Poster Session 3 30 WAF/26 NWP Wednesday Poster Session

Wednesday, 15 January 2020: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Hall B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 30th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/26th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP)

Papers:
1182
Wind Profiler and Surface Observations of Easterly Gap Flow and Precipitation in the Columbia River Gorge
Allen B. White, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and D. J. Gottas

1183
Application of Numerical Models in Visibility Forecasting for Airports over Taiwan
Yi-Chiu Lin, National Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan; and L. J. Chen and J. P. Chen

1184
Forecasting of Snowfall on the Southern Edge of the U.S. Snowfall Region in South-Central Texas

1185
Analysis of the Relationship of Waterspout Day Frequency in the Florida Keys to Synoptic-Scale Patterns
Andrew Devanas, NWS, Key West, FL; and L. Stefanova

Handout (19.3 MB)

1186
Synoptic and Mesoscale Characteristics of Extreme Heat Events in Southern California
Brandt D. Maxwell, NOAA/NWS, San Diego, CA

1187
Squall Lines and Extreme Rainfall in the Victoria, Australia Region
Stacey M. Hitchcock, Univ. of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; and T. P. Lane

1188
Observations of Sea–Land-Breeze Circulation in Surface Wind Time Series
Jewon Kim, Gangneung-Wonju National Univ., Gangneung, Korea, Republic of (South); and S. L. Kang

1191
A Climatology of High-Non-Thunderstorm Winds in the Tennessee Valley
Kathleen M. Magee, National Weather Service, Huntsville, AL; and K. D. White

Handout (1.5 MB)

1189
A Study of WRF-Generated Lightning Strike Forecasts for the Southern Sierra Nevada

1192
Similarities and Differences of Interactions among Synoptic and Mesoscale Weather Systems during 3–5 March and 11–13 April 2019 Events
Ralph Johnson, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Manuscript (5.1 MB)

1190
Assimilating Ocean Observations from Autonomous Drones into a Regional Weather Model

1193
The Influence of Coastline on the Orientation of Squall Lines
Hongjun Liu, Peking Univ., Beijing, China

1194
The Mechanism and Predictability of an Elevated Convection Initiation Event in a Weak-Lifting Environment in Central-Eastern China
Murong Zhang, Peking Univ., Beijing, China; and Z. Meng

1195
Warm-Sector Heavy Rainfall in Southern China and Its WRF Forecast Evaluation: A Low-Level Jet Perspective
Murong Zhang, Peking Univ., Beijing, China; and Z. Meng

1196
Differences between Well-Forecast and Poorly Forecast Bow-Echo Events in the WRF
Ezio Luca Mauri, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA; and W. A. Gallus Jr.

1197
Differentiating Convective Cases with Upscale Growth into MCSs and Those without Upscale Growth during PECAN
Zachary A. Hiris, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA; and W. A. Gallus Jr.

1198
The Instability in and Trigger Mechanism of an Extreme Precipitation Event in the Yili River Valley on 31 July 2016
Liu Jing, Institute of Desert Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Urumqi, China

1199
A Novel Approach to Stratifying the Precipitation Time Series: A Precipitation Climatology for Montréal, Québec
Kai Melamed-Turkish, McGill Univ., Montreal, Canada; and E. H. Atallah and J. R. Gyakum

Handout (2.9 MB)

1200
Sounding Characteristics and Dual-Pol Signatures of Severe Hail Events across Central California
Andrew Bollenbacher, NWS, Hanford, CA

1201
Using a Rotational Shear Nomogram to Classify Ambiguous Tornadoes Observed in Central California
Kristian Mattarochia, NWS, Hanford, CA

1202
Analysis of Mesoscale Characteristics of a Torrential Rain in Hubei Province
Xianting Zhao, CMA, Wuhan, China; and X. Wang, J. Wang, and X. Wang

1203
The Analysis on the Microphysics Characteristic of the Cloud Clusters Associated with the Eastward-Propagating MCV along the East Asia Monsoon Front
Chao Li, Institute of Heavy Rain, CMA, Wuhan, China

1204
Characteristics Analysis on Heavy Rain over the Yangtze River Valley Induced by the Eastward-Moving Cloud Clusters from the Tibetan Plateau
Wang xiaofang, Institute of Heavy Rain, CMA, Wuhan, China

1205
Blending Technology of Radar Extrapolation and Mesoscale Numerical Prediction Based on Python
Junchao Wang, Hubei Key Laboratory for Heavy Rain Monitoring and Warning Research, Institute of Heavy Rain, CMA，Wuhan, Wuhan, China; and Z. Wang and A. Lai

1206
Statistical Analysis of the Doppler Velocity Correction of Ka-Band Cloud Radar and Microrain Radar Measurements
Xia Wan, Institute of Heavy Rain, China Meteorological Adiministration, Wuhan, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China; and B. Xi

