TECHNICAL REFERENCE

NWS Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services
TECHNICAL PROCEDURES BULLETINS

• Index of Bulletins from the Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services Web Site

NWS Office of Science and Technology
Meteorological Development Laboratory
OFFICE NOTES

• TDL Office Note 97-4: An Overview of National Weather Service Quantitative Precipitation Estimates (Adobe Acrobat Format) (November 1997)
• TDL Office Note 97-3: AFOS-ERA Verification of Guidance and Local Aviation/Public Weather Forecasts--No. 23 (October 1994 - March 1995) (Adobe Acrobat Format) (August 1997)
• TDL Office Note 97-2: An Algorithm to Eliminate Precipitation Reports Caused by Surface Condensation in AEV-ASOS Data (Adobe Acrobat Format) (October 1997)
• TDL Office Note 97-1: Satellite, Gridpoint, and Vector Data Packing (Adobe Acrobat Format) (July 1997)
• TDL Office Note 96-3: An Overview of NWS QPF Products (Adobe Acrobat Format) (July 1996)
• Index of Meteorological Development Laboratory Publications

NWS Regional
Technical Attachments

• Current Southern Region Technical Attachments from the Southern Region Home Page
• Southern Region Technical Attachment 93-05: "Warm" Snowstorm in Oklahoma, January 13, 1992 (Adobe Acrobat Format) (February 1993)
• Southern Region Technical Attachment 93-04: The Production of Severe Weather and Heavy Rainfall Across Mississippi Associated with Dissipating Tropical Cyclone Andrew (Adobe Acrobat Format) (February 1993)
• Southern Region Technical Attachment 93-02: Rainfall Patterns and Hurricane Andrew (Adobe Acrobat Format) (February 1993)
• Southern Region Technical Attachment 92-25: Profiler Puzzle (Adobe Acrobat Format) (July 1992)
• Southern Region Technical Attachment 92-24: Evaluation of Wind Profiler Data During the January 18, 1992 Winter Storm Across North Mississippi (Adobe Acrobat Format) (July 1992)
• Southern Region Technical Attachment 92-21: Contributions of Helicity to the Formation of a Relatively Long Lived Tornado in Central Florida (Adobe Acrobat Format) (June 1992)
• Southern Region Technical Attachment 92-44: A Different Look at Hurricane Andrew--Lightning Around the Eyewall (Adobe Acrobat Format) (December 1992)
• Southern Region Technical Attachment 92-41: Using Caution When Analyzing Q-Vectors (Adobe Acrobat Format) (November 1992)




• Current Western Region Technical Attachments from the Western Region Home Page
• Western Region Technical Attachment 93-14: A Review of Isentropic Analysis with Applications to PCGRIDS (Adobe Acrobat Format) (May 1993)
• Western Region Technical Attachment 92-32: NMC Heavy Snow QPFs (Adobe Acrobat Format) (October 1992)
• Western Region Technical Attachment 92-30: A Comparison of Spring 1992 Anticyclone Forecasts for the AVN, NGM, and ETA Models (Adobe Acrobat Format) (September 1992)
• Western Region Technical Attachment 92-23: The Development and Evolution of Flash-Flood-Producing Thunderstorms Over Southern Nevada on August 10, 1991 (Adobe Acrobat Format) (June 1992)
• Western Region Technical Attachment 89-23: A Water Vapor Image Feature Related to Severe Thunderstorms (Adobe Acrobat Format) (August 1989)
• Western Region Technical Attachment 88-13: Toward Smaller Scale Offshore Analysis (Adobe Acrobat Format) (April 1988)
• Western Region Technical Attachment 87-48: Walls of Water-- Deadly Fences (Adobe Acrobat Format) (December 1987)
• Western Region Technical Attachment 86-15: Precipitation, Frontogenesis and the Deformation Zone (Adobe Acrobat Format) (April 1986)
• Western Region Technical Attachment 86-04: Barotropic Rossby Wave Energy Dispersion and Large Scale Analysis (Adobe Acrobat Format) (January 1986)
• Western Region Technical Attachment 84-18: Oregon Thunderstorms--Quicker Than You Think! (Adobe Acrobat Format) (June 1984)
• Western Region Technical Attachment 84-25: Heavy Rainfall in Northwest Utah (Adobe Acrobat Format) (July 1984)
• Western Region Technical Attachment 84-29: Mesoscale Analysis of a Flash Flood Producing Thunderstorm Complex in Southern Nevada (Adobe Acrobat Format) (August 1984)
• Western Region Technical Attachment 86-13: Jet Streak Interaction-- Another Good Clue (Adobe Acrobat Format) (March 1986)
• Western Region Technical Attachment 83-32: Lee Cirrus-- Sometimes (Adobe Acrobat Format) (November 1983)
• Western Region Technical Attachment 76-07: Dissipating Deep Lows May Have A Second Wind (Adobe Acrobat Format) (March 1976)
• Western Region Technical Attachment 76-09: A Fast Developing Storm, April 12--Satellite Pictures Helpful (Adobe Acrobat Format) (April 1976)
• Western Region Technical Attachment 76-10: Old 96-Hour Prog Helps Interpretation of New 72-Hour Prog (Adobe Acrobat Format) (May 1976)
• Western Region Technical Attachment 76-14: Gusty Surface Winds and High Level Thunderstorms (Adobe Acrobat Format) (June 1976)
• Western Region Technical Attachment 75-06: Helpful Aids to Analyzing GOES Pictures (Adobe Acrobat Format) (March 1975)
• Western Region Technical Attachment 75-08: Are Satellite Pictures Misleading? (Adobe Acrobat Format) (March 1975)
• Western Region Technical Attachment 75-31: Will the Real Low Center Please Stand Up? (Adobe Acrobat Format) (November 1975)




• Current Central Region Technical Attachments (and other publications) from the Central Region Home Page
• Central Region Technical Attachment 95-07: Annually Recurring Precipitation Cycles in North Dakota (Adobe Acrobat Format) (April 1995)
• Central Region Technical Attachment 95-02: Soil Water Assessment Model for Several Crops in the High Plains (Adobe Acrobat Format) (February 1995)




• Current Eastern Region Technical Attachments from the Eastern Region Home Page