GFS Ocean Wind
| Provider: | National Centers for Environmental Prediction, NOAA (USA) |
| Model scope: | Mid latitude oceans |
| Update frequency: | every 6 hours |
| Resolution: | 0.17°, 10.2nm, 18.9km |
| Model duration: | 61 forecasts starting at 0 hr, ending at 16 days |
| Parameters: | wind, swell/wave combined |
| GRIB model date: | Tue Apr 23 00:00:00 2024 UTC |
| Download date: | Tue Apr 23 05:14:39 2024 UTC |
| Download delay: | 5hr 14min |
Note: the Download delay is the amount of time required for the GRIB model to compute its forecast and then for the LuckGrib cluster to download the data and make it available. The LuckGrib delay is generally less than 10 minutes, the remainder of the delay is the model compute time.
GFS Ocean Wind
With the v16 upgrade to GFS which happed in mid March, 2021, a source for high(er) resolution GFS ocean winds becamem available. This model makes those high(er) resolution winds, and some limited wave data, available.
This model is described in more detail in this blog post.