Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 18 Apr 2026 | Updated: 0 days ago
Global Deterministic
Dataset
Summary
Short Description:
The Met Office's flagship Numerical Weather Prediction system, the Unified
Model, underpins both weather and climate prediction and is used in several
operational configurations. The Global deterministic 10km model is a global
configuration of the Unified Model, delivering highly accurate short-range
deterministic forecasts for up to six or seven days, and is recognised as one of
the most advanced national meteorological services. Forecasts are generated four
times daily: extended runs at 00:00 and 12:00 UTC, and shorter runs at 06:00 and
18:00 UTC.
DOI Name:
Data Citation:
uk-metoffice-wmc:weather.prediction.forecast
Alternative Name:
Global 10km
Tier:
Tier 1
Access Type:
dataset
Theme:
In-use; official; MO Public Task Data; Application-ready; PredictionsPostProcessed; 2Years; weather; 0-3-18; 0-7-193; 0-7-192; 0-7-6; 0-7-195; 0-7-194; 0-7-7; 2-0-13; 0-6-195; 0-6-2; 0-6-5; 0-6-3; 0-6-4; 0-6-1; 0-6-22; 0-1-82; 0-1-192; 0-20-192; 0-20-193; 0-6-32; 0-3-33; 0-3-5; 2-0-7; 2-0-0; 2-0-196; 0-1-52; 0-3-0; 0-3-1; 0-5-3; 0-5-4; 0-4-13; 0-4-14; 0-4-7; 0-4-9; 0-4-12; 0-4-192; 0-1-77; 0-1-76; 0-1-1; 2-0-1; 0-0-11; 0-1-60; 0-1-56; 0-1-55; 2-3-19; 2-3-18; 0-1-0; 0-0-0; 0-0-6; 0-19-0; 0-0-192; 0-2-194; 0-2-0; 0-2-22; 0-2-195; 0-2-1; 0-0-10; 0-2-2; 0-2-3; atmosphere_boundary_layer_thickness; atmosphere_convective_available_potential_energy; atmosphere_convective_available_potential_energy; atmosphere_convective_available_potential_energy_wrt_surface; atmosphere_convective_inhibition; atmosphere_convective_inhibition; atmosphere_convective_inhibition_wrt_surface; canopy_water_amount; cloud_area_fraction; convective_cloud_area_fraction; convective_cloud_area_fraction; high_type_cloud_area_fraction; low_type_cloud_area_fraction; medium_type_cloud_area_fraction; cloud_area_fraction; convective_cloud_area_fraction; cloud_area_fraction; cloud_area_fraction; cloud_ice_mixing_ratio; cloud_ice_mixing_ratio; cloud_liquid_water_mixing_ratio; cloud_liquid_water_mixing_ratio; mass_fraction_of_dust_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air; mass_fraction_of_dust_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air; mass_fraction_of_dust_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air; mass_fraction_of_dust_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air; fog_area_fraction; geopotential_height; altitude; altitude; geopotential_height; altitude; altitude; altitude; altitude; altitude; geopotential_height; surface_altitude; land_binary_mask; leaf_area_index; lwe_precipitation_rate; air_pressure_at_convective_cloud_base; air_pressure_at_convective_cloud_top; air_pressure_at_freezing_level; air_pressure; air_pressure_at_sea_level; surface_air_pressure; air_pressure; air_pressure; surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air; toa_outgoing_longwave_flux; surface_direct_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air; surface_diffusive_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air; surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air; surface_net_downward_shortwave_flux; surface_upwelling_radiance_in_air; surface_upwelling_radiance_in_air; rainfall_rate; convective_rainfall_rate; relative_humidity; relative_humidity; relative_humidity; surface_roughness_length; surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux; lwe_thickness_of_surface_snow_amount; lwe_snowfall_rate; lwe_convective_snowfall_rate; liquid_water_content_of_soil_layer; soil_temperature; specific_humidity; air_temperature; surface_temperature; tropopause_air_temperature; dew_point_temperature; air_temperature; air_temperature; visibility_in_air; wet_bulb_potential_temperature; wind_from_direction; wind_from_direction; wind_direction; wind_direction; wind_speed_of_gust; wind_speed; wind_speed; wind_speed; wind_speed; surface_upward_latent_heat_flux; precipitation_amount; rainfall_amount