severe weather climatology and long-term forecasting
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Severe Weather Climatology and Long-Term Forecasting
Harold Brooks
NSSL Lab Review February 25–27, 2015
National Weather Center Norman, Oklahoma
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NSSL’s Interest
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• Understanding how severe storms fit into climate
• Helping SPC put things in context
• Extending forecast horizon
• Reports to look at past tornado changes
• Using environmental conditions to forecast longer
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Brooks, Carbin, and Marsh (Science, 2014)
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Mean Change
Brooks, Marsh, and Carbin (Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., in prep.)
95% Confidence
Ch
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in T
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s Pe
r De
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e W
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Warm summers-fewer tornadoes Warm winters-more tornadoes
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Long-range forecasting with Climate Forecast System (SPC, Climate Prediction
Center, Columbia)
Each “chiclet” represents one forecast/valid time pair
Current SPC
“Why don’t I get seasonal tornado forecasts like I get
seasonal hurricane forecasts?” -B. Obama, 5 March 2012
Fore
ca
sts
valid
sa
me
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y
Forecasts made same day
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Summary and Next
• Variability of tornado occurrence has increased
• Warm winter (summer)-more (fewer) tornadoes
• Have environments changed like tornadoes?
• Continue tool, evaluation work for extended range
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