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Dr. Stephen Masters Consulting, LLC

Global MPAS--Model for Prediction Across Scales

Dr. Stephen Masters Consulting is now running two global forecasts using the Model for Prediction Across Scales (MPAS). MPAS was developed by and is supported by the National Center for Atmospheric Research. I am running Version 8.3.0 (June 2025) on a 32-core Intel-i9 Linux system.

The global forecasts you see are initialized from the United States NCEP Global Forecast System (GFS).
A low-resolution run (requivalent to about 1-degree global resolution) is run from the 1800 UTC GFS and is run out for 14 days. Two higher resolution job using the variable resolution mesh 92=>25 km (see MPAS meshes) are run through 4 days. One mesh is enhanced over Florida and another enhanced in the Australia/New Zealand region.

Regional MPAS runs


120 km-resolution mesh. 40962 points across the globe.
   


Variable-resolution meshes 92=>25 km with the enhancement centered over Florida (top) and Australia/New Zealand (bottom). 163842 points across the globe.

Global MPAS Forecasts

MPAS configuration 120 km res, 14-day run
1800 UTC cycle 		90-25 km, enhanced over FL
0600 UTC cycle 		90-25 km, enhanced over Aus/NZ
1200 UTC cycle
Status of runs Global 120 km run complete at Mon Feb 2 07:13:54 PM EST 2026 Global 90-25 km (FL) completed at Tue Feb 3 10:28:29 AM EST 2026 Global 90-25 km (AusNZ) started at Tue Feb 3 12:55:02 PM EST 2026
Maps and animations
SLP & precip
2 m temp
10 m wind
500 hPa Z/T  
Tropical Atlantic    
250 hPa winds and OLR    
Accumulated precip
West Atl Lower 48 US Aust/NZ
Europe Eastern Asia
West Atl Lower 48 US Aust/NZ
Europe East Asia
West Atl Lower 48 US Aust/NZ
Europe East Asia
Meteograms       Hourly meteogram      3-d cloud forecast      Change in forecast over time
Melbourne, FL                    
Lake Adger, NC                    
Tuscon, AZ                    
Fairbanks, AK                    
Kansas City, MO                    
Lafayette, IN                    
Las Terranas, Dom. Rep.                        
Melbourne, Aust                    
Avery Rock, Aust                        
Cairns, Aust.                        
Sydney, Aust.                        
Wellington, NZ                        
Queenstown, NZ                        
Milford Sound, NZ                        
Aukland, NZ                        


The plots and data you see here are produced by Dr. Stephen Masters Consulting, LLC and are freely available. We ask that you give credit to us if you use these data. We can create custom plots from the MPAS or NCEP models or data. Contact Steve for more information.

Disclaimer: These charts are provided "as-is" with no guarantee of availability. Always check the dates on the charts to make sure you are viewing the latest available data. Please do not use these for commercial purposes without permission of the author.

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