 hourly interval from 0 to 240, and a 12 hourly interval from 240 to 384. Model forecast runs occur at 00, 06, 12, and 18 UTC daily. For real-time data access please use the NCEP data server.

NOTE: This dataset now has a direct, continuously updating copy located on AWS (https://noaa-gfs-bdp-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html). Therefore, the RDA will stop updating this dataset in early 2025

Temporal Range:
2015-01-15 00:00 +0000 to 2025-09-09 12:00 +0000 (Entire dataset) Period details by dataset product
Updates:
Daily
Variables:
Air Temperature Albedo Cloud Frequency Cloud Liquid Water/Ice
Dew Point Temperature Evaporation Geopotential Height Gravity Wave
Heat Flux Humidity Hydrostatic Pressure Ice Depth/Thickness
Ice Extent Land Use/Land Cover Classification Longwave Radiation Maximum/Minimum Temperature
Planetary Boundary Layer Height Potential Temperature Precipitation Amount Precipitation Rate
Runoff Sea Level Pressure Sea Surface Temperature Shortwave Radiation
Skin Temperature Snow Depth Snow Water Equivalent Soil Moisture/Water Content
Soil Temperature Surface Winds Total Precipitable Water Upper Air Temperature
Upper Level Winds Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed Visibility Vorticity
Wind Shear
GRIB2 parameter table: HTML | XML
Vertical Levels:
See the detailed metadata for level information.
Data Types:
Grid
Spatial Coverage:
Longitude Range: Westernmost=180W Easternmost=180E
Latitude Range: Southernmost=90S Northernmost=90N Detailed coverage information
Data Contributors:
DOC/NOAA/NWS/NCEP
National Centers for Environmental Prediction, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Related Resources:
NCEP GFS 'real-time' operational data access
AWS hosted 4-week rolling archive
NOAA GFS data from 2021 to the present on Amazon Web Services
Total Volume:
571.12 TB
Data Formats:
WMO GRIB2
Related RDA Datasets:
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NCEP FNL Operational Model Global Tropospheric Analyses, continuing from July 1999
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NCEP GDAS/FNL 0.25 Degree Global Tropospheric Analyses and Forecast Grids
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NCEP GFS 0.25 Degree Global Forecast Auxiliary Grids Historical Archive
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NCEP GDAS/FNL Global Surface Flux Grids
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Historical Unidata Internet Data Distribution (IDD) Gridded Model Data
More Details:
View a more detailed summary of the data, including specific date ranges and locations by parameter
Metadata Record:
Data License:
Data LicenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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