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1 Greg Carbin, Warning Coordination Meteorologist NOAA/National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center Workshop on Severe Convection and Climate – Int’l Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory – Mar. 14-15, 2013 Storm Prediction Center Severe Weather Outlooks, Tools, & Verification

2 “SPC exists to protect life and property of the American people through the issuance of timely and accurate watch and forecast products dealing with tornadoes and other mesoscale hazardous weather.” SPC Mission Statement Workshop on Severe Convection and Climate – Int’l Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory – Mar. 14-15, 2013

3 Thunderstorm, Fire Weather, Severe Weather OUTLOOKS Detailed Mesoscale DISCUSSIONS SVR/TORWATCHES WARN HoursHoursHoursHours DaysDaysDaysDays MinutesMinutesMinutesMinutes SPCProducts Local NWS Products (WFO) The Forecast Funnel and SPC Workshop on Severe Convection and Climate – Int’l Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory – Mar. 14-15, 2013

4 All accompanied by categorical and probabilistic graphics, and a technical discussion Day 4-8 Convective Outlook – Issued once daily by 4 am CT – Brief text discussion and week-long overview – Highlight high-end SLGT equivalent or higher (>30% in Day 1) Won’t capture all severe Day 3 Convective Outlook – Issued once daily by 2:30 am CT – Categories (no TSTM) and Probabilities (all severe) Day 2 Convective Outlook – Issued twice daily – early overnight and updated around midday – Categories and Probabilities (all severe) Day 1 Convective Outlook – Issued 5 times daily – Categories (SLGT, etc.) and 3 Probabilities (torn, wind, hail) SPC Thunderstorm Outlooks Workshop on Severe Convection and Climate – Int’l Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory – Mar. 14-15, 2013

5 All accompanied by categorical and probabilistic graphics, and a technical discussion Day 4-8 Convective Outlook – Issued once daily by 4 am CT – Brief text discussion and week-long overview – Highlight high-end SLGT equivalent or higher (>30% in Day 1) Won’t capture all severe Day 3 Convective Outlook – Issued once daily by 2:30 am CT – Categories (no TSTM) and Probabilities (all severe) Day 2 Convective Outlook – Issued twice daily – early overnight and updated around midday – Categories and Probabilities (all severe) Day 1 Convective Outlook – Issued 5 times daily – Categories (SLGT, etc.) and 3 Probabilities (torn, wind, hail) Outlook Chronology – 25 Dec., 2012 Workshop on Severe Convection and Climate – Int’l Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory – Mar. 14-15, 2013

6 Day 4 Outlook issued 22 Dec., 2012 IT APPEARS THAT A SUBSTANTIAL SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS A BROAD CORRIDOR FROM SE TX EXTENDING ENEWD ACROSS LA...MS...AL AND INTO THE FL PANHANDLE. Workshop on Severe Convection and Climate – Int’l Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory – Mar. 14-15, 2013

7 Tornado Climatology – 25 December Workshop on Severe Convection and Climate – Int’l Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory – Mar. 14-15, 2013

8 All accompanied by categorical and probabilistic graphics, and a technical discussion Day 4-8 Convective Outlook – Issued once daily by 4 am CT – Brief text discussion and week-long overview – Highlight high-end SLGT equivalent or higher (>30% in Day 1) Won’t capture all severe Day 3 Convective Outlook – Issued once daily by 2:30 am CT – Categories (no TSTM) and Probabilities (all severe) Day 2 Convective Outlook – Issued twice daily – early overnight and updated around midday – Categories and Probabilities (all severe) Day 1 Convective Outlook – Issued 5 times daily – Categories (SLGT, etc.) and 3 Probabilities (torn, wind, hail) Outlook Chronology – 25 Dec., 2012 Workshop on Severe Convection and Climate – Int’l Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory – Mar. 14-15, 2013

9 Day 3 Outlook issued 23 Dec., 2012 FORECAST SOUNDINGS ACROSS THE LOWER MS VALLEY AND CNTRL GULF COAST STATES TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT SHOW POTENTIAL FOR A SUBSTANTIAL SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. THE COMBINATION OF SHEAR AND INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH A POTENT WEATHER SYSTEM SUGGESTS A 30 PERCENT PROBABILITY OF SIGNIFICANT SEVERE STORMS. Workshop on Severe Convection and Climate – Int’l Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory – Mar. 14-15, 2013

10 Ensemble Forecast Tools at SPC Workshop on Severe Convection and Climate – Int’l Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory – Mar. 14-15, 2013

11 Member (Model) IC IC perturb. physics Land surface conv mp lw sw pbl Sfc layer stochastic model initialperturb. nmmb_ctlNDASBVBMJFERGFDL MYJ noNOAHNAMno nmmb_n1 nmmb_p1 nmmb_n2 SASGFSGFDL GFSMYJnoNOAH nmmb_p2 nmmb_n3 BMJWSM6GFDL MYJ NOAH nmmb_p3 nmm_ctlGFSBlendBMJ FER (new Eta) GFDL MYJ M_Obuhov (Janjic Eta) noNOAHGFSno nmm_n1 nmm_p1 nmm_n2 SAS FER (new Eta) GFDL MYJ M_Ouhov (janjic Eta) noNOAH nmm_p2 nmm_n3 KF (new Eta) FER (new Eta) GFDL MYJ M_obuhov (janjic Eta) noNOAH nmm_p3 arw_ctlRAPETR KF (new Eta) FER (new Eta) GFDL MYJ M_obuhov (Janjic Eta) noNOAHRAPno arw_n1 arw_p1 arw_n2 BMJ FER (new Eta) GFDL MYJ M_obuhov (Janjic Eta) noNOAH arw_p2 arw_n3 BMJ FER (new eta) GFDL MYJ M_Obuhov (Janjic Eta) noNOAH arw_p3 NMM-B (7) NMM (7) ARW (7) 21 Member NCEP SREF Configuration

