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2017 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


AMS 28th Conference on Severe Local Storms paper:
Brewster, K., D. Stratman and R. Hepper, 2016:4-D Visualization of Storm Scale Forecasts using VAPOR in the Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Forecasting Experiment



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Week 0
Date Forecast Movies Verification Images
Tuesday, 28 April 2016
Oklahoma
Forecasts
Verification
SPC Storm Reports 28 April 2017

Week 1
Date Forecast Movies Verification Images
Monday, 1 May 2017
West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland
Forecasts
Updraft Helicity
Horizontal Wind Speed
Trajectories Ending in High Wind Speed near Surface
Verification
SPC Storm Reports 1 May 2017
Tuesday, 2 May 2017
Oklahoma and Kansas
Forecasts
Verification
SPC Storm Reports 2 May 2017
Wednesday, 3 May 2017
Texas and Louisiana
Forecasts
Verification
SPC Storm Reports 3 May 2017
Thursday, 4 May 2017
Georgia and the Carolinas
Forecasts
Verification
SPC Storm Reports 4 May 2017
Friday, 5 May 2017
Virgina and Maryland
Forecasts
Graupel/Hail
UH and Surface Theta-e
Wind Speed
Verification
SPC Storm Reports 5 May 2017

Week 2
Date Forecast Movies Verification Images
Monday, 8 May 2017
New Mexico and Colorado
Forecasts
Graupel/Hail
UH and Surface Theta-e
Verification
SPC Storm Reports 8 May 2017
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
New Mexico and Texas
Forecasts
Updraft Helicity
Reflectivity and Wind
Trajectories Ending in High Mid-Level UH
Verification
SPC Storm Reports 9 May 2017
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
Texas and Oklahoma
Forecasts
Graupel/Hail
UH and Surface Theta-e
Verification
SPC Storm Reports 10 May 2017
Thursday, 11 May 2017
Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas
Forecasts
Graupel/Hail
UH and Surface Theta-e
Verification
SPC Storm Reports 11 May 2017
Friday, 12 May 2017
Mississippi and Alabama
Forecasts
Graupel/Hail
Wind Speed
Verification
SPC Storm Reports 12 May 2017

Week 3
Date Forecast Movies Verification Images
Monday, 15 May 2017
Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles
Forecasts
Graupel/Hail
UH and Surface Theta-e
Verification
SPC Storm Reports 15 May 2017
Tuesday, 16 May 2017
Texas Panhandle and W. Oklahoma
Forecasts
Graupel/Hail
UH and Surface Theta-e
UH and trajectories
Verical Cross-Section Lapse Rates and Wind
Verification
SPC Storm Reports 16 May 2017
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
Iowa, S. Wisconson and N. Illinois
Forecasts
Graupel/Hail
UH and Surface Theta-e
Verification
SPC Storm Reports 17 May 2017
Thursday, 18 May 2017
Texas and Oklahoma
Forecasts
Graupel/Hail
UH and Surface Theta-e
Verification
SPC Storm Reports 18 May 2017
Friday, 19 May 2017
Texas and Oklahoma
Forecasts
Graupel/Hail
UH and Surface Theta-e
Verification
SPC Storm Reports 19 May 2017

Week 4
Date Forecast Movies Verification Images
Monday, 22 May 2017
Eastern New Mexico and Texas Panhandle
Forecasts
Graupel/Hail
UH and Surface Theta-e
Wind Speed Looking East
Verification
SPC Storm Reports 22 May 2017
San Angelo Radar Radial Velocity
Tuesday, 23 May 2017
Far South Texas
Forecasts
Graupel/Hail
UH and Surface Theta-e
Verification
SPC Storm Reports 23 May 2017
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
Florida
Forecasts
Graupel/Hail
UH and Surface Theta-e
Wind Speed
Verification
SPC Storm Reports 24 May 2017
Thursday, 25 May 2017
Texas and Oklahoma
Forecasts
Graupel/Hail
UH and Surface Theta-e
Wind Speed
Verification
SPC Storm Reports 25 May 2017
Friday, 26 May 2017
Texas and Oklahoma
Forecasts
Graupel/Hail
UH and Surface Theta-e
Verification
SPC Storm Reports 26 May 2017

Week 5
Date Forecast Movies Verification Images
Monday, 29 May 2017
North and South Carolina
Forecasts
Graupel/Hail
UH and Surface Theta-e
Wind Speeds
Verification
SPC Storm Reports 29 May 2017
Tuesday, 30 May 2017
Pennsylvania and Maryland
Forecasts
Graupel/Hail
UH and Surface Theta-e
Wind Speeds
Trajectories
Verification
SPC Storm Reports 30 May 2017
Wednesday, 31 May 2017
Kansas and Missouri
Forecasts
Graupel/Hail
UH and Surface Theta-e
Wind Speeds
Verification
SPC Storm Reports 31 May 2017
Thursday, 01 June 2017
Southwest Texas
Forecasts
Graupel/Hail
UH and Surface Theta-e
Wind Speeds
Verification
SPC Storm Reports 1 June 2017
Friday, 02 June 2017
North and South Dakota
Forecasts
Graupel/Hail
UH and Surface Theta-e
Wind Speeds
Verification
SPC Storm Reports 2 June 2017



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Support for VAPOR is provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation (grants # 03-25934 and 09-06379, ACI-14-40412),
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