Implementation of the upgraded Lake Ontario Operational Forecast System and Lake Superior Operational Forecast System and the semi-operational nowcast/forecast skill assessment

This technical report documents how the NOS CO-OPS builds the control and static files for the High-Performance Computing (HPC) COMF to generate the required model forcing files to drive LOOFS and LSOFS. The nowcast and forecast guidance skill assessment is then presented. As the model’s physics and the setups of LOOFS and LSOFS are the same, the implementation and skill assessments of the two forecast systems are documented in this single technical report.