MetEd » Resource Description: Convection-allowing Models (CAMs): Winter Applications

Convection-allowing Models (CAMs): Winter Applications

- Languages: English
- Publish Date: 2019-04-26
- Last Updated On: 2019-04-24
- Skill Level: 2
- Completion Time: .50 - .75 h
- Includes Audio: no
- Required Plugins: none
- Topics:
  Mesoscale Meteorology, Numerical Modeling (NWP), Winter Weather
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List which NWP models allow convection.
Explain why we need convection-allowing models (CAMs) at high resolution.
List and describe winter weather weather phenomena that benefit from CAM forecasts.
Compare guidance from CAMs to observations to identify advantages and limitations of CAM output for winter weather guidance.
Use radar, surface, and satellite observations to validate and/or adjust CAM guidance.
Use CAM products to determine possible impacts from winter weather (including precipitation type, precipitation amount, and blizzard conditions).
Update existing forecasts using guidance from CAMs.

convection-allowing models, CAMs, winter weather, precipitation banding, precipitation type, blowing snow, heavy snow, blizzard conditions, visibility, NWP, HRRR, NMM, ARW, short-term forecasting, high-resolution models, mesoscale features

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