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Importance of Cold Pools to NCEP Mesoscale Eta Model Forecasts
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The cold pool, a pool of evaporatively cooled downdraft air that spreads out horizontally along the ground beneath a precipitating cloud, is often a factor in severe weather and heavy precipitation events. Unfortunately, ...
Assessment of Forecasts during Persistent Valley Cold Pools in the Bonneville Basin by the North American Mesoscale Model
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: orth American Mesoscale Model (NAM) forecasts of low-level temperature and dewpoint during persistent valley cold pools in the Bonneville Basin of Utah are assessed. Stations near the east sidewall have a daytime cold and ...
Mesoscale Aspects of the Rapid Intensification of a Tornadic Convective Line across Central Florida: 22–23 February 1998
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The 22?23 February 1998 central Florida tornado outbreak was one of the deadliest and costliest in Florida?s history; a number of long-track tornadoes moved across the Florida peninsula after 0000 UTC 23 February 1998. In ...
An Hourly Assimilation–Forecast Cycle: The RUC
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The Rapid Update Cycle (RUC), an operational regional analysis?forecast system among the suite of models at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), is distinctive in two primary aspects: its hourly ...
The Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Prediction: Current Status and Development
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: n 2006, the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) implemented the Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis (RTMA) in collaboration with the Earth System Research Laboratory and the National Environmental, Satellite, and ...