Weather and Forecasting: Recent submissions

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    • Synoptic Weather Patterns Associated with the Milwaukee, Wisconsin Flash Flood of 6 August 1986 

      Elsner, James B.; Drag, Walter H.; Last, Jeffrey K. (American Meteorological Society, 1989)
      A flash flood occurred at Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 6 August 1986 as a result of >6 in. (15.2 cm) of rain, much of it falling over a 2-h period. Several possible contributing factors to the excessive rainfall are addressed, ...

    • Prediction of an Exceptional Storm over France and Southern England (15–16 October 1987) 

      Jarraud, M.; Cyoas, J.; Deyts, C. (American Meteorological Society, 1989)
      The most violent storm to hit France in recent history?with wind gusts of 50 m s?1 and waves of 15 m? is described. The structural and economic damage in France was considerable, but there were very few human casualties. ...

    • A Classical-REEP Short-Range Forecast Procedure 

      Wilson, L. J.; Sarrazin, Réal (American Meteorological Society, 1989)
      A statistical technique has been designed to assist in the forecasting of weather elements in the 0?12-h time period. The method uses only the last two surface hourly observations for a particular station as predictors, ...

    • Diagnostic Verification of Temperature Forecasts 

      Murphy, Allan H.; Brown, Barbara G.; Chen, Yin-Sheng (American Meteorological Society, 1989)
      A diagnostic approach to forecast verification is described and illustrated. This approach is based on a general framework for forecast verification. It is ?diagnostic? in the sense that it focuses on the fundamental ...

    • Environmental Conditions Associated with the Dallas Microburst Storm Determined from Satellite Soundings 

      Ellrod, Gary (American Meteorological Society, 1989)
      The thermodynamic structure of the troposphere in the vicinity of the microburst storm at Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport (DFW), Texas on 2 August 1985 is described. The analysis was based principally on a set of vertical soundings ...

    • The Influence of Weather on Flight Operations at the Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport 

      Robinson, Peter J. (American Meteorological Society, 1989)
      The impact of various types of weather on aircraft operations for one airline for 3 yr at Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport is investigated. Impacts are expressed as delays defined in terms of the difference between ...

    • Identification of Atmospheric Fronts over the Ocean with Microwave Measurements of Water Vapor and Rain 

      Kanaros, Kristina B.; Bhatti, Iffekhar; Mcmurdie, Llynn A.; Petty, Grant W. (American Meteorological Society, 1989)
      This Paper describes some basic research techniques and algorithms developed to diagnose fronts in cyclonic storms over the ocean with data from satellite-borne microwave radiometers. The need for this research stems from ...

    • Corrigendum 

      Unknown author (American Meteorological Society, 1989)
      Correction to Volume 4, Issue 2, page 234.

    • A Review of the Program of the Ocean Products Center 

      Rao, Desiraju B. (American Meteorological Society, 1989)
      The Ocean Products Center (OPC) represents a consolidation of personnel from different parts of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The purpose of OPC is to generate and disseminate various marine ...

    • Medium- and Long-Range Forecasting 

      Wagner, A. James (American Meteorological Society, 1989)
      In contrast to short and extended range forecasts, predictions for periods beyond 5 days use time-averaged, midtropospheric height fields as their primary guidance. As time ranges are increased to 3O- and 90-day outlooks, ...

    • Statistical Forecasts Based on the National Meteorological Center's Numerical Weather Prediction System 

      Carter, Gary M.; Dallavalle, J. Paul; Glahn, Harry R. (American Meteorological Society, 1989)
      The production of interpretive weather element forecasts from dynamical model output variables is now an integral part of the centralized guidance systems of weather services throughout the world. The statistical forecasting ...

    • Performance of the National Meteorological Center's Medium-Range Model 

      Caplan, Peter M.; White, Glenn H. (American Meteorological Society, 1989)
      The operational model used to generate medium-range forecasts at the National Meteorological Center (NMC) has undergone significant changes in the last few years, resulting in considerable improvement in the skill of its ...

    • Performance of NMC's Regional Models 

      Junker, Norman W.; Hoke, James E.; Grumm, Richard H. (American Meteorological Society, 1989)
      This paper details the performance characteristics of the two regional dynamical models used at the National Meteorological Center to forecast for North America. Strengths and weaknesses of these models?the limited-area ...

    • The Meteorological Operations Division of the National Meteorological Center 

      Corfidi, Stephen F.; Comba, Kenneth E. (American Meteorological Society, 1989)
      The Meteorological Operations Division of the National Meteorological Center is the primary analysis and forecast facility of the National Weather Service. The division's many products provide guidance to the meteorological ...

    • Description of the NMC Global Data Assimilation and Forecast System 

      Kanamitsu, Masao (American Meteorological Society, 1989)
      The National Meteorological Center's (NMC) Global Data Assimilation and Forecast System is described in some detail. The system consists of 1) preprocessing of the initial guess, 2) optimum interpolation objective analysis, ...

    • The Regional Analysis and Forecast System of the National Meteorological Center 

      Hoke, James E.; Phillips, Norman A.; Dimego, Geoffrey J.; Tuccillo, James J.; Sela, Joseph G. (American Meteorological Society, 1989)
      The three components of the Regional Analysis and Forecast System (RAFS) of the National Meteorological Center (NMC) are described. This system was implemented in March 1985 to supplement guidance from NMC's limited-area ...

    • Overview of the NMC Production Suite 

      Petersen, Ralph A.; Stackpole, John D. (American Meteorological Society, 1989)
      An overview of the regularly scheduled sequence of computer analyses and forecasts produced at the National Meteorological Center (NMC) is presented. The available computer resources and time schedule constraints are ...

    • The Evolution of Objective Analysis Methodology at the National Meteorological Center 

      Dey, Clifford H. (American Meteorological Society, 1989)
      The objective analysis of meteorological variables has been routinely performed at the National Meteorological Center (NMC) since October 1955. In the first few years, much attention was devoted to incorporating three ...

    • History of Numerical Weather Prediction at the National Meteorological Center 

      Shuman, Frederick G. (American Meteorological Society, 1989)
      The first modern numerical weather prediction (NWP) models were developed for the computer that was announced in 1932 at the Institute for Advanced Study, in Princeton, New Jersey. Within 3 yr three agencies of the United ...

    • NMC Overview: Recent Progress and Future Plans 

      Bonner, William D. (American Meteorological Society, 1989)
      This article describes the mission and organization of the National Meteorological Center (NMC), summarizes progress since the introduction of the CYBER 205 computers in 1983, and describes plans for NMC numerical prediction ...