Catalog
NOAA National Weather Service
NOAA National Blend of Models
OpenL4Data productForecast (NWP)
Calibrated deterministic and probabilistic forecast guidance combining numerical prediction models. NOMADS publishes hourly cycles; variables, domains and forecast lead times follow each cycle inventory.
Official product-specific platform
Category
Models and forecasts
Update cadence
—
Latency
—
Archive
2026 – present
Instruments
Published product-specific measurement or analysis
Sources
Official product-specific platform
Formats
GRIB2
Pricing
Free
Licence
U.S. Government Public Domain
IRI
terrafabric.world/id/collection/noaa-nbm
Access
Open data, retrieved directly from the source under its licence.
Access endpoints
- httpshttps://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/gribfilter.php?ds=blendCatalog entry reviewed 2026-09-29; start denotes catalog inclusion, not archive inception. Nominal scope is not observed coverage. Consult source quality flags, effective periods and access requirements. No live footprint adapter is supplied for this discovery record.
Licence
U.S. Government Public Domain
No restrictions on use; citation requested.
open: trueattribution: falsecommercial use: true
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