OFS Tampa Bay Currents
| Provider: | Center for Operational Oceanographic Products (NOAA) |
| Model scope: | North America Florida |
| Update frequency: | every 6 hours |
| Resolution: | 0.2nm, 0.3km |
| Model duration: | 48 forecasts starting at 1 hr, ending at 2 days |
| Parameters: | current, tide |
| GRIB model date: | Mon Oct 14 00:00:00 2024 UTC |
| Download date: | Mon Oct 14 01:40:07 2024 UTC |
| Download delay: | 1hr 40min |
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/tbofs_grid.pngThe Tampa Bay OFS model is calculated using a bathymetry following irregular grid which has over 50,000 grid 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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