use of probabilistic forecasts. ensembles these are a number of forecasts all run from similar, but...
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Use of Probabilistic Forecasts
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Ensembles
• These are a number of forecasts all run from similar, but slightly different initial conditions
• The same forecast model is run many times• The resulting forecasts are grouped
together to aid the forecaster• Forecasts from several different models
can also form an ensemble (“poor man’s ensemble”)
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Displacement
Time
Small differences here
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Displacement
Time
Small differences here
BIG differences here
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Ensembles -By running the model many
times with small differences in initial conditions (and model formulation) we can:
• take account of uncertainty
• estimate probabilities and risks (eg. 30 members out of 51 = 60%)
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Members or Resolution?
• Which is more important – to have as many ensemble members as possible or to have a higher resolution, and therefore fewer members?
• In practice it will be a compromise between the two!
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Probabilistic input. Time evolution, one
location.
PLUMES METEOGRAMS
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EPS Plume diagram 850 hPa Temp
1 member Operational High Resolution model T799 (25 km)
Control member
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Range of temperatures indicated by the ensemble
Probability density is shaded. 10-30% of members have temperatures within this range (70-90% outwith). Thinner this band the higher the certainty.
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EPS total precipitation rate (mm) in 12 hours
EPS control1 Ensemble member
Operational High Resolution
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Probabilistic input. Individual solutions, one time frame
POSTAGE STAMPS
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Interpreting Ensemble Data
• The presentation of results is important
• Need to reduce the different solutions to something manageable
Clustering - grouping solutions that are similar
Probability forecasting
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Carlisle storm, Jan 05, from ECMWF 51-member medium-range ensemble
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06/98 PFW Predictability
Cyclone plumes
Forecasts startingfrom 00Z 06/01/05
OBSERVED
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Ensembles – estimating riskBy running model(s) many times with small differences
in initial conditions (and model formulation) we can:• take account of uncertainty• estimate probabilities and risks
– eg. 10 members out of 50 = 20%
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National Warning - Issued on Monday, 2 October 2006
Heavy falls of rain are possible in places in the Overberg, Breede River Valley, Ruens, Garden Route and the Little Karoo, Eastern Cape coast and adjacent interior and KwaZulu-Natal.
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GFS Ensemble T+96 for 00z Tuesday 3rd October 2006
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GFS 12-18z Mon 2nd Oct 2006
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ECMWF 12-18z Mon
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GFS 12-18z Tue 3rd Oct 2006
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ECMWF 12-18z Tues
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EPS Meteograms for Durban (00z Sat-00z Mon)
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The main difficulties lie in …
• Knowing what to look at
• Knowing when to stop!
• Absorbing and retaining the information long enough to use it …
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EC Total ppn prob > 20mm 12z Tue – 12z Wed
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EFI ECMWF for Tue-Wed
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What Happened?
• Margate 136mm. Monthly average 133mm
• East London 83mm. Monthly average 131mm
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Impacts?
• Torrential rains cause havoc in the Eastern Cape• October 04, 2006, 11:15
• Torrential rains in the Transkei region of the Eastern Cape have caused major damage to homes, roads and schools. People in rural areas, who have mud houses, are the hardest hit.
Two more schools have collapsed in Butterworth and some rural roads are flooded. Floods caused five deaths in the area last week near Lusikisiki. Near Butterworth, the low-lying Ceru bridge is overflowing.
Bennet Malisana, from Butterworth lost his wife during earlier floods in 1993 when she was among 11 people swept away in a bakkie while crossing a river. He says his area has been hit again. "We have been greatly affected by the rain because we desperately need a bridge," he added.
http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/general/0,2172,136028,00.html
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TC Boloetse
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Life history
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Strike probability map 24th Jan
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Strike probability map 26th Jan
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Strike probability map 29th Jan
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Strike probability map 1st Feb
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Strike probability map 4th Feb
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MOGREPS
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Short-range EnsemblesECMWF EPS has transformed the way we do
Medium-Range Forecasting
• Uncertainty also in short-range:– Rapid Cyclogenesis often poorly forecast deterministically (eg
Dec 1999)– Uncertainty of sub-synoptic systems (eg frontal waves)– Many customers most interested in short-range
• Assess ability to estimate uncertainty in local weather– QPF– Cloud Ceiling, Fog – Winds etc
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Initial conditions perturbations• Perturbations centred around 4D-Var
analysis
• Transforms calculated using same set of observations as used in 4D-Var (including all satellite obs) within +/- 3 hours of data time
• Ensemble uses 12 hour cycle (data assimilation uses 6 hour cycle)
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Initial conditions perturbationsDifferences with ECWMF Singular Vectors:
- It focuses on errors growing during the assimilation period, not growing period:
- Suitable for Short-range!
- Calculated using the same resolution than the forecast
- ETKF includes moist processes
- Running in conjunction with stochastic physics to propagate effect
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Model error: parameterisations
Random parameters
Parameter Scheme min/std/MaxEntrainment rate CONVECTION 2 / 3 / 5
Cape timescale CONVECTION 30 / 30 / 120
RH critical LRG. S. CLOUD 0.6 / 0.8 / 0.9
Cloud to rain (land) LRG. S. CLOUD 1E-4/8E-4/1E-3
Cloud to rain (sea) LRG. S. CLOUD 5E-5/2E-4/5E-4
Ice fall LRG. S. CLOUD 17 / 25.2 / 33
Flux profile param. BOUNDARY L. 5 / 10 / 20
Neutral mixing length BOUNDARY L. 0.05 / 0.15 / 0.5
Gravity wave const. GRAVITY W.D. 1E-4/7E-4/7.5E-4
Froude number GRAVITY W.D. 2 / 2 / 4
QUMP (Murphy et al., 2004)Initial stoch. Phys. Scheme for the UM (Arribas, 2004)
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MOGREPS products
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Postage stamp maps
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Questions & Answers