CURRENT STATUS OF THE NCEP PRODUCTION SUITE
AT 18 Aug 2026 17:57 GMT (17:57 UTC)

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00 UTC CYCLE

00 UTC NAM
EVENT Average Start Time Average End Time STATUS COMMENTS
DATA DUMP AND PREP 01:15:09 01:22:12        COMPLETE-01:21:59 ON-TIME
ANALYSIS 01:22:24 01:32:23        COMPLETE-01:32:08 ON-TIME
FORECAST F00-F84 01:32:36 02:39:04        COMPLETE-02:38:39 ON-TIME
12hr PRODUCTS 01:38:08 01:50:14        COMPLETE-01:50:19 ON-TIME
24hr PRODUCTS 01:50:56 02:00:39        COMPLETE-02:00:25 ON-TIME
36hr PRODUCTS 02:01:23 02:10:57        COMPLETE-02:10:44 ON-TIME
48hr PRODUCTS 02:11:39 02:21:23        COMPLETE-02:21:05 ON-TIME
60hr PRODUCTS 02:22:03 02:32:12        COMPLETE-02:31:49 ON-TIME
72hr PRODUCTS 02:32:36 02:37:52        COMPLETE-02:37:36 ON-TIME
84hr PRODUCTS 02:37:01 02:45:25        COMPLETE-02:45:13 ON-TIME
NAM BUFR SOUNDINGS 01:37:14 02:45:22        COMPLETE-02:44:57 ON-TIME


00 UTC GFS
EVENT Average Start Time Average End Time STATUS COMMENTS
DATA DUMP AND PREP 02:45:12 02:59:06        COMPLETE-02:58:34 ON-TIME
ANALYSIS 02:59:19 03:25:09        COMPLETE-03:24:33 ON-TIME
T1534 FORECAST F000-F384 03:25:28 05:12:50        COMPLETE-05:12:55 ON-TIME
12hr PRODUCTS 03:40:03 03:43:52        COMPLETE-03:43:49 ON-TIME
24hr PRODUCTS 03:44:57 03:46:49        COMPLETE-03:46:03 ON-TIME
36hr PRODUCTS 03:48:01 03:50:06        COMPLETE-03:48:34 ON-TIME
48hr PRODUCTS 03:51:14 03:53:10        COMPLETE-03:52:38 ON-TIME
60-72hr PRODUCTS 03:54:27 03:59:33        COMPLETE-03:58:45 ON-TIME
84-120hr PRODUCTS 04:00:47 04:12:15        COMPLETE-04:12:17 ON-TIME
000-384hr GFS WAVE PRODUCTS 03:32:02 05:11:34        COMPLETE-05:11:40 ON-TIME
GFS MOS FORECAST 04:12:02 04:12:14        COMPLETE-04:11:23 ON-TIME


00 UTC HIRESW
EVENT Average Start Time Average End Time STATUS COMMENTS
HIRESW FV3 FORECAST 01:17:22 02:34:35        COMPLETE-02:34:36 ON-TIME
HIRESW ARW MEM1 FORECAST 01:52:46 03:04:28        COMPLETE-03:03:59 ON-TIME
HIRESW ARW MEM2 FORECAST 01:49:07 02:52:24        COMPLETE-02:52:05 ON-TIME
HIRESW FV3 PRODUCTS 01:26:05 02:37:07        COMPLETE-02:37:04 ON-TIME
HIRESW ARW MEM1 PRODUCTS 01:55:39 03:06:10        COMPLETE-03:05:32 ON-TIME
HIRESW ARW MEM2 PRODUCTS 01:51:40 02:54:04        COMPLETE-02:53:52 ON-TIME


00 UTC GDAS
EVENT Average Start Time Average End Time STATUS COMMENTS
DATA DUMP AND PREP 05:48:14 06:02:55        COMPLETE-06:02:23 ON-TIME
ANALYSIS 06:03:08 06:40:24        COMPLETE-06:39:53 ON-TIME
FORECAST 06:47:51 07:08:38        COMPLETE-07:08:12 ON-TIME


00 UTC GLOBAL ENSEMBLE
EVENT Average Start Time Average End Time STATUS COMMENTS
ENS FORECASTS 03:27:10 06:28:21        COMPLETE-06:28:10 ON-TIME
ENS PRODUCTS 03:45:40 06:29:49        COMPLETE-06:30:19 ON-TIME


