Advancing Hazardous Weather Prediction in the 2024 NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Forecasting Experiment
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The 2024 NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Forecasting Experiment (2024 SFE) marked the second consecutive hybrid SFE, with 68 of 160 participants contributing remotely. SFEs are coled by the NWS/Storm Prediction Center (SPC) and OAR/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) and since the early 2000s have played a key role for the U.S. severe weather enterprise by testing and optimizing new prediction tools through end-user-focused research. The wealth of severe weather forecasting and research expertise at the National Weather Center in Norman, OK, combined with state-of-the-art visualization tools, well-designed experiments, and valuable collaborations have made the annual SFEs one of the most productive and well-respected weather forecasting experiments in the world. SFE 2024 was particularly important because the configuration of NOAA’s first formally designed convection-allowing model (CAM) ensemble known as REFS (Rapid Refresh Ensemble Forecast System) was finalized in fall 2023, so the SFE 2024 was vital to conducting a thorough subjective evaluation during the peak severe weather season before a proposed operational implementation in 2025.
Authors: Adam J. Clark, Israel L. Jirak, Timothy A. Supinie, Kent H. Knopfmeier, David Harrison, Jake Vancil, David Jahn, Christopher D. Karstens, Eric D. Loken, Miranda Silcott, Ryan Martz, Nathan A. Dahl, David Imy, Andrew R. Wade, Jeffrey M. Milne, Kimberly A. Hoogewind, Sean Ernst, Joseph C. Picca, Matthew Flournoy, Michael Baldwin, Pamela L. Heinselman, Montgomery Flora, Joshua Martin, Brian C. Matilla, Kristin Calhoun, Thomas J. Galarneau, Derek Stratman, Corey Potvin, Patrick S. Skinner, Patrick Burke
Language: English
Subfield: Atmospheric Science
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4403532863