France's ARPEGE + AROME pair
ARPEGE/AROME
Météo-France · France
Resolution
1.5–25 km
Run by
Météo-France
Model id
meteofrance_seamless
Météo-France runs two models blended here: ARPEGE (global) and AROME (a very high-resolution model over France and western Europe). AROME resolves fine-scale features like sea breezes and convective storms.
This pairing is strong for western-European short-range forecasting, especially rainfall timing and thunderstorms, where high resolution matters most.
Known strengths
Convective stormsRainfall timingVery high resolution (AROME)
The other models we compare
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European Centre (EU)
GFS
NOAA (USA)
ICON
DWD (Germany)
GEM
Env. Canada
JMA GSM/MSM
JMA (Japan)
UKMO
UK Met Office
Want to see how ARPEGE/AROME 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.