FORECAST SOUTH FLORIDA AND FLORIDA STRAITS

REAL TIME 7-day Forecasts around South Florida and Florida Straits

DESCRIPTION:
 
The Florida Straits, South Florida and Keys Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (FKeyS-HYCOM) has been utilized for the 7-day forecast system, which provides forecast of all hydrodynamic variables through the water column.
 
DISCLAIMER:This is a research product and the University of Miami bears no responsibility for model uncertainties influencing the forecast fields.
 
The following four fields are being updated daily; several other fields can be made available (request to vkourafalou@rsmas.miami.edu).


Sea Surface Height and Surface Currents
Sea Surface Temperature
Temperature at 50m
Surface Currents (day 0 - day 3)
Surface Currents (day 4 - day 7)


RESOLUTION:
1/100 degrees (~900m), 26 vertical levels (sigma/z-coordinate in the upper model layers and near the shelf and isopycnic coordinate in deep waters).
 
NESTED: Yes

OUTER MODELS:
Gulf of Mexico (GoM-HYCOM)
 
DATA ASSIMILATION:
No Data Assimilation 

FORCING:
NCEP Global Forecast System (GFS, 0.25o).
It forecasts out to 180 hours.
 
CONTACT:
HeeSook Kang— hkang@rsmas.miami.edu
Villy Kourafalou— vkourafalou@rsmas.miami.edu