UKMO - UK Met Office Global 10km Forecast
| Provider: | United Kingdom Met Office (UKMO) |
| Model scope: | Global |
| Update frequency: | every 12 hours |
| Resolution: | [0.14°, 8.4nm, 15.6km] x [0.09°, 5.4nm, 10.0km] |
| Model duration: | 31 forecasts starting at 0 hr, ending at 7 days |
| Parameters: | pressure, wind, wind gust, rain, temperature, visibility |
| GRIB model date: | Mon Apr 20 12:00:00 2026 UTC |
| Download date: | Mon Apr 20 19:52:01 2026 UTC |
| Download delay: | 7hr 52min |
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
In early February 2026, the UK Met Office (UKMO), announced that two of their models were being made publically available.
The Met Office Global Deterministic Model (often referred to as the UKMO or UKMET) is a global numerical weather prediction (NWP) system run by the UK’s Met Office. It uses their Unified Model framework with a horizontal resolution of approximately 10 km at mid-latitudes.
This single-run (deterministic, non-ensemble) configuration provides medium-range forecasts out to 7 days, with fresh data every 6 hours.
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A numerical weather prediction forecast for the whole globe, with a resolution of approximately 0.09 degrees i.e. 10km (2,560 x 1,920 grid points). The data is available as NetCDF files. The global deterministic model is a global configuration of the Unified Model, which is the Met Office’s flagship Numerical Weather Prediction model. The model’s initial state is kept close to the real atmosphere using hybrid 4D-Var data assimilation.
Thank you to the UK Met Office for making this data available.
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