03 UTC SREF
EVENT Average Start Time Average End Time STATUS COMMENTS
WRF-ARW FORECASTS 05:08:20 06:30:39        COMPLETE-06:32:31 ON-TIME
WRF-NMB FORECASTS 05:08:20 06:02:02        COMPLETE-06:02:45 ON-TIME
ENSEMBLE PRODUCTS 06:30:46 06:40:32        COMPLETE-06:42:47 ON-TIME


06 UTC NAM
EVENT Average Start Time Average End Time STATUS COMMENTS
DATA DUMP AND PREP 07:15:10 07:21:48        COMPLETE-07:21:44 ON-TIME
ANALYSIS 07:22:00 07:33:23        COMPLETE-07:33:14 ON-TIME
FORECAST F00-F84 07:33:36 08:40:23        COMPLETE-08:39:45 ON-TIME
12hr PRODUCTS 07:39:17 07:51:23        COMPLETE-07:51:04 ON-TIME
24hr PRODUCTS 07:52:13 08:01:46        COMPLETE-08:01:36 ON-TIME
36hr PRODUCTS 08:02:31 08:12:04        COMPLETE-08:11:51 ON-TIME
48hr PRODUCTS 08:12:53 08:22:52        COMPLETE-08:22:17 ON-TIME
60hr PRODUCTS 08:23:14 08:32:46        COMPLETE-08:32:04 ON-TIME
72hr PRODUCTS 08:33:53 08:39:01        COMPLETE-08:38:31 ON-TIME
84hr PRODUCTS 08:38:14 08:45:28        COMPLETE-08:44:47 ON-TIME
NAM BUFR SOUNDINGS 07:38:22 08:46:45        COMPLETE-08:46:19 ON-TIME


06 UTC GFS
EVENT Average Start Time Average End Time STATUS COMMENTS
DATA DUMP AND PREP 08:45:13 08:57:16        COMPLETE-08:57:04 ON-TIME
ANALYSIS 08:57:28 09:22:48        COMPLETE-09:22:41 ON-TIME
T1534 FORECAST F000-F384 09:23:01 11:10:11        COMPLETE-11:09:27 ON-TIME
12hr PRODUCTS 09:37:36 09:41:13        COMPLETE-09:41:17 ON-TIME
24hr PRODUCTS 09:42:20 09:44:28        COMPLETE-09:44:37 ON-TIME
36hr PRODUCTS 09:45:39 09:47:34        COMPLETE-09:46:46 ON-TIME
48hr PRODUCTS 09:48:39 09:50:41        COMPLETE-09:50:24 ON-TIME
60-72hr PRODUCTS 09:51:59 09:57:03        COMPLETE-09:56:51 ON-TIME
84-120hr PRODUCTS 09:58:19 10:09:41        COMPLETE-10:10:06 ON-TIME
000-384hr GFS WAVE PRODUCTS 09:29:34 11:08:51        COMPLETE-11:07:58 ON-TIME
GFS MOS FORECAST 10:09:27 10:09:38        COMPLETE-10:09:32 ON-TIME


06 UTC GLOBAL ENSEMBLE
EVENT Average Start Time Average End Time STATUS COMMENTS
ENS FORECASTS 09:24:43 12:28:01        COMPLETE-12:27:32 ON-TIME
ENS PRODUCTS 09:45:42 12:29:48        COMPLETE-12:29:32 ON-TIME


06 UTC HIRESW
EVENT Average Start Time Average End Time STATUS COMMENTS
HIRESW FV3 FORECAST 07:16:52 08:36:23        COMPLETE-08:36:31 ON-TIME
HIRESW ARW MEM1 FORECAST 07:50:05 08:46:50        COMPLETE-08:46:58 ON-TIME
HIRESW ARW MEM2 FORECAST 07:47:03 08:48:42        COMPLETE-08:48:23 ON-TIME
HIRESW FV3 PRODUCTS 07:23:04 08:38:20        COMPLETE-08:38:22 ON-TIME
HIRESW ARW MEM1 PRODUCTS 07:52:19 08:48:05        COMPLETE-08:48:19 ON-TIME
HIRESW ARW MEM2 PRODUCTS 07:49:04 08:49:54        COMPLETE-08:49:31 ON-TIME


06 UTC GDAS
EVENT Average Start Time Average End Time STATUS COMMENTS
DATA DUMP AND PREP 11:48:14 12:01:09        COMPLETE-12:01:02 ON-TIME
ANALYSIS 12:01:22 12:38:25        COMPLETE-12:38:42 ON-TIME
FORECAST 12:38:48 12:59:29        COMPLETE-12:59:46 ON-TIME


