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LAPS Use at WFO Norman Matt Foster U.S. National Weather Service Norman, Oklahoma

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LAPS Use at WFO Norman. Matt Foster U.S. National Weather Service Norman, Oklahoma. Three Primary Uses. Forecaster use in D2D Situational Awareness Display System (SADS) WRF Model Initialization. Forecaster Use in D2D. Preferred OA of most forecasters at OUN - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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LAPS Use at WFO Norman

Matt FosterU.S. National Weather Service

Norman, Oklahoma

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Three Primary Uses

• Forecaster use in D2D• Situational Awareness Display System (SADS)• WRF Model Initialization

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Forecaster Use in D2D

• Preferred OA of most forecasters at OUN• Rough estimate of 165 D2D bundles• Heavy use in convective, winter and wildfire

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Situational Awareness Display System

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Situational Awareness Display System

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LAPS on SADS

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LAPS on SADS

• Use standalone IGC_Process to create images• Animated GIF shows multiple parameters• Capability for user-defined images• Clearly delineate areas of interest• Not absolutely necessary to know the

parameter displayed

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WRF Model Initialization

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WRF Model Initialization

• Use “Research” version of LAPS (i.e. recent)• 5 km resolution• Runs external to AWIPS• “Basic” datasets from AWIPS via rsync to LDAD• Ingests 27 WSR-88D radars• Use Level II WSR-88D data from NSSL• RUC13 background• Hot start

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Research LAPS Domain