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HRRR Meteorology, Energy, and Transmission (MET) Toolkit
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) - view all
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Last updated4 days ago
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Overview

The HRRR MET (Meteorology, Energy, and Transmission) Toolkit is the National Laboratory of the Rockies' (NLR) new flagship atmospheric dataset, designed to support comprehensive long-term planning and operations across the entire power sector. Serving as the direct successor to the legacy WIND Toolkit, this dataset provides a continuously updatable, high-fidelity meteorological record covering the Continental United States (CONUS). To ensure a seamless transition for modelers conducting multi-decadal grid integration and capacity expansion studies, the HRRR MET Toolkit is delivered at an hourly resolution on the exact same 2-km horizontal grid as the original WIND Toolkit. Repackaged from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) operational High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) forecasts, the dataset bridges the critical gap between historical industry baselines and modern operational weather data. Spanning from 2015 to the present with planned annual extensions, it overcomes the technical barriers of native weather models by providing spatial regridding, temporal gap-filling, and vertical interpolation at key energy-relevant heights. By delivering highly accurate, validation-backed data across a comprehensive suite of atmospheric variables -including temperature, pressure, humidity, and wind characteristics - the HRRR MET Toolkit provides a highly accessible and strictly standardized foundation for modern power system modeling.

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Additional Information
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Dcat Issued2026-03-09T06:00:00Z
Dcat Modified2026-03-31T15:41:35Z
Dcat Publisher NameNational Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR)
Guidhttps://data.openei.org/submissions/8636
Harvest Object Idea1d22c6-a9c9-48fa-a9e2-abbb5302ce91
Harvest Source Id4eb7107f-a2b1-40e3-b36a-8161aa98a56e
Harvest Source TitleOpenEI Data Portal
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Files
  • HRRR NOAA Site

  • HRRR Overview Paper

  • Wind Integration National Dataset Registry on AWS

  • Data Usage Examples - rex Package

  • Wind Resource Database - Data Viewer

  • HRRR MET Toolkit Data on AWS