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Inthetablebelow,terrainaboveandterrainbelowrefertodownscaledterrainaboveand belowthemodelterrain,respectively. Whenutilizingthetable,rememberthatnodownscaledproductswillreproduceallfeaturesin yourlocalarea.Youwillalwayshavetoapplyyourknowledgeoflocalclimatologyandthe forecastsituationtorefineanyoftheproductsyouchooseasstartingpointsforgenerating yourgriddedforecast.However,sometimestheresultwillbegoodenoughyoucanmoveonto othertasksafterlittleornoadjustment.

DownscalingMethod NAM12 DownscalesNAM modeldatainAWIPS Terrainabove Does Doesn'tdo Min/maxnottrue min/maxuses individualtimes Keyadjustments required

T=freeatmosphere Wind=increase(less thanfreeatmosphere) Winddirection=free atmosphere T=useslapserate Windsnot downscaled Notdownscaled from12kmgrid Min/maxnottrue min/maxuses individualtimes

Winddirectionsover highterraintoo geostrophic

Terrainbelow Coastline

Windsinvalleysnot downscaled Sharpencoastline becauseuses12km grid

NCEPdownscalingof NAM Downscalesraw NAMmodeldataon nativegrid PoPutilizesSREF Terrainabove

Terrainmore continuousthanGFE terrain

T=2m+correction Wind=increase(less thanfreeatmosphere) T=useslapserate Usesdownscaled grid,verysharp Windsnot downscaled

Winddirectionsover highterraintoo geostrophic Windsinvalleysnot downscaled

Terrainbelow Coastline

GFS40 DownscalesGFS modeldatainAWIPS

Min/maxnottrue min/maxuses individualtimes

Windsnotdownscaled atall Tneedsrefining, containsmajorridges butoverallsmooth

Terrainabove Terrainbelow Coastline

T=freeatmosphere T=useslapserate

Winds:not downscaled Winds:not downscaled Notdownscaled from40kmgrid

GriddedMOS Landareasandwater Detailsrather Refineoverwatertoo Analyzesstation areashandled smoothoverallover broadbrush,butcoastal GFSbasedMOSonto separately waterandland boundaryissharp gridpoints Terrain Coastline RTMA Analysisof observations Notaforecast Observations Appliesregionallapse T:poorvalley rate inversions Highresolution,very sharp Terrainmore continuousthanGFE terrain Refineforlocalized lapserates

Modifiesdownscaled Badobservations field,accountingfor sometimesgetinto localfeatures theanalysis

Typicallygoodand detailedwhere observationdensityhigh Needtoremovebulls eyesaround observationswhere densitylow

Terrainabove

T=2m+correction Wind=increase(less thanfreeatmosphere) T=useslapserate Windsnot downscaled

Terrainbelow

Windsinvalleysnot downscaled

Coastlines

Usesdownscaled grid,verysharp

NAEFS&HPCmin/max RTMAcoastlinesand Detailslosesharpness Enhancedetails Tgrids terrainfeaturesoften asneeded Downscalesglobal reproduced ensemblesutilizing RTMAoverrecentdays Weatherpattern Goodresultsfor persistentpattern Adjustmentsrequired whenweatherregime changes Major adjustments neededwhen: synopticpattern shifts changeinsunny vs.cloudy changeinsoil moistureorsnow cover Largescaleair mass Adjustfor departuresfrom normal Localfeatures Amplifyregime basedlocaleffects

PRISM Climatology OnlyhasTmax,Tmin, precipamount

Doesn'taccountfor regimes upslopevs.downslope onshorevs.offshore flow Largescaleairmass warmer/colderthan climo Amplitudeoflocal featureswashedoutin climoaverages

Terrain

Elevation Slopedirection Flatvs.rugged Localdipsandpeaks Valleyinversions Proximitytocoast Typicalpositionsof marineinfluence

Coastal

Highresolution models Dynamically downscalesparent model

Realisticdepiction Scales>510 timesgridspacing marineeffects terraineffects fronts,drylines, etc.

Cannotaccurately predict Scales<510 timesgridspacing drainageflows seabreeze details

Smallscalefeatures Adjustmentsneededatscales <510timesmodelgrid spacing

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