Spain, 12.10.2016. Description

Synoptic Situation

Heavy precipitation expected in the Mediterranean coast.

 

NWP Fields

Temperature and Geopotential at 500 hPa at 00Z forecasted at 00Z (Analysis)

Temperature at 850 hPa and Mean sea level pressure at 00Z forecasted at 00Z (Analysis)

 

Surface Winds at 00Z forecasted at 00Z (Analysis)

 

Temperature and Geopotential at 500 hPa at 06Z forecasted at 00Z

 

Temperature at 850 hPa and Mean sea level pressure at 06Z forecasted at 00Z

 

Surface Winds at 06Z forecasted at 00Z

Surface Winds at 15Z forecasted at 00Z

 

Precipitation 12.10.2016 from 00Z to 24Z forecasted at 00Z

ECMWF Total Precipitable Water from 06Z to 24Z forecasted at 00Z

ECMWF TPW Loop

Precipitation from High Resolution model from 05Z to 16Z forecasted at 00Z

Precipitation "sticks" to the coast. Forced by inland winds and the mountains along the coast.

HiRes NWP Forecasted Precipitation Loop

 

NWC SAF Products

CTTH Loop

HRW Loop

RDT Loop

CI Loop

iSHAI bl Loop

iSHAI ml Loop

iSHAI hl Loop

iSHAI tpw Loop

iSHAI diffbl Loop

iSHAI diffml Loop

iSHAI diffhl Loop

iSHAI difftpw Loop

CRR Loop

CRR-Ph Loop

 

Questions

  1. NWP model forecasts precipitation along the Mediterreanean, "sticking" to the coast (look at NE Spain in HiRes NWP Forecasted Precipitation Loop). Surveillance of where a potential storm is going to be trigerred is mandatory. Which NWC SAF product or observation instrument will be able to discern where the storm is triggered?

 

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