On Day 1 of the 2011 Spring Experiment, the Convective Initiation forecast desk chose a focus area over northeast Wyoming, western Nebraska and western South Dakota. During the forecast process, we viewed the simulated 6.95 micrometer band based on the NSSL WRF-ARW, and noted during the morning hours that the timing and location of the shortwave trough moving through Utah and entering Colorado was handled quite well by the model (see the top panel of the image above). Later in the forecast, the model generated convection in eastern Wyoming very close to what was observed. This is a nice example of how the simulated imagery is very useful for morning model evaluation.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Use of Simulated Imagery for Convective Initiation on Day 1
On Day 1 of the 2011 Spring Experiment, the Convective Initiation forecast desk chose a focus area over northeast Wyoming, western Nebraska and western South Dakota. During the forecast process, we viewed the simulated 6.95 micrometer band based on the NSSL WRF-ARW, and noted during the morning hours that the timing and location of the shortwave trough moving through Utah and entering Colorado was handled quite well by the model (see the top panel of the image above). Later in the forecast, the model generated convection in eastern Wyoming very close to what was observed. This is a nice example of how the simulated imagery is very useful for morning model evaluation.
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