Sistema de Pronóstico Atmosférico de la Península de Yucatán (PYcast).

Version: beta (06092024)

Please note:
PYcast is a teaching tool for local communities of Yucatan Peninsula. It is intended to understand, study and forecast the atmospheric conditions of the region.
PYcast it is not an operational meteorological service, please do not expect 24/7 availability.
Importante:
PYcast es una herramienta para comunidades locales de la Península de Yucatán, con el fin de comprender, estudiar y pronosticar las condiciones atmosféricas de la región.
PYcast no es un servicio meteorológico, no esperé disponibilidad 24/7.

Notices/Avisos

Meteo products

PYcast generates 4-day forecast of different meteorological fields (e.g., temperature, rain, cloud cover) for two domains with ~15 km (D01) and ~5 km (D02) resolution. See below the coverage area of each domain, and the links to see the products.

Fig. 1. PYcast computational domains.

<< 4-day forecast >>

D01 available outputs:

D01 outs, ~15 km resolution.
Click here

D02 available outputs:

D02 outs, ~5 km resolution.
Click here
Note:
We recommend Google Chrome or FireFox Browser. If you are watching old versions of PYcast products just clean your browser cache/cookies to solve the issue.
Nota:
Recomendamos usar Google Chrome o FireFox Browser. Si tienes problemas para observar los últimos resultados, limpia la cache/cookies de tu navegador para resolver el problema.

Tropical cyclone warnings

Useful external information:

NWS Hurricaine Center (USA)
SMN-CONAGUA (MEX)

Modelling system

+ WRF-ARW modelling system WRF v4.4 (Skamarock et al., 2019).

+ Post-processing and visualization: NCL (NCAR, 2019), python (Van Rossum et al., 2009).

Team

+Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores – Unidad Mérida, UNAM:

  • Juan C. Zavala-Reyes (PI),
  • Francisco Xavier Chiappa,
  • Iris Neri Flores.
  • Ismael de Jesús Mariño Tapia

+Instituto de Ingeniería – Unidad Académica SISAL:

  • Bernardo Figueroa Espinoza.

+ICAyCC, UNAM:

  • Aron Jazcilevich,
  • J. Agustín García Reynoso,
  • Michel Grutter de la Mora.
  • Victor Hugo Almanza Veloz.

+Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán (CICY):

  • Regina de Monserrat González Balderas.

References

Skamarock, W. C., J. B. Klemp, J. Dudhia, D. O. Gill, Z. Liu, J. Berner, W. Wang, J. G. Powers, M. G. Duda, D. M. Barker, and X.-Y. Huang, 2019: A Description of the Advanced Research WRF Version 4. NCAR Tech. Note NCAR/TN-556+STR, 145 pp. doi:10.5065/1dfh-6p97

The NCAR Command Language (Version 6.6.2) [Software]. (2019).
Boulder, Colorado: UCAR/NCAR/CISL/TDD. http://dx.doi.org/10.5065/D6WD3XH5

Van Rossum, G., & Drake, F. L. (2009). Python 3 Reference Manual. Scotts Valley, CA: CreateSpace.

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