This webpage includes relevant links to the official evaluation of the
NCEP GFSv16 organized by the NCEP/EMC Model Evaluation Group (MEG).
*Please check back regularly for updates*
Last update: Wednesday 6 January 2021
Evaluation Period (Start - End) |
Recommendations from Field Due |
NCEP Director Briefing |
Code Handoff to NCO |
IT Test Period (Start - End) |
Implementation Date |
8/3/20 - 9/25/20 | 9/28/20 | 10/5/20 | 10/9/20 | 12/24/20 - 1/23/21 | February 2021 |
"FV3 has been chosen as the dynamical core for the Next Generation Global
Prediction System project (NGGPS),
designed to upgrade the current
operational Global Forecast System (GFS) to run as a unified,
fully-coupled system in NOAA's Environmental Modeling System
infrastructure."