Lower the HWRF resolution to 18:6:2 km

This is a configuration override file. This file sets options in the following sections:

[config] — Sets basic configuration options used by all components.
[ensdadom] — Configures the domain used for ENSDA, about 30x30 degrees.
[forecast_products] — Configure forecast output products
[gsi_products] — Override post-processing settings for 3km
[moad] — Configure the outermost WRF domain
[moad_namelist] — Override outermost domain namelist settings for 45 second timestep and 3km
[namelist_inner] — Override inner domain namelist settings for 45 second timestep and 3km
[namelist_outer] — Override intermediate domain namelist settings for 45 second timestep and 3km
[prelaunch] — Replace the override files to ensure timestep is not changed.
[rocotostr] — Variables to set as string values when parsing the hwrf_workflow.xml.in. This section is only used by the rocoto-based workflow
[storm1ghost] — Configure the innermost ghost domains in WRF used for FGAT.
[storm1ghost_big] — Configure the innermost ghost domains in WRF used for non-FGAT.
[storm1ghost_parent] — Configure the intermediate ghost domains in WRF used for FGAT.
[storm1ghost_parent_big]
[storm1inner] — Configure the innermost analysis domains in WRF.
[storm1outer] — Configure the intermediate forecast and analysis domains in WRF.
[wrf] — Set a few variables that the Python code must be aware of to communicate correctly between HWRF components. These will also be used to calculate or set the appropriate WPS and WRF namelist values:

Section [wrf]

Set a few variables that the Python code must be aware of to communicate correctly between HWRF components. These will also be used to calculate or set the appropriate WPS and WRF namelist values:

See the main documentation for [wrf] for details.

Options in this section:

dt — Override WRF timestep for 3km

[wrf] dt

Override WRF timestep for 3km

1 [wrf]

2 dt = 45

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

Section [storm1outer]

Configure the intermediate forecast and analysis domains in WRF.

See the main documentation for [storm1outer] for details.

Options in this section:

nx — Reduce grid X count for 3km
ny — Reduce grid Y count for 3km
start — Domain initial location decision method

[storm1outer] nx

Reduce grid X count for 3km

1 [storm1outer]

2 nx = 106

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[storm1outer] ny

Reduce grid Y count for 3km

1 [storm1outer]

2 ny = 204

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[storm1outer] start

1 [storm1outer]

2 start = auto

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

Section [storm1ghost_parent_big]

Options in this section:

nx — Reduce grid X count for 3km
ny — Reduce grid Y count for 3km
start — Domain initial location decision method

[storm1ghost_parent_big] nx

Reduce grid X count for 3km

1 [storm1ghost_parent_big]

2 nx = 211

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[storm1ghost_parent_big] ny

Reduce grid Y count for 3km

1 [storm1ghost_parent_big]

2 ny = 410

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[storm1ghost_parent_big] start

1 [storm1ghost_parent_big]

2 start = auto

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

Section [moad_namelist]

Override outermost domain namelist settings for 45 second timestep and 3km

Section [ensdadom]

Configures the domain used for ENSDA, about 30x30 degrees.

See the main documentation for [ensdadom] for details.

Options in this section:

ny — Reduce grid Y count for 3km
nx — Reduce grid X count for 3km

[ensdadom] ny

Reduce grid Y count for 3km

1 [ensdadom]

2 ny = 526

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[ensdadom] nx

Reduce grid X count for 3km

1 [ensdadom]

2 nx = 262

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

Section [storm1ghost_parent]

Configure the intermediate ghost domains in WRF used for FGAT.

See the main documentation for [storm1ghost_parent] for details.

Options in this section:

nx — Reduce grid X count for 3km
ny — Reduce grid Y count for 3km
start — Domain initial location decision method

[storm1ghost_parent] nx

Reduce grid X count for 3km

1 [storm1ghost_parent]

2 nx = 217

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[storm1ghost_parent] ny

Reduce grid Y count for 3km

1 [storm1ghost_parent]

2 ny = 436

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[storm1ghost_parent] start

1 [storm1ghost_parent]

2 start = auto

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

Section [moad]

Configure the outermost WRF domain

See the main documentation for [moad] for details.