; convective_rainfall_amount; convective_rainfall_rate; convective_rainfall_rate; rainfall_rate; surface_downward_sensible_heat_flux; lwe_thickness_of_snowfall_amount; lwe_convective_snowfall_rate; lwe_convective_snowfall_rate; lwe_convective_snowfall_rate; lwe_snowfall_rate; air_temperature; air_temperature; wind_speed_of_gust; surface_upward_latent_heat_flux; precipitation_amount; rainfall_amount; convective_rainfall_amount; convective_rainfall_rate; convective_rainfall_rate; rainfall_rate; surface_downward_sensible_heat_flux; lwe_thickness_of_snowfall_amount; lwe_convective_snowfall_rate; lwe_convective_snowfall_rate; lwe_convective_snowfall_rate; lwe_snowfall_rate; air_temperature; air_temperature; wind_speed_of_gust; surface_upward_latent_heat_flux; precipitation_amount; rainfall_amount; convective_rainfall_amount; convective_rainfall_rate; convective_rainfall_rate; rainfall_rate; surface_downward_sensible_heat_flux; lwe_thickness_of_snowfall_amount; lwe_convective_snowfall_rate; lwe_convective_snowfall_rate; lwe_convective_snowfall_rate; lwe_snowfall_rate; air_temperature; air_temperature; wind_speed_of_gust; 231060; 260269; 260419; 10
Documentation
Description:
The Met Office's flagship Numerical Weather Prediction system, the Unified Model, underpins both weather and climate prediction and is used in several operational configurations. The Global deterministic 10km model is a global configuration of the Unified Model, delivering highly accurate short-range deterministic forecasts for up to six or seven days, and is recognised as one of the most advanced national meteorological services. Forecasts are generated four times daily: extended runs at 00:00 and 12:00 UTC, and shorter runs at 06:00 and 18:00 UTC
Is Part Of:
How Published:
Bulk Samples
Coverage
Spatial
Spatial Units:
See Structural
Spatial Coverage:
See Structural
Temporal
Start Date:
20 January 2026
End Date:
09 January 2028
Frequency:
6-Hourly
Date of Latest Release:
26 August 2025
Date of First Release:
19 December 2025
Temporal Aggregation:
6-Hourly
Geographic Bounding Box
Lower Left Latitude:
-90
Lower Left Longitude:
-180
Upper Right Latitude:
90
Upper Right Longitude:
180
Provenance
Source:
Purpose:
Forecast data generated from the Met Office operational global model and
post-processed onto standard grid formats in NetCDF through the StaGE system.
The data is further regridded into standard WMO formats in GRIB2 format.
Collection Situation:
In-use
Collection Status:
Complete
Method of Collection:
Sensors
Weighting:
No weighting
Notes on Representation:
Representative of all
Notes on Bias:
No bias
Access and Governance
Usage
Resource Creator:
- Leeds University
- Smart Data Research UK
Is Referenced By:
10.3399/bjgp17X692645
Data Use Limitations:
Not for profit use
Data Use Requirements:
- Users are granted free and unrestricted access to this data
- without charge and with no conditions on use. Users are requested to attribute the producer of this data. WMO Unified Data Policy (Resolution 1 (Cg-Ext 2021)).
Access
Access Rights:
Open access — WMO Core data (freely available without restriction)
Access Service:
Data notifications broker: mqtts://broker.metoffice.gov.uk
ASDI Registry: https://registry.opendata.aws/met-office-global-deterministic/
Service Hub - Object Service: https://metoffice.sharepoint.com/sites/technologyservicehubservice/SitePages/Met%20Office%20Atmospheric%20Global%20Model%20Data.aspx
Jurisdiction:
- England
- Scotland
Data Controller:
Met Office
Data Processor:
Met Office
Availability Status:
Active
Licence:
Not Specified
Format and Standards
Language:
- English
- Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic
- Welsh
File Format:
application/netcdf; application/grib
Estimated Dataset Size:
25MB-1GB
Enrichment and Linkage
Related Datasets:
Linkage Opportunity:
Other HASP datasets
Data Pre-Processing Resources:
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Persons
Aged 20-30
1000
height
20 March 2018
Origin
Name:
Data Catalogue