09 UTC SREF
EVENT Average Start Time Average End Time STATUS COMMENTS
WRF-ARW FORECASTS 11:08:22 12:28:41        COMPLETE-12:30:10 ON-TIME
WRF-NMB FORECASTS 11:08:21 12:02:33        COMPLETE-12:01:59 ON-TIME
ENSEMBLE PRODUCTS 12:30:44 12:40:31        COMPLETE-12:41:13 ON-TIME


00-11 UTC RAP
EVENT Average Start Time Average End Time STATUS COMMENTS
00 UTC RAP 00:54:08 01:30:24        COMPLETE-01:30:19 ON-TIME
01 UTC RAP 01:22:10 01:55:46        COMPLETE-01:56:24 ON-TIME
02 UTC RAP 02:22:10 02:56:39        COMPLETE-02:55:51 ON-TIME
03 UTC RAP 03:22:09 03:56:11        COMPLETE-03:55:39 ON-TIME
04 UTC RAP 04:22:08 04:56:24        COMPLETE-04:58:29 ON-TIME
05 UTC RAP 05:22:08 05:55:58        COMPLETE-05:55:46 ON-TIME
06 UTC RAP 06:22:09 06:55:25        COMPLETE-06:55:33 ON-TIME
07 UTC RAP 07:22:09 07:56:20        COMPLETE-07:55:56 ON-TIME
08 UTC RAP 08:22:09 08:55:14        COMPLETE-08:54:28 ON-TIME
09 UTC RAP 09:22:08 09:54:30        COMPLETE-09:54:47 ON-TIME
10 UTC RAP 10:22:09 10:55:04        COMPLETE-10:53:50 ON-TIME
11 UTC RAP 11:22:09 11:55:34        COMPLETE-11:55:15 ON-TIME


00-11 UTC HRRR
EVENT Average Start Time Average End Time STATUS COMMENTS
00 UTC HRRR 00:22:10 01:34:02        COMPLETE-01:33:31 ON-TIME
01 UTC HRRR 01:22:10 02:25:57        COMPLETE-02:24:22 ON-TIME
02 UTC HRRR 02:22:10 03:25:21        COMPLETE-03:24:56 ON-TIME
03 UTC HRRR 03:22:09 04:25:45        COMPLETE-04:24:37 ON-TIME
04 UTC HRRR 04:22:08 05:25:56        COMPLETE-05:25:20 ON-TIME
05 UTC HRRR 05:22:08 06:25:59        COMPLETE-06:25:17 ON-TIME
06 UTC HRRR 06:22:08 07:34:00        COMPLETE-07:32:27 ON-TIME
07 UTC HRRR 07:22:09 08:26:00        COMPLETE-08:24:34 ON-TIME
08 UTC HRRR 08:22:09 09:26:00        COMPLETE-09:25:23 ON-TIME
09 UTC HRRR 09:22:08 10:26:19        COMPLETE-10:25:07 ON-TIME
10 UTC HRRR 10:22:09 11:26:07        COMPLETE-11:24:55 ON-TIME
11 UTC HRRR 11:22:08 12:26:12        COMPLETE-12:25:10 ON-TIME


12 UTC CYCLE

12 UTC NAM
EVENT Average Start Time Average End Time STATUS COMMENTS
DATA DUMP AND PREP 13:15:09 13:21:42        COMPLETE-13:21:58 ON-TIME
ANALYSIS 13:21:53 13:31:46        COMPLETE-13:32:08 ON-TIME
FORECAST F00-F84 13:31:59 14:38:35        COMPLETE-14:38:23 ON-TIME
12hr PRODUCTS 13:37:32 13:49:46        COMPLETE-13:50:06 ON-TIME
24hr PRODUCTS 13:50:25 14:00:01        COMPLETE-14:00:06 ON-TIME
36hr PRODUCTS 14:00:42 14:10:24        COMPLETE-14:10:33 ON-TIME
48hr PRODUCTS 14:11:06 14:20:41        COMPLETE-14:20:47 ON-TIME
60hr PRODUCTS 14:21:25 14:31:43        COMPLETE-14:31:27 ON-TIME
72hr PRODUCTS 14:32:06 14:37:17        COMPLETE-14:37:09 ON-TIME
84hr PRODUCTS 14:36:29 14:44:27        COMPLETE-14:44:16 ON-TIME
NAM BUFR SOUNDINGS 13:36:37 14:44:45        COMPLETE-14:44:38 ON-TIME


