Yr.no

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::summary Norwegian weather forecasting website ::

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Field	Value
name	yr.no
logo	[[Image:yr-logo.png
screenshot	[[File:Yr.no frontpage.png
url
commercial	No
type	Weather forecasts
registration	2007
language	Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk),
Kven,
Northern Sami,
English
owner	Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation and the Norwegian Meteorological Institute
launch_date	September 19, 2007
current_status	Active
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| name = yr.no | favicon = | logo = [[Image:yr-logo.png|160px|yr.no logo]] | screenshot = [[File:Yr.no frontpage.png|200px|yr.no frontpage]] | caption = | url = | commercial = No | type = Weather forecasts | registration = 2007 | language = Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk), Kven, Northern Sami, English | owner = Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation and the Norwegian Meteorological Institute | author = | launch_date = September 19, 2007 | current_status = Active | revenue =

yr.no is a Norwegian website and a mobile app for weather forecasting and dissemination of other types of meteorological information hosted by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation in collaboration with the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. The website was launched in September 2007.

The word yr means drizzle in Norwegian.

Weather models and updating frequency

Yr.no generates weather forecasts for millions of places around the world. Its 3-day forecast uses two different weather models with a 2.5 km resolution in Scandinavia and the Norwegian islands, and for other places, the ECMWF's IFS model in high-resolution configuration (HRES), with a 9 km resolution.

For the 10-day forecast, yr.no employs the ECMWF-ENS model with an 18 km resolution for Norwegian territories, and for the rest of the world, IFS-HRES with a 9 km resolution.

Outside Scandinavia, the 3-day forecasts are updated every six hours, and the 10-day forecasts every 12 hours.

Information sources

In addition to data from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, yr.no uses open data from various collaborators such as

• European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
• GeoNames
• The Norwegian Polar Institute

It also collects information from different types of private weather stations.

References

References

1. Tessem, Berit. "Vi klikker på dårlig vær".
2. "Bokmålsordboka {{!}} Nynorskordboka".
3. "Weather forecasts on Yr - how are they made?". yr.no.
4. "Updating frequency". yr.no.
5. "Samarbeidspartnere".

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