Thunderstorm Tracks from

RUC-13km


by Robert Rabin1,2

1NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK

2Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, Univ. Wisconsin-Madison



Zoom and Roam functionality
The animations in Figs. 1-3 can be zoomed by clicking the left mouse button on the desired location in the image. In addition, the zoomed image can moved within the viewable window (roam functionality) my holding the left mouse button down while moving the cursor.

   
    Fig. 1.  Forecast Hourly Accumulated Precipitation (mm): Resolved scale
1-4 hr animation

Fig. 2.  Forecast Hourly Accumulated Precipitation (mm): Sub-grid scale
1-4 hr animation

Fig. 3.  Forecast Hourly Accumulated Precipitation (mm): Total (Resolved + Sub-grid scale)
1-4 hr animation 


Fig. 4.  Forecast Vertical Velocity at 500 mb (m/s)
1-4 hr animation

Table 1. Individual images

Forecast time
 1-hr
 2-hr
 3-hr
 4-hr
Accumulated Precipitation Resolved-scale (previous hour)
 X
 X
 X
 X
Accumulated Precipitation Sub-grid-scale (previous hour) X
 X
 X
 X
Accumulated Preciptation Total (Previous hour)
 X
 X
 X
 X
NMQ radar estimated precipitation (previous hour)
 X
 X
 X
GOES band4 Brightness Temperature (future extrapolation from K-means tracking)
 X
 X X
WSR-88 NMQ radar reflectivity (future extrapolation from K-means tracking)
 X


Vertical Velocity (500 mb)
 X
 X
 X
 X










 

   


   RUC model data courtesy of Stan Benjamin (NOAA/ESRL). These forecast field should be considered experimental in nature.


    Flash-based applications used for interactive animations were developed by Tom Whittaker of the Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison.