# High Rapid Refresh Rate 

This is the model currently used in North America and the USA standard for weather forecasting 

[More on HRRR](https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_update/sstanim.shtml) at the climate prediction center via National Weather service. 

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- uses HRRR ensemble (HRRRE) prediction v3 currently 
- This data is publicly available [here](https://console.cloud.google.com/marketplace/product/noaa-public/hrrr?project=python-232920&pli=1) as well. 
	- via Google Cloud console, engage [quickstart](https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/access-public-data?hl=en_US)
	- real-time 3-km resolution
	- hourly-updated 
	- assimilated every 15 min
	- as far back as 2014
	- available via GRIB2 files 
	- further [toolkits](https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/wct/)