HWT - LAPS / STMAS Page

• Are the STMAS vorticity and divergence analyses helpful in nowcasting and situation awareness in the context of convective boundaries?

• Assess if the temporal smoothness is appropriate for meteorology at hand?

• Evaluation of multi-model ensemble forecasts with hourly update frequency (LAPS/WRF & OUN WRF)

• How can a forecaster utilize rapid update high-resolution forecasts?

• How do these hot-started forecasts compare with radar echo extrapolation (as a function of forecast time)?

• Do high-resolution, sub-hourly updated analyses help the warning forecast meteorologist with situation awareness?

Related Links:

NSSL HWT pages:

• Overall Experiment
• 2012 Operations
• 2012 EFP Model Comparisons (6-panel display)
• 2012 Bob Rabin's Comparison Page
• 2012 EWP Webinars
• 2011 EFP Model Comparisons (6-panel display)

2012 Cases:

• Dallas Tornado (4/2/2012) forecasts and verification
  
• OK Tornado at 21:03Z Apr. 13, 2012 forecasts and verification
  
• OK Tornado on Apr. 14, 2012 forecasts and verification

2011 Cases:

• Joplin Tornado Case Study
• Joplin + other HWT cases
• Ed Szoke's HWT Cases: Main Presentation | May 31 Case | Summary Document

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