Use of LAM for Convection nowcasting and hail in Finland
Competency Framework
WMO Satellite Skills
Application
Description
Presentation during the event week on Convection in June 2009.
Content
Fritz Woelfelmaier from ZAMG (Austria). Using statistical methods from several convection parameters from the LAM model ALADIN AUSTRIA he has developed a severe convection index, which was verified/correlated with lightning data and hail analysis from weather radar data. In the presentation Fritz will explain this method in more detail and show a case studies to demonstrate this benefit. The usefulness of this method has been proven and will subsequently become operational to the forecasters in Austria in the near future.
The session will be continued by Jari Tuovinen from Finnish Meteorological Institute on the Investigation on hail occurrences in MSG.