West Florida Coastal Ocean Model (WFCOM) Nowcast/Forecast System

Water Level Veracity Test & Forecast Guidance

(Use the map pins or list of stations below to access static plots at different stations)

The West Florida Coastal Ocean Model (WFCOM) is an application of unstructured grid model FVCOM in the coastal region of the northeastern Gulf of America. It downscales from the deep ocean, across the continental shelf and into Tampa Bay by nesting within the Global HYCOM with added tides. It is set to be an automated coastal ocean circulation nowcast/forecast system that updates each day providing 1-day hindcast and a 3.5-day forecast.

Click on one of the tide gauge stations to see the static plot showing the comparison of WFCOM simulated and tide gauge observed water level time series. The model/data comparisons at different stations are also shown as movies.

Freshwater Canal Locks

Eugene Island

Grand Isle

Pilots Station East

Pascagoula NOAA Lab

Dauphin Island

Pensacola

Panama City Beach

Apalachicola

Shell Point

Cedar Key

Aripeka

Fred Howard Park

Clearwater Beach

St. Petersburg

Old Port Tampa

East Bay

Port Manatee

Fort Myers

Naples Bay

Key West

Vaca Key

Virginia Key

To see the maps of WFCOM simulated currents and sea level and their animations, please click this webpage for more details.

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Disclaimer: The analyses/data are research products under development. No warranty is made, expressed or implied, regarding accuracy, or regarding the suitability for any particular application. All rights reserved: University of South Florida, College of Marine Science - Ocean Circulation Lab. Copyright, 2023.