00Z model run on time, 15 balloon reports flagged
Model status
NWS is producing the 00Z model run on schedule. Forecast model output should reach forecasters, apps and websites at the usual times.
“00Z” is the run’s start time in UTC. NWS runs its main models four times a day — 00Z, 06Z, 12Z and 18Z — and each run begins by digesting a global snapshot of current conditions taken at that hour.
125 weather balloon launches were available to feed this run (8 in Alaska, 25 in Canada, 64 in Lower 48, 13 in Mexico, 6 in Caribbean, 9 in Pacific). “Stations available for ingest” means balloon soundings that arrived in time to be folded into the model’s starting picture of the atmosphere. Twice a day, sites across North America release balloons that measure temperature, humidity, pressure and wind all the way up. More stations reporting means a better-anchored starting point.
Balloon reports UPDATED 00Z GFS RAOB RECAP...
Twice a day, NWS and partner agencies release weather balloons that carry a radiosonde — a small instrument package that radios back temperature, humidity, pressure and wind as it climbs. Those soundings are one of the main ingredients in a forecast model’s starting conditions. This section is the roll call of stations that had a problem for the 00Z run of the GFS.
15 stations were flagged: 4 sent no usable sounding at all, 9 reported a numeric status code, 2 had bad data removed by quality control. A handful of gaps is normal and is not by itself a sign of a forecast problem — the models are built to work with an incomplete picture.
| Station | Where | What happened | As printed |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAX 72206 | Jacksonville/Intl, FL | No weather balloon data from this station reached the model for this cycle — either no launch happened or the data did not arrive in time. | No report |
| BIS 72764 | Bismarck/Municipal, ND | No weather balloon data from this station reached the NAM run. The GFS run did get a report from it. | No report for the NAM...Full report in for the GFS |
| OTX 72786 | Spokane, WA | No weather balloon data from this station reached the model for this cycle — either no launch happened or the data did not arrive in time. | No report |
| ITO 91285 | Hilo Hi, Hawaii, HI | No weather balloon data from this station reached the NAM run. The GFS run did get a report from it. | No report for the NAM...Full report in for the GFS |
| OTZ 70133 | Kotzebue, Ralph Wien, AK | The station reported status code 10159. NWS does not publish a public legend for these codes, so we will not guess at what it means — it signals some problem with the launch or the data. unrecognised status code 10159 | 10159 |
| BET 70219 | Bethel/Bethel Airport, AK | The station reported status code 10159. NWS does not publish a public legend for these codes, so we will not guess at what it means — it signals some problem with the launch or the data. unrecognised status code 10159 | 10159 |
| MCG 70231 | Mcgrath, AK | Ground equipment failure — the station’s tracking/receiving equipment was down, so no usable sounding was produced. | 10142...Ground equipment failure |
| AFC 70273 | Anchorage/Intl, AK | The station reported status code 10159. NWS does not publish a public legend for these codes, so we will not guess at what it means — it signals some problem with the launch or the data. unrecognised status code 10159 | 10159 |
| SNP 70308 | St. Paul Islands, AK | The station reported status code 10159. NWS does not publish a public legend for these codes, so we will not guess at what it means — it signals some problem with the launch or the data. unrecognised status code 10159 | 10159 |
| AKN 70326 | King Salmon, AK | The station reported status code 10159. NWS does not publish a public legend for these codes, so we will not guess at what it means — it signals some problem with the launch or the data. unrecognised status code 10159 | 10159 |
| TWC 72274 | Tucson, AZ | The station reported status code 10159. NWS does not publish a public legend for these codes, so we will not guess at what it means — it signals some problem with the launch or the data. unrecognised status code 10159 | 10159 |
| GCM 78384 | Owen Roberts Airport Grand Cay · Cayman Islands | Ground equipment failure — the station’s tracking/receiving equipment was down, so no usable sounding was produced. | 10142...Ground equipment failure |
| KWA 91366 | Kwajalein/Bucholz Aaf, Marshal · Marshall Islands | The station reported status code 10159. NWS does not publish a public legend for these codes, so we will not guess at what it means — it signals some problem with the launch or the data. unrecognised status code 10159 | 10159 |
| XMR 74794 | Cape Kennedy, FL | Quality control removed part of this sounding before it reached the models: temp, moist 755 to 700 mb...wet bulb effect. The rest of the sounding was still used. | Purged temp, moist 755 to 700 mb...wet bulb effect |
| MEX 76679 | Aeropuerto Internacional Mexico, D · Mexico | Quality control removed part of this sounding before it reached the models: temp, moist 533 to 445 mb... super-adiabatic lapse rates. The rest of the sounding was still used. | Purged temp, moist 533 to 445 mb... super-adiabatic lapse rates |
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Exactly as NWS transmitted it. Everything above is our plain-English reading of this text — if the two ever disagree, this is the authoritative version.
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NOUS42 KWNO 190336
ADMSDM
SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
NWS CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD
0336Z MON OCT 19 2026
00Z NWS model production started on time with 8 Alaskan...
25 Canadian...64 CONUS...13 Mexican...6 Caribbean...and 9
Pacific stations available for ingest.
UPDATED 00Z GFS RAOB RECAP...
72206/JAX - No report
72764/BIS - No report for the NAM...Full report in for the
GFS
72786/OTX - No report
91285/ITO - No report for the NAM...Full report in for the
GFS
70133/OTZ - 10159
70219/BET - 10159
70231/MCG - 10142...Ground equipment failure
70273/AFC - 10159
70308/SNP - 10159
70326/AKN - 10159
72274/TWC - 10159
78384/GCM - 10142...Ground equipment failure
91366/KWA - 10159
74794/XMR - Purged temp, moist 755 to 700 mb...wet bulb effect
76679/MEX - Purged temp, moist 533 to 445 mb...
super-adiabatic lapse rates
Kempisty/SDM/NCO