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This product displays output from the Swiss regional nowcast model. Regional models produce forecasts for a specific region, in this case for Central Europe. One advantage of this regional nowcast model is that it's produced more often (hourly) based on radar, observations and other weather information so it is a perfect model for short-term forecasts during special weather, like thunderstorms.
Regional models can run at a much higher resolution than global models, enabling them to see features such as mountains, valleys, and small bodies of water that would be too small for a lower resolution model to see. Due to the higher resolution of regional models, they can only be calculated for certain areas and often don’t go as far out in time as global models. In this case, the Swiss HD Nowcast model runs 10 hours out into the future.