Options in this section:

nx — Reduce grid X count for 3km
ny — Reduce grid Y count for 3km
dx — Reduced X resolution for 3km
dy — Reduced Y resolution for 3km
start — Domain start location. Must be moad

[moad] nx

Reduce grid X count for 3km

1 [moad]

2 nx = 216

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[moad] ny

Reduce grid Y count for 3km

1 [moad]

2 ny = 432

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[moad] dx

Reduced X resolution for 3km

1 [moad]

2 dx = 0.18

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[moad] dy

Reduced Y resolution for 3km

1 [moad]

2 dy = 0.18

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[moad] start

1 [moad]

2 start = moad

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

Section [prelaunch]

Replace the override files to ensure timestep is not changed.

Options in this section:

basin_conf — File to read for recognized basins when basin_overrides is enabled
no_basin_conf — File to read for unrecognized basins when basin_overrides is enabled
rsmc_conf — File to read for rsmc_overrides
hwrf_3km_conf — Indicate that hwrf_3km.conf was used.
last_of_43lev_3km — Used to detect order of hwrf_3km.conf and hwrf_43lev.conf

[prelaunch] basin_conf

1 [prelaunch]

2 basin_conf = {PARMhwrf}/hwrf_3km_{vit.pubbasin2}.conf

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[prelaunch] no_basin_conf

1 [prelaunch]

2 no_basin_conf = {PARMhwrf}/hwrf_3km_other_basins.conf

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[prelaunch] rsmc_conf

1 [prelaunch]

2 rsmc_conf = {PARMhwrf}/hwrf_3km_{RSMC}.conf

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[prelaunch] hwrf_3km_conf

Indicate that hwrf_3km.conf was used.

1 [prelaunch]

2 hwrf_3km_conf = yes

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[prelaunch] last_of_43lev_3km

Used to detect order of hwrf_3km.conf and hwrf_43lev.conf

1 [prelaunch]

2 last_of_43lev_3km = 3km

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

Section [gsi_products]

Override post-processing settings for 3km

Options in this section:

d3_grid — Smaller grid for 3km d03
d2_grid — Smaller grid for 3km d02

[gsi_products] d3_grid

Smaller grid for 3km d03

1 [gsi_products]

2 d3_grid = 0.03,0.03,12.,12.,136,450,450

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[gsi_products] d2_grid

Smaller grid for 3km d02

1 [gsi_products]

2 d2_grid = 0.10,0.10,30.,30.,136,300,300

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

Section [namelist_outer]

Override intermediate domain namelist settings for 45 second timestep and 3km

Section [storm1ghost]

Configure the innermost ghost domains in WRF used for FGAT.

See the main documentation for [storm1ghost] for details.

Options in this section:

nx — Reduce grid X count for 3km
ny — Reduce grid Y count for 3km
start — Domain initial location decision method

[storm1ghost] nx

Reduce grid X count for 3km

1 [storm1ghost]

2 nx = 327

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[storm1ghost] ny

Reduce grid Y count for 3km

1 [storm1ghost]

2 ny = 652

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[storm1ghost] start

1 [storm1ghost]

2 start = centered

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

Section [forecast_products]

Configure forecast output products

See the main documentation for [forecast_products] for details.

Options in this section:

