RSS FeedsWFO St. Louis -- Bufkit Sounding Locations
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Note: These Bufkit soundings are those needed by the St. Louis forecast office (WFO LSX), whose primary area of responsibility is the portion of the map surrounding the LSX label. St. Louis also has backup responsibility for WFO SGF (Springfield, Missouri) and WFO ILX (Lincoln, Illinois).
Date/Time format is: YYMMDD/HHHH
| GFS3 | Runs every 6 hours, with output available approximately four hours past 00Z, 06Z, 12Z, and 18Z. The Bufkit sounding profiles provide 3-hour time resolution from 0 to 180 hours. |
| RUC | Runs every hour, but we just provide the 3-hourly runs. Output is available approximately one hour past these times. For the 3-hourly runs of the RUC, the Bufkit sounding profiles provide 1-hour time resolution from 0 to 12 hours. |
| NAM | Runs every 12 hours, with output available about 2 1/2 hours past 00Z and 12Z. The Bufkit sounding profiles provide 1-hour time resolution from 0 to 84 hours. |
| LSX ARW | Is run locally at the St. Louis WFO. Runs twice per day using the 00Z and 12Z NAM as the initial and boundary conditions. Output from this model should be available no later than 6 hours past 00Z and 12Z. The Bufkit sounding profiles provide 1-hour time resolution from 0 to 84 hours. Click here for more information about the locally run WRF model. |
