Laps Today

LAPS 18Z

I know I wasn’t in this area forecasting today, but I wanted to see how the LAPS Reflectivity did today since I wasn’t as inclined to use it yesterday.  I initially tried to use it 2 hours ago, but it was not working.  However, I was told that it had moved areas so it needed time to play catch up and ingest the new data.  However, when I loaded it now at 22Z the model run that loaded was the 18Z with a snapshot even from 17Z.  Not sure what is going on there, but now it would not be a tool for forecasting but just for verifying because it has loaded up all the way.  As you look it does pick up on the cu-field, but missed the larger storms up in the N&W.  I am not sure what is going on with it unless since I am in DC I can’t use it?  ~Vollmar

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