HRRRCast: a data-driven emulator for regional weather forecasting at convection allowing scales

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2507.05658v1
• Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2025 04:26:47 GMT
• Title: HRRRCast: a data-driven emulator for regional weather forecasting at convection allowing scales
• Authors: Daniel Abdi, Isidora Jankov, Paul Madden, Vanderlei Vargas, Timothy A. Smith, Sergey Frolov, Montgomery Flora, Corey Potvin,
• Abstract summary: We introduce HRRRCast, a data-driven emulator built with advanced machine learning techniques.<n>ResHRRR is a ResNet-based model (ResHRRR) and a Graph Neural Network-based model (GraphHRRR)<n>ResHRRR outperforms HRRR forecast at light rainfall threshold (20 dBZ) and achieves competitive performance at moderate thresholds (30 dBZ)
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: The High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) model is a convection-allowing model used in operational weather forecasting across the contiguous United States (CONUS). To provide a computationally efficient alternative, we introduce HRRRCast, a data-driven emulator built with advanced machine learning techniques. HRRRCast includes two architectures: a ResNet-based model (ResHRRR) and a Graph Neural Network-based model (GraphHRRR). ResHRRR uses convolutional neural networks enhanced with squeeze-and-excitation blocks and Feature-wise Linear Modulation, and supports probabilistic forecasting via the Denoising Diffusion Implicit Model (DDIM). To better handle longer lead times, we train a single model to predict multiple lead times (1h, 3h, and 6h), then use a greedy rollout strategy during inference. When evaluated on composite reflectivity over the full CONUS domain using ensembles of 3 to 10 members, ResHRRR outperforms HRRR forecast at light rainfall threshold (20 dBZ) and achieves competitive performance at moderate thresholds (30 dBZ). Our work advances the StormCast model of Pathak et al. [21] by: a) training on the full CONUS domain, b) using multiple lead times to improve long-range skill, c) training on analysis data instead of the +1h post-analysis data inadvertently used in StormCast, and d) incorporating future GFS states as inputs, enabling downscaling that improves long-lead accuracy. Grid-, neighborhood-, and object-based metrics confirm better storm placement, lower frequency bias, and higher success ratios than HRRR. HRRRCast ensemble forecasts also maintain sharper spatial detail, with power spectra more closely matching HRRR analysis. While GraphHRRR underperforms in its current form, it lays groundwork for future graph-based forecasting. HRRRCast represents a step toward efficient, data-driven regional weather prediction with competitive accuracy and ensemble capability.

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