End of IOP.  Storms in the RAH CWA are rapidly trending down and leaving the CWA.  Since we started before 4 this afternoon, we’ll call it a day.  Discussion follows…

Used the MESH and RotationTracks for intensity trends more than location.  Storms today didn’t really deviate much.  Tracks helped to narrow warning areas.  There was some question regarding the usability of the Lightning forecast products in their current form.  Color table may need to be adjusted.

Scott – liked trends a lot.  Found them to be quite useful and informative.

Gino :: trends seem “black boxish” right now, so confidence is low.  Relies more on based data.  Worried about false peeks and whether to trust the intensity diagnostic.  Good SA tool and for “post analysis”.   Likes Reflectivity at -20C

Suggestion :: VIL (or a Reflectivity sum product) above -20.

Slider capability for product values, similar to how we adjust isosurfaces.

Products in GoogleEarth were very popular.  Most agreed that they would be useful in SA.

Trends were helpful in discriminating between “similar” looking storms.  Trends were also useful in warning decision making.

Kevin Manross (EWP IT Coordinator)