d23_grid — Old 2014 settings for d02/3 grid
d123low_grid — Old 2014 settings for d1/2/3 low grid
d123high_grid — Old 2014 settings for d1/2/3 high grid
d2_grid — Old 2014 settings for d2 grid
d3_grid — Old 2014 settings for d3 grid
d2t_grid — Old 2014 settings for extra tracker grid
trk_expand — Tracker grid expand settings overriden for 3km
hwrfprs_m%intercom — domain 2/3 pres GRIB1 file in intercom
hwrfprs_n%intercom — domain 3 pres GRIB1 file in intercom
hwrfprs_i%intercom — domain 2 pres GRIB1 file in intercom
hwrfprs_p%intercom — domain 1 pres GRIB1 file in intercom
hwrfprs_c%intercom — domain 1/2/3 hires pres GRIB1 file in intercom
hwrfsat_m%intercom — domain 2/3 sat GRIB1 file in intercom
hwrfsat_n%intercom — domain 3 sat GRIB1 file in intercom
hwrfsat_i%intercom — domain 2 sat GRIB1 file in intercom
hwrfsat_p%intercom — domain 1 sat GRIB1 file in intercom
hwrfsat_c%intercom — domain 1/2 sat GRIB1 file in intercom
hwrf2prs_m%com — Domain 2/3 pres GRIB2 file in com
hwrf2prs_n%com — Domain 3 pres GRIB2 file in com
hwrf2prs_i%com — Domain 2 pres GRIB2 file in com
hwrf2prs_p%com — Domain 1 pres GRIB2 file in com
hwrf2prs_c%com — Domain 1/2/3 pres GRIB2 file in com
hwrf2sat_m%com — Domain 2/3 sat GRIB2 file in com
hwrf2sat_n%com — Domain 3 sat GRIB2 file in com
hwrf2sat_i%com — Domain 2 sat GRIB2 file in com
hwrf2sat_p%com — Domain 1 sat GRIB2 file in com
hwrf2sat_c%com — Domain 1/2 sat GRIB2 file in com

[forecast_products] d23_grid

Old 2014 settings for d02/3 grid

1 [forecast_products]

2 d23_grid = 0.03,0.03,12.,15.,136,501,401

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[forecast_products] d123low_grid

Old 2014 settings for d1/2/3 low grid

1 [forecast_products]

2 d123low_grid = 0.25,0.25,90.,110.,136,441,361

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[forecast_products] d123high_grid

Old 2014 settings for d1/2/3 high grid

1 [forecast_products]

2 d123high_grid = 0.1,0.1,90.,110.,136,1101,901

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[forecast_products] d2_grid

Old 2014 settings for d2 grid

1 [forecast_products]

2 d2_grid = 0.1,0.1,12.,14.,136,141,121

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[forecast_products] d3_grid

Old 2014 settings for d3 grid

1 [forecast_products]

2 d3_grid = 0.03,0.03,7.5,9.0,136,301,251

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[forecast_products] d2t_grid

Old 2014 settings for extra tracker grid

1 [forecast_products]

2 d2t_grid = 0.10,0.10,30.,30.,128,301,301

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[forecast_products] trk_expand

Tracker grid expand settings overriden for 3km

1 [forecast_products]

2 trk_expand = 2.5,2.5,4.0,4.0,667,667,128,0.03,0.03

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[forecast_products] hwrfprs_m%intercom

1 [forecast_products]

2 hwrfprs_m%intercom = {out_prefix}.hwrfprs.d23.0p03.f{fahr:03d}.grb

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[forecast_products] hwrfprs_n%intercom

1 [forecast_products]

2 hwrfprs_n%intercom = {out_prefix}.hwrfprs.d3.0p03.f{fahr:03d}.grb

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[forecast_products] hwrfprs_i%intercom

1 [forecast_products]

2 hwrfprs_i%intercom = {out_prefix}.hwrfprs.d2.0p10.f{fahr:03d}.grb

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[forecast_products] hwrfprs_p%intercom

1 [forecast_products]

2 hwrfprs_p%intercom = {out_prefix}.hwrfprs.d1.0p25.f{fahr:03d}.grb

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[forecast_products] hwrfprs_c%intercom

1 [forecast_products]

2 hwrfprs_c%intercom = {out_prefix}.hwrfprs.d123.0p10.f{fahr:03d}.grb

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[forecast_products] hwrfsat_m%intercom

1 [forecast_products]

2 hwrfsat_m%intercom = {out_prefix}.hwrfsat.d23.0p03.f{fahr:03d}.grb

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[forecast_products] hwrfsat_n%intercom

1 [forecast_products]

2 hwrfsat_n%intercom = {out_prefix}.hwrfsat.d3.0p03.f{fahr:03d}.grb

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[forecast_products] hwrfsat_i%intercom

1 [forecast_products]

2 hwrfsat_i%intercom = {out_prefix}.hwrfsat.d2.0p10.f{fahr:03d}.grb

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[forecast_products] hwrfsat_p%intercom

1 [forecast_products]

2 hwrfsat_p%intercom = {out_prefix}.hwrfsat.d1.0p25.f{fahr:03d}.grb

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[forecast_products] hwrfsat_c%intercom

