Features
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Custom numerical weather prediction from your browser
Cloudrun is the first and only numerical weather prediction SaaS platform in the world. Because Cloudrun is web-based, you can run custom high resolution weather forecasts from anywhere. No supercomputer access, or upfront hardware investment required. What you get are high-quality, raw meteorological gridded data in NetCDF and GRIB formats.
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No expertise required
With our Forecast Wizard, you simply choose a region and timeframe that you are interested in. Our system takes care of everything else under the hood and creates an optimal model configuration for your region and timeframe. You can run weather forecasts immediately, or schedule them for later. No meteorology or weather modeling experience is necessary.
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Pay only for what you use
Forecasts cost $48 per forecast day, pro-rated to the hour. No membership fees or minimums. Just run the forecasts that you need. See our pricing page for more information.
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Own your data
Unlike any other weather service out there, with Cloudrun you own your weather data! Whether you're working on a high-end research project, field campaign, or an app of your own, unique weather data that only you can access gives you a competitive advantage over the crowd.
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Highly optimized weather simulations
We're constantly working on improving and optimizing Cloudrun's forecasting system. Using high-end hardware, this fine-tuned efficiency lets us offer custom weather modeling at a competitive price, It also means that your forecasts will finish surprisingly quickly.
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Run any number of simulations concurrently
Cloudrun employs a swarm of scalable and parallel compute nodes. Unlike shared supercomputers, we don't limit how many forecasts you can make at a time. Need forecasts for several regions around the world, or even weather model ensembles? No problem!
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No queues, no waiting
Unlike on shared supercomputers, with Cloudrun you never need to wait for your forecasts to start. From the moment you click "Start Forecast", it typically takes a minute to start. This makes Cloudrun an ideal tool to develop modern, operational, real-time weather prediction systems.
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Experienced modelers welcome!
Meteorologists, students, and weather enthusiasts can use the Upload Inputs page to run WRF with their existing input files.
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Stellar customer support
We take great pride in the support that we provide to our customers. As a Cloudrun customer, you'll have direct support from the founding team. Have an issue setting up and configuring your forecast? We got your back! Cloudrun's team has a decade-long experience developing and working with weather models and cloud computing. Have a question? Don't hesitate to contact us any time.