Calidad del cielo

Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos

Specialised forecasting (system ForO)

Specialised forecasting of atmospheric parameters impacting on the optical quality of astronomical observations. The predictions, generated and validated by the Sky Quality Team, are produced with the Forecasting the Observatories (ForO) system. ForO is an atmospheric prediction platform developed by the IAC based on the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) numerical weather prediction model.

PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPORForO: PWV 72h forecast 
SEEING ForO: seeing 72h forecastIn test. Under validation.
COHERENCE TIMEForO: τ0 72h forecastIn test. Under validation.
ISOPLANATIC ANGLEForO: θ0 72h forecastIn test. Under validation.
CN2 (turbulence profile)ForO: Cn2 72h forecastIn test. Under validation.
Weather forecasting

Operational weather forecast meteograms generated and validated by the Izaña Atmospheric Research Centre (IARC) of the Spanish State Meteorological Agency (AEMet) using the numerical weather prediction model of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) under request of the IAC. 

NUBOSITY, INVVERSION LAYER, PRESS, RELATIVE HUMIDITY, TEMPERATURE, WIND
This information is not official. Its only purpose is to facilitate the operations and decision making of the User Institutions of the Canary Islands Observatories. The only information with legal validity is that issued officially by AEMet through its meteorological warnings) page or through official communications from the Grupo de Predicción y Vigilancia (GPV) and/or the Centro Nacional de Predicción.