The National Blend of Global Models was developed to utilize the best available science and provide a consistent National Weather Service forecast product across the U.S. This lesson describes the background and motivation for the National Blend and includes comparisons of Blend forecasts with current guidance. The lesson also offers a short summary of future plans and training related to the National Blend.
Describe the motivation for creating the Blend products
List key ways in which the Blend products differ from other available numerical guidance
Describe how Blend data are delivered, accessed, and integrated into the forecast process
numerical weather prediction, models, forecast, guidance, National Blend, National Digital Forecast Database, NDFD, temperature, dewpoint, probability of precipitation, wind, sky cover, grids, data, NBM
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