Short Range Thunderstorm Forecasting for Aviation.
Abstract
During the reporting period, the authors have: (1) Tested and compared several 10-, 30-, and 60-minute forecasts of thundery activity, made by three different echo-tracking models from 10- and 30-minute sequences of digitized zero-degree radar data; (2) Made experimental 10- and 30-minute forecasts, by one of the models, from patterns of vertically integrated liquid water content (VIL); and (3) Derived an experimental regression equation capable of producing 2-6 hr forecasts of thunderstorms from manually digitized radar data, hourly surface observations, and predicted 500-mb temperatures.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA025958
Entities
People
- Jerome P. Charba
- Mikhail A. Alaka
- Robert C. Elvander
Organizations
- National Weather Service