Raw global model data is sourced by MeteoSolutions from the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and the MetOffice, the UK's national weather service. The Met Office weather data for the first two days are subsequently processed on the MeteoSolutions servers, in order to generate an exclusive forecast atmospheric model for Meteomed, based on a WRF-ARW at 4km horizontal resolution. On the data of the WRF-ARW model, a marine forecast model is then elaborated, always at 4km of horizontal resolution, based on the WW3 (WaveWatch3) model of NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), which allows you to define the interaction of the wave with the coastal orography and the bathymetry of the seabed. Beyond the two-day forecast, atmospheric and marine data from the global model are used European ECMWF at 9km resolution.
The main improvement, in the use of high resolution Meteomed proprietary data in the first two days of the forecast, is evident in the interaction with the bathymetry, the islands and the coasts; the influence of morphology on the marine condition is essential to have reliable information for the harbors and for all areas with complex orography, where the interaction of the wave with the obstacles is decisive.
For a complete but concise understanding of the weather data produced, services and subscriptions, consult the table on the subscriptions page.
