ParaglidingWX — Weather models

Weather models

The windgram and Skew-T panels have a Model dropdown. Wind Map, Thermal Map, Cloud Map, Rain Map, and Hike+Fly / Simulation forecast wind use a separate map model control on the toolbar (HRDPS ~1 km West, HRDPS 2.5 km, or HRRR ~3 km CONUS).

• HRDPS West ~1 km — Highest-resolution HRDPS over western Canada (roughly BC through Manitoba), from our hosted zarr ingest (MSC HRDPS-West). Windgrams and map overlays within the West domain. Horizon: up to ~48 h per run. Updates: MSC runs at 00Z and 12Z UTC; we check for new data hourly (UTC :00) and ingest when published (often a few hours after init).
• HRDPS 2.5 km — Continental mesoscale HRDPS from our hosted zarr ingest (MSC HRDPS continental). Windgrams and map overlays across the continental domain. Horizon: up to ~48 h per run. Updates: MSC runs at 00Z, 06Z, 12Z, and 18Z UTC; hourly ingest check.
• HRRR ~3 km (CONUS) — NOAA High-Resolution Rapid Refresh over the conterminous United States, from our hosted zarr ingest. Windgrams and map overlays within the CONUS domain. Horizon: up to ~48 h per run. Updates: model runs at 00Z, 06Z, 12Z, and 18Z UTC; hourly ingest check.
• RDPS 10 km — Regional GEM/RDPS via Open-Meteo (cmc_gem_rdps). Windgram / Skew-T only (no hosted map grids on this model). Horizon: ~3–4 days from the latest published run (~84 h). Updates: MSC cycles at 00Z, 06Z, 12Z, and 18Z UTC, typically ~2 h publication lag via Open-Meteo.
• GDPS 15 km — Global GEM/GDPS via Open-Meteo (cmc_gem_gdps). Windgram / Skew-T only (no map grids). Horizon: up to 16 calendar days requested; after trimming to the latest 00Z or 12Z run, expect roughly 9–10 days of usable hourly columns (~240 h native, 3-hourly aloft late in the run). Updates: MSC runs at 00Z and 12Z UTC; ~3 h publication lag via Open-Meteo. Surface heat fluxes and boundary-layer height come from a parallel GFS/HRRR stability fetch (same as RDPS).

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