12 SREF Example: Joint Prob (tornadoes) http://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/sref/ Pr [3h CPCPN <=.01 in.] X Pr [MLCP <= 500 J/Kg] X Pr [MLLCL <= 1.5 km] X Pr [0-1 SRH > 100 m2/s2] X Pr [0-6km Shear > 40 kt] 54h forecast probability of thunderstorms with CAPE, low LCL, strong 0-1 helicity and strong deep shear Workshop on Severe Convection and Climate – Int’l Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory – Mar. 14-15, 2013

13 All accompanied by categorical and probabilistic graphics, and a technical discussion Day 4-8 Convective Outlook – Issued once daily by 4 am CT – Brief text discussion and week-long overview – Highlight high-end SLGT equivalent or higher (>30% in Day 1) Won’t capture all severe Day 3 Convective Outlook – Issued once daily by 2:30 am CT – Categories (no TSTM) and Probabilities (all severe) Day 2 Convective Outlook – Issued twice daily – early overnight and updated around midday – Categories and Probabilities (all severe) Day 1 Convective Outlook – Issued 5 times daily – Categories (SLGT, etc.) and 3 Probabilities (torn, wind, hail) Outlook Chronology – 25 Dec., 2012 Workshop on Severe Convection and Climate – Int’l Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory – Mar. 14-15, 2013

14 Day 2 Outlook issued 24 Dec., 2012 THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS FOR SEVERAL LONG-TRACK STRONG TORNADOES ASSOCIATED WITH ANY LONG-LIVED FAST-MOVING SUPERCELLS Workshop on Severe Convection and Climate – Int’l Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory – Mar. 14-15, 2013

15 All accompanied by categorical and probabilistic graphics, and a technical discussion Day 4-8 Convective Outlook – Issued once daily by 4 am CT – Brief text discussion and week-long overview – Highlight high-end SLGT equivalent or higher (>30% in Day 1) Won’t capture all severe Day 3 Convective Outlook – Issued once daily by 2:30 am CT – Categories (no TSTM) and Probabilities (all severe) Day 2 Convective Outlook – Issued twice daily – early overnight and updated around midday – Categories and Probabilities (all severe) Day 1 Convective Outlook – Issued 5 times daily – Categories (SLGT, etc.) and 3 Probabilities (torn, wind, hail) Outlook Chronology – 25 Dec., 2012 Workshop on Severe Convection and Climate – Int’l Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory – Mar. 14-15, 2013

16 SPC Storm-scale Ensemble Forecast Workshop on Severe Convection and Climate – Int’l Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory – Mar. 14-15, 2013

17 Day 1 Outlook issued 25 Dec., 2012 DISCRETE SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF ALL THREATS OF SEVERE WEATHER /INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL FOR LONG- TRACKED TORNADOES/ MAY BE POSSIBLE AS THE AFOREMENTIONED MID-UPPER LEVEL JET APPROACHES...SUBSEQUENTLY STRENGTHENING DEEP LAYER SHEAR PROFILES AND PROMOTING STRONG ROTATION. Workshop on Severe Convection and Climate – Int’l Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory – Mar. 14-15, 2013

18 So, what happened? (Verification) Workshop on Severe Convection and Climate – Int’l Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory – Mar. 14-15, 2013

19 http://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/sref/ Pr [3h CPCPN <=.01 in.] X Pr [MLCP <= 500 J/Kg] X Pr [MLLCL <= 1.5 km] X Pr [0-1 SRH > 100 m2/s2] X Pr [0-6km Shear > 40 kt] 54h forecast probability of thunderstorms with CAPE, low LCL, strong 0-1 helicity and strong deep shear 61-mile track EF3 Christmas Day tornado in PDS Tornado Watch So, what happened? (Verification) Workshop on Severe Convection and Climate – Int’l Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory – Mar. 14-15, 2013

20 So, what happened? (Verification) Workshop on Severe Convection and Climate – Int’l Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory – Mar. 14-15, 2013

21 CFSv2 Severe Weather Forecasts Workshop on Severe Convection and Climate – Int’l Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory – Mar. 14-15, 2013

22 CFSv2 Severe Weather Forecasts 10 consecutive forecasts all valid Dec. 25 from CFS runs Dec. 12 to Dec. 22 Workshop on Severe Convection and Climate – Int’l Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory – Mar. 14-15, 2013

23 CFSv2 Severe Weather Forecasts 651 total grid points ~70 grid points with SCP >= 1 Workshop on Severe Convection and Climate – Int’l Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory – Mar. 14-15, 2013

24 Forecasts out in time Consistent forecasts with similar average grid counts over many model runs Average grid count Possible signals showing up in recent runs or just noise? CFS.V2 Severe Weather Chiclet Chart Oldest Model Run Latest One way to track run-to-run model consistency Workshop on Severe Convection and Climate – Int’l Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory – Mar. 14-15, 2013

25 CFSv2 Chiclet Chart from Dec/Jan. Workshop on Severe Convection and Climate – Int’l Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory – Mar. 14-15, 2013

26 Latest Version CFSv2 Chiclet Chart Workshop on Severe Convection and Climate – Int’l Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory – Mar. 14-15, 2013

27 Questions? Greg Carbin, Warning Coordination Meteorologist Gregory.Carbin@noaa.gov NOAA/National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center Workshop on Severe Convection and Climate – Int’l Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory – Mar. 14-15, 2013

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