Today we were forecasting for Boise, ID. There was a marginal severe weather risk out for portions of the area. During the early afternoon there was a lot of cirrus clouds moving through the area. This limited many things...including the low level AMV's, CI and Severe CI, LAPS data, and NUCAPS soundings. That being said...we were still able to get a good NUCAPS sounding later on in the evening that seemed representative of the environment.
For warning operations...however...I mainly relied on radar data from multiple sites and 1-minute visible satellite imagery to account for any terrain blockage and for the lack of additional data. CI and ProbSevere didn't pick up on much except for the one storm that was warned on (the BOI forecast office warned on it too). Below is an animation of the convection across ID and OR today...
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| GOES-15 in Rapid Scan Operations |
Overall...warning operations in the west is definitely more difficult than in the eastern CONUS. The base radar data and 1-minute visible imagery were the keys to situational awareness and warning operations today.
~Lilly Miller~
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