WRF is a scientific Windows app oriented toward climate scientists and meteorologists. It provides a powerful data assimilation system. Additionally, there is support for parallel computation.

Overview

This climate model is capable of simulating a wide variety of atmospheric phenomena such as temperature, precipitation, cloud cover and wind. You can study climate behavior on scales ranging from meters to thousands of kilometers. Moreover, it is possible to configure unique meteorological conditions, including hurricanes and thunderstorms.

Users are able to combine WRF with ArcSWAT and other similar utilities to generate detailed weather forecasts.

Data assimilation

You can incorporate personal observations of the atmosphere into the simulation. This functionality is helpful for producing accurate forecasts, especially in the low population areas.

There is an option to run the model on a modern supercomputer to take advantage of parallel data processing. Users are able to simulate complex meteorological phenomena at high resolution.

Extensibility

The WRF model is built on top of a modular software architecture. You can easily add new functions by installing third party plugins. There is a large ecosystem of related tools.

Features

free to download and use;
offers climate scientists and meteorologists a powerful weather prediction system;
it is possible to study various atmospheric phenomena;
supports parallel data processing;
compatible with all modern versions of Windows.