1207
The Raindrop Size Distributions for Heavy Rainfall during the Mei-Yu Season in the Middle of China
Zhikang Fu Sr., Institute of Heavy Rain, CMA, Wuhan, Wuhan, China; and X. Dong, L. Zhou, and W. Cui

1208
Microphysical Process Study of Mei-Yu Precipitation Events over Central China
Lingli Zhou, Institute of Heavy Rain, CMA, Wuhan, Wuhan, China; and X. Dong, Z. Fu Sr., B. Wang, L. Leng, B. Xi, and C. Cui

1209
The Synoptic Patterns Associated with Extreme Precipitation over the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River during the Mei-Yu Season and Its Application in Model Assessment
Yang Hu, Institute of Heavy Rain, China Meteorological Administration, Wuhan, China, Wuhan, China

1210
Characteristics of Ice Cloud Precipitation of Warm Season Mesoscale Convective Systems over the Great Plains
Jingjing Tian, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and X. Dong and B. Xi

1211
Multiscale Spatiotemporal Variability of the East Asian Summer Monsoon Stationary Frontal System: Observation versus Its Representation in the GFDL HiRAM
Yana Li, Sun Yat-sen Univ., Guangzhou, China; The Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong; and Y. Deng, S. Yang, H. Zhang, Y. Ming, and Z. Shen

1212
The Impact of Tropical Cyclones and Monsoonal Circulations on Floods in the Grand Canyon
Brent Roberts, Brewer High School, Maine, Brewer, ME; and S. Jain

1213
Resolving Sahelian Thunderstorms Improves Midlatitude Weather Forecasts
Gregor Pante, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany; and P. Knippertz

Handout (2.1 MB)

1214
An Objective Measure of TC Size Using the Evolution of the Area Of Closed Isobars—Algorithm, Resulting Climatology, and Physical Insights
Thomas B. McKenzie III, 21st Operational Weather Squadron, APO, AE; and R. E. Hart

1215
Impact of Vertical Wind Shear on Gravity Wave Propagation in the Land–Sea-Breeze Circulation at the Equator
Yu Du, Sun Yat-sen Univ., Guangzhou, China; and R. Rotunno and F. Zhang

1216
Cirrus Cloud-Top Height Estimation Using Geostationary Satellite Split-Window Measurements Trained with CALIPSO and CloudSat Data
Noriyuki Nishi, Fukuoka Univ., Fukuoka, Japan; and A. Hamada and H. Hirose

Handout (1.1 MB)

1217
Influence of Environmental Winds on Land–Sea-Breeze Afternoon Thunderstorms over Western Puerto Rico
Angelie T. Nieves Jiménez, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Ríos-Berríos, K. Werner, and K. Maull

1218
On the Rainfall and Temperature Forecast Skill for a Tropical Andean Mountain Area in Northern South America Using Different Operational Weather Forecast Strategies: Role of the Diurnal Cycle of Rainfall on the Success of Data Assimilation
Mauricio Zapata, Sistema de Alerta Temprana del Valle de Aburrá (SIATA), Medellín, Colombia; and G. Guzmán, C. D. Hoyos, J. C. Hernández Díaz, L. I. Ceballos, S. M. López Zapata, and M. Guarin Vargas

1219
Understanding Rapid Intensity Changes in Official Hurricane Intensity Forecast Error Distributions
Benjamin C. Trabing, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. M. Bell

1220
Development and Evaluation of a Multimodel Global Ensemble Tropical Cyclone Wind Speed Probability Product
Alan Brammer, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and A. B. Schumacher and K. D. Musgrave

1221
Numerical Model Forecast Tracks during Hurricane Florence (2018)
Frank P. Colby Jr., Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA; and A. B. Penny and M. Barlow

1222
Developing the RAP/HRRR Physics Suite to Improve Tropical Shallow-Cumuli Structures across the Gray Zone
J. Olson, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and J. Kenyon, J. Brown, W. M. Angevine, H. Vagasky, and G. Grell

1223
The Meteorology of the November 2018 Camp Fire
Clifford F. Mass, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. Ovens

1224
Wildfire Impact on Environmental Thermodynamics and Severe Convective Storms
Yuwei Zhang, PNNL, Richland, WA; and J. Fan, T. Logan, Z. Li, and C. R. Homeyer

1225
Identification of Forecast Biases to Improve Fire Danger Forecasts in Colorado
Brandon K. Cohen, Univ. of Louisiana, Monroe, Monroe, LA; and P. T. Schlatter and L. Kriederman

Poster 1227 is now Paper 9B.4A.

