[Ncep.list.fv3-announce] global-workflow: GFSv16 now in production!

Mon Mar 22 20:03:15 UTC 2021

Here are links to the NOAA announcement and Washington Post article about
today's implementation:

https://www.noaa.gov/media-release/noaa-upgrades-flagship-us-global-weather-model

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/03/22/american-model-gfs-upgrade-noaa/

Kate Friedman (formerly Howard) (she/her)
NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC Engineering and Implementation Branch

On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 3:30 PM Kate Friedman - NOAA Federal <
Kate.Friedman at noaa.gov> wrote:

> All,
>
> The Global Forecast System (GFS) version 16.0.7 was implemented into WCOSS
> production effective with today's 1200UTC model run. Congratulations to
> everyone involved! This is a huge upgrade and took many many hours of hard
> work, the tailend of which occurred during truly unprecedented times! Thank
> you to everyone involved! 🎉📣🎊😀
>
> There will be a series of post-GFSv16-implementation wrap-up commits this
> week; the biggest being the merge of the GFSv16 release branch into the
> operations branch and the official GFSv16.0.7 global-workflow tag. Look for
> upcoming global-workflow announcements!
>
> And then...onto GFSv17+ and the UFS!
>
> Kate Friedman (formerly Howard) (she/her)
> NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC Engineering and Implementation Branch
>
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