richard mann Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 - The Rapid Refresh Revolution There is a major revolution developing in weather prediction, something many professionals are becoming aware of and using, but relatively unknown to most others: The Rapid Refresh Revolution. How many times do you get the latest forecast over the web, radio, or TV and the short-term forecast is different than what is happening outside? This is not rare, unfortunately. We may be able to fix this. Short-term forecasts are really important; they help us decide whether to take that bike ride, mow the lawn, take a run, and innumerable other tasks. ........ http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-rapid-refresh-revolution.html Quote --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utrex Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Wait. Has this already been established completely and fully stable? Edit: Research led me to the fact that this system will be released on July 2014. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard mann Posted March 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 -Wait. Has this already been established completely and [been deemed] fully stable?Edit. ... [Asked and answered. ?] .. Research [has ?] led me to the fact that this system will be released on July 2014. .. Is this correct. ? Quote --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utrex Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 - .. Is this correct. ?From http://ruc.noaa.gov/hrrr/: "…RAPv2 - occurred at 12z 25 Feb 2014, and HRRR - now planned for July 2014." It seems the one we are looking at is the HRRR, or the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh. They also will demonstrate and test the HRRR during late spring of 2014: "The HRRR is run by NOAA/ESRL/GSD as a real-time demonstration and with operational implementation at NCEP planned for late spring 2014. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigOne Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 - The Rapid Refresh Revolution There is a major revolution developing in weather prediction, something many professionals are becoming aware of and using, but relatively unknown to most others: The Rapid Refresh Revolution. How many times do you get the latest forecast over the web, radio, or TV and the short-term forecast is different than what is happening outside? This is not rare, unfortunately. We may be able to fix this. Short-term forecasts are really important; they help us decide whether to take that bike ride, mow the lawn, take a run, and innumerable other tasks. ........ http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-rapid-refresh-revolution.htmlI hear you! The last few years the NWS has been unusually horrible for short term here in the valley. They will say it's sunny when it's overcast causing the highs to be dropped 5 degrees or they will say it's cloudy today when in reality the sky is wall to wall sunshine! Point in case was last summer where they predicted highs of only 82-84 because of cloud cover not burning off till afternoon for most of August but in reality it was mostly clear at night and the ACTUAL highs wounded up between 90 and 95 with high dewpoints in the 60s at the McNary Airport KSLE. It seems to have started when they offered customized forecasts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigOne Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 - The Rapid Refresh Revolution There is a major revolution developing in weather prediction, something many professionals are becoming aware of and using, but relatively unknown to most others: The Rapid Refresh Revolution. How many times do you get the latest forecast over the web, radio, or TV and the short-term forecast is different than what is happening outside? This is not rare, unfortunately. We may be able to fix this. Short-term forecasts are really important; they help us decide whether to take that bike ride, mow the lawn, take a run, and innumerable other tasks. ........ http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-rapid-refresh-revolution.htmlI would comment on his blog as I strongly wish for the computing power to be available but he has locked it up unless you have an Open ID account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Hole Posted March 22, 2014 Report Share Posted March 22, 2014 I use the HRRR all the time. Its very accurate and amazingly useful. If they could extend the hours by about 8 or so it would be much better though. Quote Winter 23-24: Total Snow (3.2") Total Ice (0.2") Coldest Low: 1F Coldest High: 5F Snow Events: 0.1" Jan 5th, 0.2" Jan 9th, 1.6" Jan 14, 0.2" (ice) Jan 22, 1.3" Feb 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard mann Posted March 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2014 -.. oops. Wrong thread.— Main post-delete feature/ button, not having been added as yet. Quote --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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