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TORP sorts out bad Az Shear couplet

Posted in News on April 16, 2024 by Thea.

Here’s an example where Az Shear was overly excited by bad Velocity data yet TORP was not tricked. Despite Max Az Shear being the highest ranked predictor for TORP, TORP did not produce an object for said area (at least above the 20% threshold I’m currently viewing). When looking at reflectivity data, clearly there is no developing mesocyclone (or really anything at all) in the Az Shear couplet’s vicinity (not to mention the velocity data is just obnoxiously extraneous).

A high Az Shear couplet (near center of photo) from false velocity data fails to trigger TORP object.

Erroneously Velocity data clearly not associated with anything meteorological from Reflectivity.

P.S. I missed a Tor while making this. Whoops!

-Wx Warlock