It’s becoming increasingly evident that 3D-VAR’s maximum composite updraft and max divergence above 8km can be utilized as a good “head’s up” display of the largest storms on the scope. This can be seen in the image below.
![BIS_522_MaxUpdraft_GoodHeadsUp](https://inside.nssl.noaa.gov/ewp/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2012/05/BIS_522_MaxUpdraft_GoodHeadsUp-1023x605.png)
It’s becoming increasingly evident that 3D-VAR’s maximum composite updraft and max divergence above 8km can be utilized as a good “head’s up” display of the largest storms on the scope. This can be seen in the image below.