<p>1. Use WRF-GFS model or WRF-NAM?</p><p> a. WRF-GFS has holes in the forecast since it is not run every day</p><p> a.i. Forecast for midnight to midnight off of 00Z cycle</p><p> a.ii. Which months to use.</p><p> a.iii. Day/night considerations.</p><p> a.iv. MST/MDT issue.</p><p> b. WRF-NAM is updated every 6 hours; but use only one cycle (00z?)</p><p> c. WRF-NAM cannot be changed after Nov 2012.</p><p>2. Verify that the model is optimized for Idaho.</p><p> a. Issue with max/min temperature occurs with both models</p><p> b. Land use and other factors.</p><p>3. Met data locations.</p><p> a. Met towers</p><p> a.i. Elkhorn</p><p> a.ii. Rockland</p><p> a.iii. Mountain Home ???</p><p> b. Wind towers</p><p> b.i. Bliss area </p><p> b.i.1. Camp Reed</p><p> b.i.2. Oregon Trail</p><p> b.i.3. Payne’s Ferry</p><p> b.i.4. Tuana Gulch</p><p> b.i.5. Thousand Springs</p><p> b.i.6. Yahoo Creek</p><p> b.i.7. Pilgrim Stage b.i.8. Salmon Falls</p><p> b.ii. Golden Triangle</p><p> b.ii.1. Burley Butte</p><p> b.ii.2. Golden Valley</p><p> b.ii.3. Milner Dam</p><p>4. How many days to run model.</p><p> a. Past or future runs?</p><p> b. Time frame</p><p>5. Data Idaho power can supply</p><p> a. Wind speed from met towers or wind parks.</p><p> b. Model forecast wind speeds</p><p>6. Verification</p><p> a. Power point presentation of results</p><p>7. Implementation.</p>