Daily Summary: Week 5, Day 1 (June 8, 2015)

As with previous weeks, much of the time on Day 1 was spent familiarizing participants with the AWIPS-II system, blog, and products under evaluation.  The three forecast pairs operated in the State College, Nashville, and Sterling CWA's. Along with the GOES-R LAP, NUCAPS, GOES-R CI, ProbSevere, and Lightning Jump products, the Nashville and Sterling groups were able to view the PGLM total lightning products on this first day of activities. Additionally, the 1-min imagery from GOES-14 was once again available in AWIPS-II for the week.

Bill Line, SPC/HWT Satellite Liaison

GOES-R LAP
- PW values looked ok, CAPE was off compared to other sources

NUCAPS

GOES-R CI
- An area near Memphis had 60-70% probabilities, a storm did develop from this
- Cirrus cover was an issue

ProbSevere
- At first it was helpful coming in when storm were on-going, specifically in showing where we need to focus our attention. Later in  evening, storms were producing strong winds, and  we were issuing despite low probs
- Did not seem to interfere too much with seeing features in radar
- Near reflectivity gradient might be hard to see, but can click off the product easily if necessary
- Type of severe would be good to include

SRSOR and 1-min OTD
- It was helpful to identify and track the progress of gravity waves
- You could really see where a bay breeze front was set up
- Noticed storm in PA wasn’t moving all that much, had a stationary OT; this was really helpful to see
- I liked to hyperloop the 1-min imagery as it allowed me to see how things were evolving
- We are seeing what happens in the 15 min period that we are currently not able to see

Lightning jump
- It seemed like if your using 1min data, the colors change quickly, so you can miss significant jumps
- Mostly had it on its own panel
- I  viewed it with visible satellite imagery as its background/underlay

PGLM
- I liked the 6min summation as significant changes in lightning activity were less likely to be missed