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for those who are curious, a teeny bit of googling reveals this to be a hosted version of https://github.com/NCAR/WRFV3 https://github.com/NCAR/WRFV3, which is

for those who are curious, a teeny bit of googling reveals this to be a hosted version of https://github.com/NCAR/WRFV3 https://github.com/NCAR/WRFV3, which is a super duper open source numerical computing code base (and the license grant is roughly "this is public domain" but with more words). i've always wanted to learn about weather simulation models so happy to stumble into this domain

zitterbewegung 9y ago
I think I was able to run WRF or a similar model on my laptop in 2010 (A Macbook Pro with a Core 2 Duo). It took about a day to compile and run the sample dataset. I gave a presentation about it at my weather forecasting class. I almost got it running with our local sounding data but I ran out of lab time I needed for the class. It was fun though I was reading reddit while it was compiling and running. I was the only person to give a presentation about it in my weather forecasting class.
- milancurcic 9y ago
  Kudos for sticking through with it for your class project! I have been working with and have contributed to WRF code since 2009, and it's sure not straightforward. Porting it to different HPC systems can be especially painful. This pain point was one of main motivators for building Cloudrun.
  - zitterbewegung 9y ago
    So, the class was actually structured so that you had to perform ~40 hours of lab work. By using your software I could read reddit and perform lab work by babysitting a compiler. So thank you for allowing me to use up all of that lab time :)
joshnoe 9y ago
Stoked you're excited about learning weather modeling! WRF is indeed super duper, duper open source. Scope it out! Cloudrun's purpose is to run WRF. Most runs are computationally expensive enough that they could take days to run on your home computer. By then, your weather predictions are less relevant. Because of this, WRF is typically run on supercomputers, but even people with access to these tell us they can be difficult to work with. The other goal of Cloudrun is to make weather modeling accessible to the layman. It can be a pretty complicated process to run WRF. Let us know how your journey goes! If there's anything we can help you with, don't hesitate to contact us anytime: https://cloudrun.co/help/contact-us https://cloudrun.co/help/contact-us

zitterbewegung 9y ago

I think I was able to run WRF or a similar model on my laptop in 2010 (A Macbook Pro with a Core 2 Duo). It took about a day to compile and run the sample dataset. I gave a presentation about it at my weather forecasting class. I almost got it running with our local sounding data but I ran out of lab time I needed for the class. It was fun though I was reading reddit while it was compiling and running. I was the only person to give a presentation about it in my weather forecasting class.

milancurcic 9y ago
Kudos for sticking through with it for your class project! I have been working with and have contributed to WRF code since 2009, and it's sure not straightforward. Porting it to different HPC systems can be especially painful. This pain point was one of main motivators for building Cloudrun.
- zitterbewegung 9y ago
  So, the class was actually structured so that you had to perform ~40 hours of lab work. By using your software I could read reddit and perform lab work by babysitting a compiler. So thank you for allowing me to use up all of that lab time :)

joshnoe 9y ago

Stoked you're excited about learning weather modeling! WRF is indeed super duper, duper open source. Scope it out! Cloudrun's purpose is to run WRF. Most runs are computationally expensive enough that they could take days to run on your home computer. By then, your weather predictions are less relevant. Because of this, WRF is typically run on supercomputers, but even people with access to these tell us they can be difficult to work with. The other goal of Cloudrun is to make weather modeling accessible to the layman. It can be a pretty complicated process to run WRF. Let us know how your journey goes! If there's anything we can help you with, don't hesitate to contact us anytime: https://cloudrun.co/help/contact-us https://cloudrun.co/help/contact-us