Overall – impressed by Inst AzShear. Think this could be a real game changer. Would like to see this fast tracked into AWIPS.
- When used in conjunction with other base and DP products – really supplements storm structure evolution – e.g. gust fronts, UDCZ, RFDs.
- Areas of highest values > 0.01 are easy to see – and give forecasters an easy method to triage what storms need attention.
- Focused much of my time with Inst AzShear at 0.5 deg. Did tilt up on a number of occasions to find values near cloud base – and often times very similar to lowest cut. Would be interesting to see how this performs with mid-level mesos – for things like hail production
- Only real drawback I see is the “noisy” appearance to data – especially in areas of ground clutter, wind farms, etc. But I think forecasters would get used to it quickly.
- Merged products also useful – both individual and tracks – mainly from an SA perspective – trends, tracks of meso, polygonolgy, etc.