12 UTC GFS
EVENT Average Start Time Average End Time STATUS COMMENTS
DATA DUMP AND PREP 14:45:12 14:57:47        COMPLETE-14:57:42 ON-TIME
ANALYSIS 14:58:01 15:23:38        COMPLETE-15:23:46 ON-TIME
T1534 FORECAST F000-F384 15:23:50 17:11:12        COMPLETE-17:10:48 ON-TIME
12hr PRODUCTS 15:38:37 15:42:00        COMPLETE-15:41:24 ON-TIME
24hr PRODUCTS 15:43:16 15:45:24        COMPLETE-15:44:44 ON-TIME
36hr PRODUCTS 15:46:32 15:48:25        COMPLETE-15:48:06 ON-TIME
48hr PRODUCTS 15:49:31 15:51:34        COMPLETE-15:51:31 ON-TIME
60-72hr PRODUCTS 15:52:40 15:57:54        COMPLETE-15:57:51 ON-TIME
84-120hr PRODUCTS 15:59:10 16:10:29        COMPLETE-16:10:53 ON-TIME
000-384hr GFS WAVE PRODUCTS 15:30:25 17:09:57        COMPLETE-17:09:37 ON-TIME
GFS MOS FORECAST 16:10:31 16:10:44        COMPLETE-16:11:21 ON-TIME


12 UTC GLOBAL ENSEMBLE
EVENT Average Start Time Average End Time STATUS COMMENTS
ENS FORECASTS 15:25:38 18:28:21        RUNNING-15:25:48 ON-TIME
ENS PRODUCTS 15:45:44 18:29:55        RUNNING-15:45:48 ON-TIME


15 UTC SREF
EVENT Average Start Time Average End Time STATUS COMMENTS
WRF-ARW FORECASTS 17:08:44 18:32:55        RUNNING-17:08:36 ON-TIME
WRF-NMB FORECASTS 17:08:44 18:02:36        RUNNING-17:08:36 ON-TIME
ENSEMBLE PRODUCTS 18:33:02 18:42:52        SCHEDULED ON-TIME


18 UTC NAM
EVENT Average Start Time Average End Time STATUS COMMENTS
DATA DUMP AND PREP 19:15:10 19:21:55        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
ANALYSIS 19:22:07 19:32:56        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
FORECAST F00-F84 19:33:09 20:39:55        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
12hr PRODUCTS 19:38:51 19:50:59        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
24hr PRODUCTS 19:51:43 20:01:18        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
36hr PRODUCTS 20:02:05 20:11:39        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
48hr PRODUCTS 20:12:25 20:22:22        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
60hr PRODUCTS 20:22:51 20:32:21        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
72hr PRODUCTS 20:33:30 20:38:38        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
84hr PRODUCTS 20:37:50 20:45:01        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
NAM BUFR SOUNDINGS 19:37:55 20:46:14        SCHEDULED ON-TIME


12 UTC HIRESW
EVENT Average Start Time Average End Time STATUS COMMENTS
HIRESW FV3 FORECAST 13:17:16 14:34:47        COMPLETE-14:34:21 ON-TIME
HIRESW ARW MEM1 FORECAST 13:52:47 15:04:32        COMPLETE-15:04:27 ON-TIME
HIRESW ARW MEM2 FORECAST 13:48:32 14:51:39        COMPLETE-14:51:39 ON-TIME
HIRESW FV3 PRODUCTS 13:25:50 14:37:19        COMPLETE-14:36:50 ON-TIME
HIRESW ARW MEM1 PRODUCTS 13:55:39 15:06:15        COMPLETE-15:06:14 ON-TIME
HIRESW ARW MEM2 PRODUCTS 13:51:07 14:53:19        COMPLETE-14:53:25 ON-TIME


12 UTC GDAS
EVENT Average Start Time Average End Time STATUS COMMENTS
DATA DUMP AND PREP 17:48:15 18:01:51        RUNNING-17:48:16 ON-TIME
ANALYSIS 18:02:04 18:39:08        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
FORECAST 18:39:31 19:00:14        SCHEDULED ON-TIME


18 UTC GFS
EVENT Average Start Time Average End Time STATUS COMMENTS
DATA DUMP AND PREP 20:45:12 20:59:42        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
ANALYSIS 20:59:55 21:25:48        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
T1534 FORECAST F000-F384 21:26:03 23:13:03        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
12hr PRODUCTS 21:40:43 21:44:15        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
24hr PRODUCTS 21:45:37 21:47:33        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
36hr PRODUCTS 21:48:32 21:50:29        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
48hr PRODUCTS 21:51:47 21:53:49        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
60-72hr PRODUCTS 21:54:54 22:00:06        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
84-120hr PRODUCTS 22:01:13 22:12:51        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
000-384hr GFS WAVE PRODUCTS 21:32:36 23:11:49        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
GFS MOS FORECAST 22:12:30 22:12:40        SCHEDULED ON-TIME


