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Technology Converging on Early Prototype Merged National HRRR Ensemble and “Warn-on-Forecast” System for High-impact Weather

Posted in Research News on May 2, 2016 by Tanya Schoor.

An early prototype of a high-impact weather forecast system will get a real-time demonstration in the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT) this spring.

Tags: CIMMS, ESRL, GSD, Hot Items, HRRRE, HWT, NSSL

NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Activities Kick Off April 18

Posted in Research News on April 7, 2016 by Tanya Schoor.

The 2016 NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Experiment will begin on Monday, April 18.

Tags: Hot Items, HWT, NSSL

Significant Paper: Evaluation of a Probabilistic Forecasting Methodology for Severe Convective Weather in the 2014 Hazardous Weather Testbed

Posted in Research News on January 7, 2016 by Tanya Schoor.

A proposed methodology for issuing Probabilistic Hazard Information for severe convective weather, as opposed to the warnings issued by the National Weather Service today.

Tags: Hot Items, HWT, NSSL, paper

Hydrometeorological Testbed 2015

Posted in Research News on July 27, 2015 by Tanya Schoor.

During the week of July 20-24, six forecasters from NWS offices nationwide joined NSSL and CIMMS researchers for the final week of the Hydrometeorological Testbed. This project was supported by JJ Gourley, Steve Martinaitis, Race…

Tags: CIMMS, experimental, flash flood, flood, HMT, HWT, NSSL

NSSL researchers lead project to evaluate experimental flash flood products

Posted in Collaboration, Research News on July 8, 2015 by Susan Cobb.

The 2015 Multi-Radar / Multi-Sensor (MRMS) Hydro Experiment aimed to improve the accuracy, timing, and specificity of flash flood watches and warnings.

Tags: experimental, Featured, FFaIR, FLASH, flash flood, flood, HMT, Hot Items, HWT, hydro, NSSL, NWS, products, Warning Research News, water, WPC

Forecasters to evaluate sets of advanced weather models that can depict thunderstorms

Posted in Collaboration, R2O on April 22, 2015 by Susan Cobb.

Experiments designed to improve National Weather Service severe weather forecasts will be conducted in the 2015 Spring Forecasting Experiment from May 4 through June 5, part of the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT) Experimental Forecast…

Tags: EFP, FACETs, Featured, Hot Items, HWT, SPC

2015 Spring Warning Project will look at new severe weather warning guidance

Posted in R2O on April 21, 2015 by Susan Cobb.

Several experiments to improve National Weather Service severe weather warnings will be conducted this spring in the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT) as part of the annual Experimental Warning Program.

Tags: Emergency Managers, ENI, EWP, FACETs, Featured, GOES-R PG, Hot Items, HWT, lightning, lightning jump, NOAA, NWS, PHI, WRF

CIMMS/NSSL researchers work to get West Texas lightning data in AWIPS in time for severe weather

Posted in R2O on April 20, 2015 by Susan Cobb.

An NSSL/CIMMS and TTU team pushed hard to get lightning products functional for potential severe weather on April 16 and were successful.

Tags: CIMMS, Featured, Hot Items, HWT, lightning, LMA, LUB, NSSL, NWS

Forecasters to test experimental lightning data

Posted in Collaboration, Research News on July 17, 2014 by Susan Cobb.

NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) forecasters will test how lightning data impacts the warning process during convective events in the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed from July 21-August 29. The project is a collaboration between NSSL and Earth Networks, Inc., a private weather company.

Tags: alert, dangerous, earth networks, Hot Items, HWT, lightning, thunderstorm

NSSL researchers lead project to evaluate experimental flash flood products

Posted in Research News on June 18, 2014 by Susan Cobb.
Flooded roads in Oklahoma

A research team from NSSL is leading the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed – Hydro 2014 (HWT-hydro) project from July 7 – Aug. 1 to evaluate and improve experimental products used by the NOAA National Weather…

Tags: flash flood, Hot Items, HWT, HWT-hydro, MRMS, NOAA, NSSL, WPC

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