
Unified Forecast System
The UFS is a community-based, coupled, comprehensive Earth modeling system
supporting NOAA‘s operational weather forecasting suite and the Weather Enterprise

UFS Short-Range App v1.0.0
The new release enables improvements that focus on short-range weather applications,
critical for life-saving weather and water forecasts in the U.S. during extreme events
such as blizzards, tornadoes, and hurricanes.

Bulletin of the UFS Community
Dr. William M. ‘Bill’ Lapenta's legacy to community modeling and operational forecasting.
Read the full newsletter.

UFS Research to Operations (R2O) Project
to accelerate innovation into NOAA operational modeling for weather and climate prediction. Read more....

First Public Release of JEDI
JCSDA Announces the First Public Release of JEDI the community-driven
Joint Effort for Data assimilation Integration. Read more about the release.
Community News
George Mason University and the UFS Community published a new study on the skill of seasonal-to-subseasonal surface weather predictions, unveiling predictability hidden in the ‘mist’ of chaos. Learn more. (2/24/2021)
DTC and NOAA host the 2021 UFS Evaluation Metrics Workshop this week. The 3-day event will identify key verification and validation metrics for UFS applications. Full Story. (2/17/2021)
JCSDA updated UFO — its Unified Forward Operator — to support JEDI, a world-class unified data assimilation framework for UFS applications. Explore Now. (2/17/2021)