IMPACTOFTAMDARONTHERUCMODELALOOKINTO.pptVIP

IMPACT OF TAMDAR ON THE RUC MODEL: A LOOK INTO SOME OF THE STATISTICS WITH CASE STUDIES Overview The main issue: Objective evaluation (statistics) of relative humidity (RH) has occasionally shown poorer performance for RUC runs with TAMDAR Statistics - calculated by comparing RUC forecasts with and without TAMDAR to RAOBs at the standard pressure levels (850, 700, 500 mb) Is this really worse performance with TAMDAR OR are there other reasons for the poorer scores? Procedure: Find days that stand out with poorer scores Examine individual RAOBs with forecast