1228
A Polarimetric Radar Forward Operator and Application for Convective Storm Initiation
X. Li, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and J. R. Mecikalski

1229
Dual-Polarization Radar Retrievals of Coastal Pacific Northwest Raindrop Size Distribution Parameters Using Random Forest Regression
Robert Conrick, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. Zagrodnik and C. F. Mass

1226
Developing a Prescribed Fire Forecasting Algorithm for the Southeast United States

1230
Linear Least Squares Derivative Gradients of Single-Radar Products and Their Applications for Severe Weather
Thea Sandmael, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and B. R. Smith

1231
The Assimilation of Dual-Phased-Array Weather Radar Observations on Short-Range Convective Forecasts
James Taylor, RIKEN, Kobe, Japan; and G. Y. Lien, S. Satoh, and T. Miyoshi

1233
Evolution of Single- and Dual-Polarization Radar Signatures Associated with QLCS Mesovortices
Olivia F. McCauley, NWC REU Program, Norman, OK; and C. M. Kuster, V. N. Mahale, and T. Shuur

1234
Operational Utility of the Depth and Width of Three-Body Scatter Spikes
Keith D. Sherburn, NOAA/NWS, Rapid City, SD; and J. Chamberlain

1235
Inferring Severe Convective Wind Gust Probabilities in Florida from NEXRAD Storm Structure Data
Madeline R. Frank, Climate Forecast Applications Network, Atlanta, GA; and J. Miller and V. Toma

1236
All-Sky Radiance Assimilation for COAMPS-TC Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification Prediction
Qingyun Zhao, NRL, Monterey, CA; and N. Baker, Y. Jin, J. Doyle, R. G. Nystrom, Y. Zhang, X. Chen, C. Hartman, and F. Zhang

1232
A Global Radial Wind Data Assimilation OSSE with the GFS

1237
Assimilation of CYGNSS Wind Speed for Tropical Convection during 2018 MJO Onset
X. Li, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and T. J. Lang and J. R. Mecikalski

1238
Understanding of Convection Genesis by an Urban Meteorological Model Based on Large Eddy Simulation
Kosei Yamaguchi, Kyoto Univ., Uji, Kyoto, Japan; and T. Tsuchihashi, D. Konishi, and E. Nakakita

1239
Modeling Convection with a "Scale Aware" Tiedtke Cumulus Parameterization Scheme at Kilometer Scales
Wei Wang, NCAR, Boulder, CO

1240
Results of Varying Vertical Grid Resolution and Microphysics in 3-km FV3 Stand-Alone Regional Runs
Eric Aligo, EMC/NCEP/NWS/NOAA and I.M. Systems Group, Inc., College Park, MD; and E. Strobach, Y. Lin, L. C. Dawson, J. R. Carley, and J. S. Kain

1241
Test of a Prognostic Cloud Cover in the FV3GFS
Ruiyu Sun, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC and IMSG, College Park, MD; and J. S. Kain and J. Han

1242
Diurnal Cycles of Mei-Yu Rainfall Simulated over Eastern China: Sensitivity to Cumulus Convective Parameterization
Xi Lu, Sun Yat-sen Univ., Guangzhou, China

1244
Characterization of the Atmospheric Conditions and Cloudiness Leading to Extreme Rainfall Events over the Northern South America Andean Region: An Approach Using High=Resolution Data from GOES-ABI and ERA-5
Carlos Andrés Bonilla, Sistema de Alerta Temprana del Valle de Aburrá (SIATA), Medellín, Colombia; Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín., Medellín, Colombia; and C. D. Hoyos

1245
Possible Sting Jet Development in Hurricanes Michael and Leslie (2018) Postextratropical Transition
Deirdre Dolan, NOAA, College Park, MD; and M. J. Folmer, J. M. Sienkiewicz, and H. Fort

1246
Declarative Surface Station Plots: The Next Stop on the GEMPAK Replacement Roadmap for MetPy
Maxwell Grover, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. M. May and Z. Bruick

1247
The Python-Based MPMC Test Suite for NOAA Operational Data Assimilation Systems (GSI/EnKF)
G. Ge, CIRES and NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and M. Hu, C. Zhou, and D. Stark

1248
A Python-Based Quantitative Precipitation Estimate over Alaska Using Rain Gauge Kriging and the HRRR-AK Precipitation Forecast
Brett T. Hoover, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and J. A. Otkin, E. Petrescu, and E. Niebuhr

1243
Automated Data Analysis of Near-Real-Time GNSS-PWV Determination Using a Kalman Filter: The Central of Thailand

Poster 1249 is now Paper J51.2A.

1245
Terrestrial Cloud Fraction derived from GOES-R Satellite

- Indicates paper has been withdrawn from meeting
- Indicates an Award Winner
See more of: 30th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/26th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP)
<< Previous Session | Next Session >>