When it comes to viewing algorithm and derived products, this forecaster prefers more dramatic jump points to new colors over a slowly changing color scale. In most cases a ProbSVR jump value going of 20 percent would be enough to get the forecaster's attention for further inspection, but the association of colors to specific range of number would be easier to monitor, especially for a shift-coordinator that would prefer a more simplistic view of things. The color scale shown in the lower left attempts to reflect radar reflectivity, but could be modified to be more compatible with color overlays used for the Lightning Jump overlays.
Forecaster: Manbearpig
Thank you for the suggestion. For what it's worth, when designing the ProbSevere color table we tried to avoid green, yellow, orange, and red since we envision ProbSevere contours often being overlaid with radar reflectivity, including single site radar data and did not want the contours to blend in the underlying radar data--especially when zoomed in fairly tight on a storm. -Justin
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