A GSL team, HRRR weather model

who work in NOAA’s Global Systems Laboratory were part of a NOAA team honored with a DOC Gold Medal for the success of High-Resolution Rapid Refresh, the first storm-scale model to give forecasters and decision-makers fast, local weather guidance. The High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) is a sophisticated weather model that provides detailed forecasts of critical weather events such as severe thunderstorms, flash flooding, and localized bands of heavy winter precipitation. Since the HRRR is run hourly and brings in data from many sources, this weather model helps provides critical details to forecasters in rapidly-changing and evolving weather events, allowing for earlier watches and warnings. Scientists from the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) also contributed to HRRR development.