Tools for Forecasting High Impact Weather

Date: Sunday, 11 September 2011, 09:30 – 16:30
Location: Berlin, Dahlem, Seminaris Cube, Takustraße 39, 14195 Berlin, Germany
Workshop fee: €50

The workshop is sponsored by EumetCal to guarantee modest costs for interested participants.

EMS in collaboration with EumetCal is organising a course with the title Tools for Forecasting High Impact Weather. This course is primarily intended for forecasters, but other participants interested in the subject are also welcome.

During this course we will look at tools that forecasters have available in the forecasting office to support them when times get though in High Impact Weather Situations. Specialists will inform about the background of different tools and how to use them in the best manner.

The workshop consists of presentations, a demonstration and a lab session. If you have a laptop, please bring it for the lab session. We hope it will be an interactive and interesting day.

Programme

 

    09:30               Welcome

    09:30 – 10:15 The use of satellite and conceptual models in convective situations
                              Frans Debie, KNMI, and Vesa Nietosvaara, EumetCal and FMI

    10:15 – 11:00 The use of satellite and conceptual models in convective situations
                              Frans Debie, KNMI, and Vesa Nietosvaara, EumetCal and FMI

11:00 – 11:15 Tea/coffee break

 

    11:15 – 12:15 The use of radar in convective situations
                              Wilfried Jacobs, DWD

12:15 – 13:15 Lunch break

 

    13:15 – 14:00 A convective case in 3D with the help of Harmonie
                             Frans Debie, KNMI

    14:00 – 14:45 How can LAM EPS help you to make a better forecast for extreme weather
                              Henrik Feddersen, DMI

14:45 – 15:00 Tea/coffee break

 

    15:00 – 15:45 Introduction to the ECMWF products with special emphasis on using EPS for severe weather
                              Fernando Prates, ECMWF

    15:45 – 16:30 Lab session
                              Fernando Prates, ECMWF

    16:30               Closing