Source of GFS data

[WeatherHound]

Good morning,

Is it better to use the GFS data for boundary conditions for the WRF every 3hrs or every hour for forecast data?

 

[haiqingsong]

Good morning,

Is it better to use the GFS data for boundary conditions for the WRF every 3hrs or every hour for forecast data?

Every hour is better

 

[Ming Chen]

I agree that more frequent update of lateral boundary could give better result.