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2016 Hazardous Weather Testbed
VAPOR 3D Forecast Visualization Movies
Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
University of Oklahoma

Keith Brewster, kbrewster AT ou DOT edu
Rob Hepper, Robert.Hepper AT noaa DOT gov

Week 0
Date Movies Verification Images
Tuesday, 26 April 2016
Oklahoma
Movies
Reflectivity and Wind Speed
Images
SPC Storm Reports 26 April 2016
Friday, 29 April 2016
Virginia, Maryland, N. Carolina
Movies
Graupel and Wind Speed
Updraft Helicity
Images
SPC Storm Reports 29 April 2016

Week 1
Date Movies Verification Images
Monday, 2 May 2016
Virginia, Maryland, N. Carolina
Movies
Reflectivity and Wind
Graupel and Wind Speed
Updraft Helicity and Wind
Updraft Helicity and Theta-e in Virginia
Images
SPC Storm Reports 2 May 2016
Supercell Radar Image Southeast of Ft Belvoir, Va
Tuesday, 3 May 2016
S. Virginia, N. Carolina, S. Carolina
Movies
Updraft Helicity
Reflectivity_and_100m Wind
Horizontal Wind Speed
Mid-Level Wind Vectors
Images
SPC Storm Reports 3 May 2016
Wednesday, 4 May 2016
Florida
Movies
Horizontal Wind Speed
Updraft Helicity and 50m AGL Wind
Reflectivity_and_50m Wind
Images
SPC Storm Reports 4 May 2016
Thursday, 5 May 2016
Nevada, Oregon, Idaho
Movies
Reflectivity_and_500m Wind
Graupel and 500m Wind
Images
SPC Storm Reports 5 May 2016
Friday, 6 May 2016
Idaho, Wyoming, Utah
Movies
Reflectivity_and_1000m Wind
Graupel and 1000m Wind
Images
SPC Storm Reports 6 May 2016

Week 2
Date Movies Verification Images
Monday, 9 May 2016
Oklahoma
Movies
Reflectivity_and_100m AGL Wind
Updraft Helicity and 100m AGL Wind
Images
SPC Storm Reports 9 May 2016
Tuesday, 10 May 2016
Kentucky and Tennessee
Movies
Updraft Helicity and 100m AGL Wind
Images
SPC Storm Reports 10 May 2016
Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Iowa and Missouri
Movies
Graupel and 500m AGL Wind
Updraft Helicity and 500m AGL Wind
Images
SPC Storm Reports 11 May 2016
Thursday, 12 May 2016
Ohio, Kentucky
Movies
Graupel and 500m AGL Wind
Updraft Helicity and 500m AGL Wind
Images
SPC Storm Reports 12 May 2016
Friday, 13 May 2016
Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma
Movies
Graupel and 500m AGL Wind
Updraft Helicity and 500m AGL Wind
Images
SPC Storm Reports 13 May 2016

Week 3
Date Movies Verification Images
Monday, 16 May 2016
Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas
Movies
Graupel and 500m AGL Wind
Updraft Helicity and 500m AGL Wind
Updraft Helicity and Flow Tracers
Images
SPC Storm Reports 16 May 2016
Tuesday, 17 May 2016
South Texas
Movies
Graupel and 500m AGL Wind
Updraft Helicity and 500m AGL Wind
Updraft Helicity and Flow Tracers
Images
SPC Storm Reports 17 May 2016
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
West Texas
Movies
Updraft Helicity and 500m Wind
Graupel and 500m Wind
Images
SPC Storm Reports 18 May 2016
Thursday, 19 May 2016
East Texas and Louisiana
Movies
Updraft Helicity and 100m Wind
Graupel and 100m Wind
Images
SPC Storm Reports 19 May 2016
Friday, 20 May 2016
Montana
Movies
Updraft Helicity and 900m Wind
Graupel and 900m Wind
Images
SPC Storm Reports 20 May 2016

Week 4
Date Movies Verification Images
Monday, 23 May 2016
Texas and Oklahoma
Movies
Thompson Graupel and 200m AGL Wind
Thompson Updraft Helicity and 200m AGL Wind
M-Y Graupel and 200m AGL Wind Speed
M-Y Updraft Helicity and 200m AGL Wind
Images
SPC Storm Reports 23 May 2016
Tuesday, 24 May 2016
Kansas and Oklahoma
Movies
Graupel and 200m AGL Wind
Updraft Helicity and 200m AGL Wind
Flow Tracers with Updraft Helicity
Images
SPC Storm Reports 24 May 2016
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
Nebraska and South Dakota
Movies
Graupel and 300m AGL Wind
Updraft Helicity and 300m AGL Wind
Images
SPC Storm Reports 25 May 2016
Thursday, 26 May 2016
Kansas and Nebraska
Movies
Graupel and 200m AGL Wind
Updraft Helicity and 200m AGL Wind
Images
SPC Storm Reports 26 May 2016
Friday, 27 May 2016
Oklahoma and Kansas
Movies
Graupel and 200m AGL Wind
Updraft Helicity and 200m AGL Wind
Images
SPC Storm Reports 27 May 2016

Week 5
Date Movies Verification Images
Monday, 30 May 2016
North and South Dakota
Movies
Graupel and 300m AGL Wind
Updraft Helicity and 300m AGL Wind
Images
SPC Storm Reports 30 May 2016
Tuesday, 31 May 2016
Texas and Oklahoma
Movies
Graupel and 200m AGL Wind
Updraft Helicity and 200m AGL Wind
Horizontal Wind Speed and 200m AGL Wind
Images
SPC Storm Reports 31 May 2016
Wednesday, 1 June 2016
Indiana, Ohio, N. Kentucky
Movies
Graupel and 200m AGL Wind
Updraft Helicity and 200m AGL Wind
Images
SPC Storm Reports 1 June 2016
Thursday, 2 June 2016
South Texas
Movies
Graupel and 200m AGL Wind
Updraft Helicity and 200m AGL Wind
Images
SPC Storm Reports 2 June 2016
Friday, 3 June 2016
Minnesota, Iowa, W. Wisconsin
Movies
Graupel and 200m AGL Wind
Updraft Helicity and 200m AGL Wind
Images
SPC Storm Reports 3 June 2016



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