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CLIQR Rainfall analog

CLIQR Rainfall analog. David Roth & Kyle Griffin NOAA Hydrometeorological Prediction Center Camp Springs, MD. Last Updated: June 4, 2009. HPC role in the NWS tropical cyclone program. Backup center for NHC advisories in the event NHC cannot issue their products

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CLIQR Rainfall analog

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  1. CLIQR Rainfall analog David Roth & Kyle Griffin NOAA Hydrometeorological Prediction Center Camp Springs, MD Last Updated: June 4, 2009

  2. HPC role in the NWS tropical cyclone program • Backup center for NHC advisories in the event NHC cannot issue their products • Provider of rainfall statements for any landmass bordering the Atlantic and eastern Pacific basins. Over the US, this is augmented by graphical QPF • Writes inland advisories for tropical cyclones which have been downgraded to tropical depression status, outside of Florida • GS 13 and 14 forecasters keep current on ATCF software used by NHC by going through a practice exercise each May

  3. HPC role in the NWS tropical cyclone program • HPC conducts one or two scheduled backup days for NHC each season, normally involving systems far from land • HPC backups up eastern Pacific tropical weather outlooks the first Tuesday of each month during the hurricane season • Collaborate during the medium range period for systems which have yet to form, or on days 6-7 for active tropical cyclones each day at 1600 UTC. Have the authority to change what was coordinated overnight, if the NHC track differs significantly from their track from 1600 UTC the previous day. • Create storm total rainfall graphics for tropical cyclones which have moved inland into the United States and dissipated

  4. Characteristics of TC precipitation • Stratiform and Convective mechanisms • Stratiform rain ~50% of total rain from TC. WSR-88D DPA daily accumulations Hurricane Irene (15 October 1999) Frank Marks (HRD)

  5. United StatesUnits in cm 2005 US Summer rain 2005 US TC rain Frank Marks (HRD)

  6. Picking an analog for a TC event • Size is important…look at the current rain shield and compare it to storm totals/storms from the past • How fast is it moving? • Vertical wind shear in current/past events? • Look for storms with similar/parallel tracks • Is topography/prism data a consideration? • Look for nearby fronts/depth of nearby upper troughs for current and possible analogs • Not all TC events will have a useful analog

  7. Storm Size Determined by distance from center to outermost closed isobar Joint Typhoon Warning Center

  8. How Mountains Affect the Precipitation Distribution http://www.prism.oregonstate.edu/index.phtml

  9. Size and Topography Hurricane Frances (2004)

  10. CLIQR • Scripts utilize extended best track database from NHC, modified by additional information from HPC/NHC map series and NHC Atlantic non-developing system database • Storm matches made primarily upon current position, forward motion, and storm size. In 2009, plans are to try to include NHC five day track • Uses a 9 point system. The system’s point total can be seen in the last column of text output • Output generated using CHGHUR/objective guidance messages from NHC, but can also be utilized using manual input • Simplified output online for active systems at: http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/rain/web/cliqr.html • Utiltizes storm total rainfall graphics created in-house and available on our website at: http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/rain/tcrainfall.html

  11. CLIQR GUI using manual input

  12. CLIQR output via magenta “View Rainfall Graphics” button

  13. CLIQR web output for active systems • http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/rain/web/cliqr.html

  14. CLIQR matching storm list (Rainfall Matches hyperlink) • Simplified list links to relevant storm total rainfall graphic through hyperlink. Future revisions include columns separating the Puerto Rico impacts from North American impacts to help web user.

  15. Model Forecast Biases/Verification relating to Tropical Cyclone QPF

  16. Pattern comparisons for U.S. landfalling stormsFrom Rogers, Black, Marchok, 2005 IHC Equitable Threat Score

  17. Day 1 Threat Scores and Bias

  18. Day 2 Threat Score/Bias

  19. Day 3 Threat Score/Bias

  20. Summary • Tropical cyclone QPF pattern depends on storm size, forecast track, vertical wind shear, topography, depth of upper trough causing recurvature, and SST field the cyclone moves over prior to landfall • While climatology is important to keep in mind, TC QPF is heavily based on the guidance which has the best verification and is closest to expected TC track (usually GFS). NAM and ECMWF both show low biases for higher rainfall amounts.

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