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The NOAA HWT Spring Experiment is a yearly experiment that investigates the use of convection-allowing model forecasts as guidance for the prediction of severe convective weather. A variety of model output is examined and evaluated daily during the experiment and experimental severe weather forecasts are created and verified. The variety of model output allows us to explore different types of guidance, including products derived from both ensembles and deterministic forecasts.
The 2010 Spring Experiment will be held from May 17th through June 18th in the HWT facility at the National Weather Center in Norman. The Experiment is scheduled to run Monday through Friday from 730am to 4pm. In addition to the traditional focus on severe convection, the 2010 Experiment will also explore use of convection-allowing models to address thunderstorm aviation impacts and for convective heavy rain forecasting. More information about this year's Experiment can be found below in the 2010 Spring Experiment Operations Plan.
Spring Experiment Guidance
- Guidance Information
- In-house Guidance Graphics
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- Spring Experiment Model Comparison Page - Severe Team
- Spring Experiment Model Comparison Page - Aviation Team
- Spring Experiment Model Comparison Page - QPF Team
- Operation Plans and Procedures
- External Model Pages
Evaluation Forms and Experimental Forecasts
- Evaluation Forms (internal)
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- Severe: Evaluation of Yesterday's Forecasts
- Severe: Comparison of Deterministic WRF Reflectivity Forecasts
- Severe: Evaluation of Deterministic WRF Hourly Max Fields
- Severe: Comparison of 00z & 12z WRF forecasts from EMC and NCAR
- Severe: Comparison of 12z, 15z, & 18z HRRR forecasts
- Severe: Evaluation of SSEF Products
- Severe: Evaluation of SSEF Microphysics Perturbations
- Severe: Assessing Impact of Different Radar Assimilation Strategies
- Summarize Daily Wrap-Up Session
- QPF: Evaluation of Yesterday's Forecasts
- QPF: Evaluation of WRF and SSEF Precipitation Forecasts
- Experimental Forecasts
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- 2010 Experimental Forecasts - Severe Team
- 2010 Experimental Forecasts - Aviation Team
- 2010 Experimental Forecasts - QPF Team
- Set SVR/QPF Forecast Centerpoint
- Set AVN Forecast Centerpoint
- Experimental Forecast Generation - Severe Team (Restricted)
- Experimental Forecast Generation - Aviation Team (Restricted)
- Experimental Forecast Generation - QPF Team (Restricted)