The Windy overview of ECMWF says:
ECMWF 9km
Very accurate model provided by the
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather
Forecasts. Clear winner compared to other
forecast models.
That may be true in some categories. For snow (levels and new) it is horrifically false, at least at altitude (mountains or not.)
The following is a typical example:
We live at 7050 ft on high plains in Colorado Springs. Just finished a two day round trip to Monte Vista, CO (7500 ft high plains) and nearby NWRs via La Veta Pass.
There was no snow on the ground at any time (except maybe an inch in some shaded north facing slope spots at the top of the pass.)
ECMWF thought we were seeing a foot or more of snow almost everywhere we went, and no less than a half inch except from ~ Pueblo to Walsenburg. (Ground modeled-reality and forecast)
In our region, ICON is far more accurate for snow, both existing depth and new snow.
SUGGESTIONS:
- Correct the above summary text
- Consider support for different models for different data streams.
Thbanks!