AZ Shear Final Thoughts

Ultimately, AZ Shear has a lot of potential value in warning operations. It is really good at highlighting areas that need immediate investigation. Notice in this case how AZ shear maxima are present along a segment of the the storm that has begun to bow. Additionally, it has highlighted an area of rotation along the QLCS. Within a warning environment, I could foresee it increasing lead time on warnings because your attention is gravitated immediately to specific areas of AZ shear maxima. One thing I think would be of great benefit is making some of the az shear values closer to zero transparent, so that it can be easily overlaid on velocity products. In this case, I would also recommend using a different color scale than red because it will end up blending in with the velocity data.

A weak bowing segment and velocity couplet highlighted by AZ Shear

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