Session 1A Analysis and Forecasting of Severe Thunderstorms and Associated Hazards - I

Monday, 13 January 2020: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
258A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 30th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/26th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP)
Cochairs:
Clark Evans, Univ. of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI and Alexander O. Tardy, NOAA/NWS, WFO San Diego, San Diego, CA

Papers:
8:30 AM
1A.1
Development and Improvements in the High Resolution Rapid Refresh Data Assimilation System (HRRRDAS)
Therese T. Ladwig, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and D. C. Dowell, C. Alexander, M. Hu, S. Weygandt, G. Ge, T. Alcott, and I. Jankov

8:45 AM
1A.2
Vice and Virtue of Increased Resolution of Thunderstorm Objects
John R. Lawson, CIMMS/NSSL, Norman, OK; and C. K. Potvin, P. S. Skinner, and A. E. Reinhart

9:00 AM
1A.3
Understanding High Shear Low CAPE (HSLC) Environments across the Contiguous United States and Europe Using Reanalysis Data
Elinor R. Martin, South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center, Norman, OK; Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and F. Battaglioli, H. Croad, R. Cumming, and H. E. Brooks

9:15 AM
1A.4
Forecast Parameters for US Hail Occurrence and Size
John T. Allen, Central Michigan Univ., Mt. Pleasant, MI; and M. R. Kumjian, C. J. Nixon, R. E. D. Jewell, B. T. Smith, and R. L. Thompson

9:30 AM
1A.5
Sensitivity of a Winter Tornado Outbreak to Upstream SSTs
Maria J Molina, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. T. Allen and A. F. Prein

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