{"id":65,"date":"2016-06-07T18:34:06","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T23:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/facets\/?p=65"},"modified":"2016-06-07T18:34:06","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T23:34:06","slug":"phi-in-the-tropics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/facets\/2016\/06\/phi-in-the-tropics\/","title":{"rendered":"PHI in the tropics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the first day of the third and final week of the PHI Prototype Experiment, Tropical Storm Colin was impacting Florida during the afternoon hours when the initial shakeout operational session was underway. \u00a0Hence, this region was selected as the operations area for the realtime period of operations. \u00a0Forecasters generated probabilistic hazard guidance for potential tornadoes, damaging winds and lightning with squalls and convective cells moving across Florida in association with Colin. \u00a0This included experimenting with producing lower probability tornado forecasts for small supercells which are common with landfalling tropical systems.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_67\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-67\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/facets\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/06\/IMG_1192-e1465341892196-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"PHI plume and associated NWS HazSimp based text for a squall with rotation near Port Charlotte, FL.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/facets\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/06\/IMG_1192-e1465341892196-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/facets\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/06\/IMG_1192-e1465341892196-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/facets\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/06\/IMG_1192-e1465341892196-1600x1200.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 60vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-67\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PHI plume and associated NWS HazSimp based text for a squall with rotation east of Port Charlotte, FL.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Emergency managers and broadcasters evaluated using the PHI to make decisions about realistic scenarios such as closing schools, cancelling events, etc.. \u00a0During the end of day debrief, these users discussed potential pros and cons of the PHI paradigm for tropical cyclone situations along with the researchers and NWS forecasters.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_66\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-66\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-66\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/facets\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/06\/IMG_1197-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"End of day debrief after HWT operations for Tropical Storm Colin.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/facets\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/06\/IMG_1197-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/facets\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/06\/IMG_1197-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/facets\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/06\/IMG_1197-1600x1200.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 60vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-66\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">End of day debrief after HWT operations for Tropical Storm Colin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the first day of the third and final week of the PHI Prototype Experiment, Tropical Storm Colin was impacting Florida during the afternoon hours when the initial shakeout operational&#8230; 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