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Assessing the Impact of Collaborative Research Projects on NWS Warning Performance
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Since the inception of the Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorological Education and Training (COMET) Outreach Program in 1990, over 250 collaborative projects have been funded nationwide, involving approximately ...
Observations of Mountain Wave–Induced Precipitation Shadows over Northeast Pennsylvania
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: WSR-88D depictions of two mountain wave?induced precipitation shadows observed near the Wyoming Valley of northeast Pennsylvania are presented. These mountain waves developed in similar synoptic environments that featured ...
Winter Weather Forecasting throughout the Eastern United States. Part IV: Lake Effect Snow
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: This article is the final installment of a four-part series that examines the challenge of forecasting winter weather throughout the eastern United States. This paper examines the problems and challenges of forecasting ...
A Forecast Strategy for Anticipating Cold Season Mesoscale Band Formation within Eastern U.S. Cyclones
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: An ingredients-based, time- and scale-dependent forecast strategy for anticipating cold season mesoscale band formation within eastern U.S. cyclones is presented. This strategy draws on emerging conceptual models of mesoscale ...
An Observational Study of Cold Season–Banded Precipitation in Northeast U.S. Cyclones
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A climatological and composite study of banded precipitation in the northeast United States during the cold season (October?April) is presented. Precipitation systems in the northeast United States in April 1995 and from ...
Winter Weather Forecasting throughout the Eastern United States. Part III: The Effects of Topography and the Variability of Winter Weather in the Carolinas and Virginia
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Winter weather in the Carolinas and Virginia is highly variable and influenced by the area's diverse topography and geography. The Gulf Stream, the highest mountains in the Appalachians, the largest coastal lagoonal system ...
Winter Weather Forecasting throughout the Eastern United States. Part I: An Overview
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The complex combination of synoptic- and mesoscale interactions topographic influences, and large population densities poses a multitude of challenging problems to winter weather forecasters throughout the eastern United ...
Winter Weather Forecasting throughout the Eastern United States. Part II: An Operational Perspective of Cyclogenesis
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The complex combination of synoptic and mesoscale interactions, topographic influences, and large population densities poses a multitude of challenging problems to winter weather forecasters throughout the eastern United ...