1 [forecast_products]

2 hwrfsat_c%intercom = {out_prefix}.hwrfsat.d12.0p10.f{fahr:03d}.grb

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[forecast_products] hwrf2prs_m%com

1 [forecast_products]

2 hwrf2prs_m%com = {out_prefix}.hwrfprs.d23.0p03.f{fahr:03d}.grb2

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[forecast_products] hwrf2prs_n%com

1 [forecast_products]

2 hwrf2prs_n%com = {out_prefix}.hwrfprs.d3.0p03.f{fahr:03d}.grb2

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[forecast_products] hwrf2prs_i%com

1 [forecast_products]

2 hwrf2prs_i%com = {out_prefix}.hwrfprs.d2.0p10.f{fahr:03d}.grb2

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[forecast_products] hwrf2prs_p%com

1 [forecast_products]

2 hwrf2prs_p%com = {out_prefix}.hwrfprs.d1.0p25.f{fahr:03d}.grb2

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[forecast_products] hwrf2prs_c%com

1 [forecast_products]

2 hwrf2prs_c%com = {out_prefix}.hwrfprs.d123.0p10.f{fahr:03d}.grb2

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[forecast_products] hwrf2sat_m%com

1 [forecast_products]

2 hwrf2sat_m%com = {out_prefix}.hwrfsat.d23.0p03.f{fahr:03d}.grb2

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[forecast_products] hwrf2sat_n%com

1 [forecast_products]

2 hwrf2sat_n%com = {out_prefix}.hwrfsat.d3.0p03.f{fahr:03d}.grb2

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[forecast_products] hwrf2sat_i%com

1 [forecast_products]

2 hwrf2sat_i%com = {out_prefix}.hwrfsat.d2.0p10.f{fahr:03d}.grb2

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[forecast_products] hwrf2sat_p%com

1 [forecast_products]

2 hwrf2sat_p%com = {out_prefix}.hwrfsat.d1.0p25.f{fahr:03d}.grb2

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[forecast_products] hwrf2sat_c%com

1 [forecast_products]

2 hwrf2sat_c%com = {out_prefix}.hwrfsat.d12.0p10.f{fahr:03d}.grb2

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

Section [rocotostr]

Variables to set as string values when parsing the hwrf_workflow.xml.in. This section is only used by the rocoto-based workflow

See the main documentation for [rocotostr] for details.

Options in this section:

FCST_RES — ensure that Rocoto uses the *_3KM XML entities

[rocotostr] FCST_RES

ensure that Rocoto uses the *_3KM XML entities

1 [rocotostr]

2 FCST_RES = 3KM

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

Section [namelist_inner]

Override inner domain namelist settings for 45 second timestep and 3km

Section [config]

Sets basic configuration options used by all components.

See the main documentation for [config] for details.

Options in this section:

forecast_section — Section that specifies the configuration for the forecast job.

[config] forecast_section

1 [config]

2 forecast_section = runwrf3km

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

Section [storm1ghost_big]

Configure the innermost ghost domains in WRF used for non-FGAT.

See the main documentation for [storm1ghost_big] for details.

Options in this section:

nx — Reduce grid X count for 3km
ny — Reduce grid Y count for 3km
start — Domain initial location decision method

[storm1ghost_big] nx

Reduce grid X count for 3km

1 [storm1ghost_big]

2 nx = 397

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[storm1ghost_big] ny

Reduce grid Y count for 3km

1 [storm1ghost_big]

2 ny = 748

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[storm1ghost_big] start

1 [storm1ghost_big]

2 start = centered

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

Section [storm1inner]

Configure the innermost analysis domains in WRF.

See the main documentation for [storm1inner] for details.

Options in this section:

nx — Reduce grid X count for 3km
ny — Reduce grid Y count for 3km
start — Domain initial location decision method

[storm1inner] nx

Reduce grid X count for 3km

1 [storm1inner]

2 nx = 198

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[storm1inner] ny

Reduce grid Y count for 3km

1 [storm1inner]

2 ny = 354

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf

[storm1inner] start

1 [storm1inner]

2 start = centered

Defined in File parm/hwrf_3km.conf