Project AURIONAI Use-Cases Research & Innovation
weather

IFS HRES

Physics deterministic baseline on WeatherBench 2.

ECMWF
Levelmodel
Classweather
Parametersnot in the notes
Contextnot in the notes
Releasednot in the notes
Opennessunknown
Runs onnot in the notes
Statusactive

Benchmark Results

maintainer-run
Z500 day 10, deterministic, IFS HRES vs Analysismaintainer-run
809
0450900

Score in RMSE m2/s2. Lower is better.

year 2022, 240x121 grid10 Oct 2026 researchsites.withgoogle.com
Z500 day 10, deterministic, IFS HRES vs ERA5maintainer-run
802.7
0450900

Score in RMSE m2/s2. Lower is better.

year 2020, 240x121 grid10 Oct 2026 researchsites.withgoogle.com
Z500 day 5, deterministic, IFS HRES vs Analysismaintainer-run
306.2
0450900

Score in RMSE m2/s2. Lower is better.

year 2022, 240x121 grid10 Oct 2026 researchsites.withgoogle.com
Z500 day 5, deterministic, IFS HRES vs ERA5maintainer-run
305.5
0450900

Score in RMSE m2/s2. Lower is better.

year 2020, 240x121 grid10 Oct 2026 researchsites.withgoogle.com
Z500 day 3, deterministic, IFS HRES vs ERA5maintainer-run
137.2
0450900

Score in RMSE m2/s2. Lower is better.

year 2020, 240x121 grid10 Oct 2026 researchsites.withgoogle.com
Z500 day 3, deterministic, IFS HRES vs Analysismaintainer-run
136.5
0450900

Score in RMSE m2/s2. Lower is better.

year 2022, 240x121 grid10 Oct 2026 researchsites.withgoogle.com
Z500 day 1, deterministic, IFS HRES vs ERA5maintainer-run
47.2
0450900

Score in RMSE m2/s2. Lower is better.

year 2020, 240x121 grid10 Oct 2026 researchsites.withgoogle.com
Z500 day 1, deterministic, IFS HRES vs Analysismaintainer-run
41.2
0450900

Score in RMSE m2/s2. Lower is better.

year 2022, 240x121 grid10 Oct 2026 researchsites.withgoogle.com
T850 day 10, deterministic, IFS HRES vs Analysismaintainer-run
3.626
024

Score in RMSE K. Lower is better.

year 2022, 240x121 grid10 Oct 2026 researchsites.withgoogle.com
T850 day 5, deterministic, IFS HRES vs Analysismaintainer-run
1.841
024

Score in RMSE K. Lower is better.

year 2022, 240x121 grid10 Oct 2026 researchsites.withgoogle.com
Where this comes from
Every score names who ran it: vendor-reported, maintainer-run or independent. A rank is shown with the population it was ranked in (gap rule 3).

R&D Topics

Identity

Developer
ECMWF
Family
not in the notes
Released
– sources
Weights published
–
Record checked
10 Oct 2026
Where this comes from
Developer and dates from the research notes. Release date is the vendor's public announcement; weights date is when open weights were published.

Architecture and Size

Architecture
other
Total parameters
– sources
Active parameters
–
Checkpoint parameters
–
Context length
not in the notes
Input
sensor
Output
sensor
Where this comes from
Parameter counts as the developer states them. Where the checkpoint holds a different total, both are shown (register A16).

Openness and Access

Openness
unknown
Licence
not in the notes sources
Access routes
not in the notes
Where this comes from
The licence file governs over registry tags and aggregator labels.

Deployment

Runs on
not in the notes
Footprint
not in the notes
Runtimes
not in the notes
Where this comes from
Deployment tiers and runtimes as named in the notes. Footprint is the notes' figure, not a measurement by AURION.

Indonesia

Indonesian support
not stated
Regional languages
not in the notes
Jakarta hosting
unknown
Languages
not in the notes
Where this comes from
Indonesia fields are carried on every model; unknown is an allowed value.

Lineage

The notes record no lineage for this model.

Industry Use Cases

No industry use case links this model.

Sources

  1. Dash researchsites.withgoogle.com https://researchsites.withgoogle.com/weatherbench/deterministic/

To cite this page: Project AURION, AI Use-Cases Research & Innovation, "IFS HRES", https://aurion.semai.id/models/ecmwf-ifs-hres/, records of October 2026.