The NSSL “On-Demand” Severe Storm Verification system, funded by the NOAA High-Performance Computing and Communications Program (HPCC) is a new web-based query tool designed to help National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists quickly verify their severe…
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2008 HWT EFP Spring Experiment forecast-scale activities
This is the second week of the 2008 Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT) EFP (Experimental Forecast Program) Spring Experiment held in the NOAA HWT at the National Weather Center in Norman, Okla. Each spring during the…
NSSL’s Experimental Warning Program kicks off today
NSSL is hosting the six-week Experimental Warning Program (EWP) Spring Program beginning today, 28 April 2008, in the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed at the National Weather Center in Norman, Okla. The mission of the EWP…
NSSL uses Google Earth to share experimental products
NSSL is using Google Earth as a way to share experimental severe weather products with other researchers and operational meteorologists for evaluation and feedback. A variety of multi-sensor severe weather products are generated by NSSL…
2008 Spring Real-time Phased Array Radar Demonstration begins
The Spring 2008 National Weather Radar Testbed (NWRT) Phased Array Radar Demonstration begins April 14, 2008 and will run through June 15, 2008. A primary objective of the experiment will be to have forecasters from…
A mobile X-band dual-polarized radar
NSSL and the University of Oklahoma have teamed up to build a mobile X-band dual-polarimetric radar, dubbed the NO-XP. The NO-XP is now operational and data has been collected on several events during the past…
Solving the problem of water prediction requires community effort
The problem of water prediction is vast and complex, requiring the expertise and experiences of many. The December 2007 issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society featured the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory’s…
Museum of Science in Boston uses NSSL’s WDSS-II in nowcasting exhibit
The Museum of Science in Boston, with funding from the National Science Foundation, has developed a special exhibit on nowcasting, called WeatherWise – a short-term weather forecast covering zero to three hours. The exhibit is…
NSSL research shows deadly U.S. winter tornadoes are not rare
Deadly tornadoes tore through the Mid-South Tuesday, February 5, 2008 killing 58 people. NSSL scientist Harold Brooks studies the climatology of tornadoes, and noted, “While this is not a normal event, it’s not an incredibly…
NSSL’s SMART-R aids forecasters during record storm in California
The National Weather Service used experimental data from the Shared Mobile Atmospheric and Teaching Radar (SMART-R) in their decision to issue a flash flood warning during last weekend’s storm in southern California. The crew from…