National Weather Digest articles from December 1 2005

National Weather Digest archives from December 1 2005

Annual temperature range time-series trends and long-range forecasting.
December 1, 2005... Abstract This research seeks to establish whether there has been significant variation in the annual temperature range (ATR) across the contiguous United States during the study period 1951-2000 and discusses the application of ATR trends...

Interannual variability of snowfall events of Southwest Missouri and snowfall-to-liquid water equivalents at the Springfield WFO.
December 1, 2005... Abstract In order to address the difficult issue of forecasting snowfall amounts for the general public, forecasters must be intimately familiar with the climatological behavior of snowfall events and associated snowfall-to-liquid (SL)...

A simple goes skin temperature product.
December 1, 2005... Abstract A skin temperature image product is easy to generate from the split-window bands of the GOES Imager or Sounder. This product can be used to monitor land- and ocean-surface skin temperatures, as estimated by satellite, as well as...

Partners in communication: National Weather Service and local media working together to save lives during the Michiana tornado outbreak of 24 October 2001.
December 1, 2005... Abstract Late October is a very unusual time for tornadoes to occur in the lower Great Lakes. However, on 24 October 2001, one of the worst tornado outbreaks ever recorded in north-central Indiana and extreme southwest Michigan struck the...

Memphis National Weather Service perspective of the severe weather outbreak of May 2003: focus on the F4 Madison County, Tennessee tornado.
December 1, 2005... Abstract Several supercell thunderstorms, some producing strong and violent tornadoes, ravaged portions of northeast Arkansas, southeast Missouri, west Tennessee, and north Mississippi during the period 4-8 May 2003. The May 2003 tornado...

An examination of three severe convective storms that produced significant tornadoes in central Alberta.
December 1, 2005... Abstract Three tornadic thunderstorms with F-scale damage ratings of F3 and F4 occurred in Alberta during the past 20 years. These events were: the Edmonton storm of 31 July 1987, the Holden storm of 29 July 1993, and the Pine Lake storm...

21st century NWS warning communications: the future of warning dissemination is here.
December 1, 2005... Abstract The National Weather Service (NWS) forecast offices in Alabama have worked closely together to provide the newest technological advances to some of our most important customers, the emergency management community and local media....

Interpretation of single-Doppler radar signatures in a V-shaped hailstorm: part II--evolution of updraft interactions with ambient mid-altitude flow.
December 1, 2005... Abstract Part II of this two-part descriptive study documents characteristics and evolution of the mid-altitude flow field arising from interactions of ambient flow with the updraft region of a North Dakota multicell hailstorm. While only...

Operational forecasting of supercell motion: review and case studies using multiple datasets.
December 1, 2005... Abstract The concept of anticipating supercell motion with multiple datasets in an operational setting is addressed. In addition, the most common propagation mechanisms that regulate both supercell and nonsupercell thunderstorm motion are...

NWA Letter of Support for GOES-MWS.
December 1, 2005... The NWA Remote Sensing Committee recommended the NWA Council approve a Letter of Support for the inclusion of a microwave sensor on a GOES satellite. The NWA Council approved and President Dave Knapp mailed the letters to leaders in the...