Japan's global + mesoscale models

JMA GSM/MSM

Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) · Japan

Resolution
5–55 km
Run by
JMA (Japan)
Model id
jma_seamless

The Japan Meteorological Agency runs the GSM (global) and MSM (mesoscale) models, blended here. JMA is a world leader in typhoon and monsoon forecasting for the Asia-Pacific region.

For cities across East and South Asia, JMA is a valuable independent voice in the consensus. Elsewhere it can diverge more from the pack — which the agreement score will show you.

Known strengths

Typhoons & monsoonAsia-PacificMesoscale detail

The other models we compare

Want to see how JMA GSM/MSM is performing right now? Open any city page and check the accuracy leaderboard — it ranks all seven models by how close they've actually been for that city over the last 30 days.