18 UTC GLOBAL ENSEMBLE
EVENT Average Start Time Average End Time STATUS COMMENTS
ENS FORECASTS 21:27:47 00:28:15        COMPLETE-00:28:30 ON-TIME
ENS PRODUCTS 21:45:47 00:30:14        COMPLETE-00:29:54 ON-TIME


18 UTC HIRESW
EVENT Average Start Time Average End Time STATUS COMMENTS
HIRESW FV3 FORECAST 19:16:48 20:36:33        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
HIRESW ARW MEM1 FORECAST 19:49:08 20:46:13        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
HIRESW ARW MEM2 FORECAST 19:46:27 20:48:01        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
HIRESW FV3 PRODUCTS 19:23:04 20:38:29        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
HIRESW ARW MEM1 PRODUCTS 19:51:24 20:47:30        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
HIRESW ARW MEM2 PRODUCTS 19:48:28 20:49:13        SCHEDULED ON-TIME


18 UTC GDAS
EVENT Average Start Time Average End Time STATUS COMMENTS
DATA DUMP AND PREP 23:48:14 00:03:45        COMPLETE-00:03:28 ON-TIME
ANALYSIS 00:03:58 00:41:34        COMPLETE-00:41:48 ON-TIME
FORECAST 00:41:57 01:02:43        COMPLETE-01:02:59 ON-TIME


21 UTC SREF
EVENT Average Start Time Average End Time STATUS COMMENTS
WRF-ARW FORECASTS 23:08:48 00:18:03        COMPLETE-00:18:17 ON-TIME
WRF-NMB FORECASTS 23:08:48 00:02:55        COMPLETE-00:02:44 ON-TIME
ENSEMBLE PRODUCTS 00:31:13 00:41:11        COMPLETE-00:42:08 ON-TIME


12-23 UTC RAP
EVENT Average Start Time Average End Time STATUS COMMENTS
12 UTC RAP 12:56:09 13:32:37        COMPLETE-13:33:04 ON-TIME
13 UTC RAP 13:24:08 13:58:08        COMPLETE-13:58:39 ON-TIME
14 UTC RAP 14:24:08 14:58:31        COMPLETE-14:58:31 ON-TIME
15 UTC RAP 15:24:08 15:58:19        COMPLETE-15:58:21 ON-TIME
16 UTC RAP 16:24:08 16:58:17        COMPLETE-16:58:11 ON-TIME
17 UTC RAP 17:24:09 17:58:30        RUNNING-17:24:10 ON-TIME
18 UTC RAP 18:22:09 18:55:37        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
19 UTC RAP 19:22:09 19:57:24        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
20 UTC RAP 20:22:09 20:56:06        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
21 UTC RAP 21:22:08 21:55:37        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
22 UTC RAP 22:22:08 22:55:35        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
23 UTC RAP 23:22:09 23:55:42        SCHEDULED ON-TIME


12-23 UTC HRRR
EVENT Average Start Time Average End Time STATUS COMMENTS
12 UTC HRRR 12:23:10 13:34:18        COMPLETE-13:32:49 ON-TIME
13 UTC HRRR 13:22:08 14:26:11        COMPLETE-14:25:51 ON-TIME
14 UTC HRRR 14:22:10 15:25:48        COMPLETE-15:24:50 ON-TIME
15 UTC HRRR 15:22:08 16:25:49        COMPLETE-16:25:21 ON-TIME
16 UTC HRRR 16:22:09 17:25:57        COMPLETE-17:24:55 ON-TIME
17 UTC HRRR 17:22:09 18:26:03        RUNNING-17:22:09 ON-TIME
18 UTC HRRR 18:22:09 19:34:10        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
19 UTC HRRR 19:22:09 20:26:01        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
20 UTC HRRR 20:22:09 21:25:58        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
21 UTC HRRR 21:22:08 22:25:56        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
22 UTC HRRR 22:22:08 23:25:49        SCHEDULED ON-TIME
23 UTC HRRR 23:22:09 00:25:46        COMPLETE-00:25:15 ON-TIME


LEGEND
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When a job's status is "COMPLETE" the time next to it is today's end time.
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COMPLETE/START DELAYED FINISHED/DELAYED MORE THAN 3 HOURS RUNNING RUNNING MORE THAN 3 HOURS LATE
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