OFS Lake Michigan and Huron Currents
| Provider: | Center for Operational Oceanographic Products (NOAA) |
| Model scope: | North American Great Lakes |
| Update frequency: | every 12 hours |
| Resolution: | 0.6nm, 1.1km |
| Model duration: | 57 forecasts starting at 0 hr, ending at 4 days |
| Parameters: | current |
| GRIB model date: | Wed Feb 5 00:00:00 2025 UTC |
| Download date: | Wed Feb 5 05:32:14 2025 UTC |
| Download delay: | 5hr 32min |
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.
Description
The Operational Forecast System (OFS) series of models is run by the National Ocean Service (NOS) and the National Weather Service’s (NWS), both a part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/images/lmhofs_grids.pngThe Lake Michigan and Huron OFS model is calculated using a bathymetry following irregular grid with over 90,000 nodes. The results of this computation are then sampled, by OFS, into a regular latitude / longitude aligned grid. The data on this regular grid are then converted to GRIB format by LuckGrib.
Additional information
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