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FORECAST TEAM:
VISITING SCIENTISTS:
Final Day 2 Outlook Preparation Form
Assessment of SREF Output
Spring Program 2003
I. General Assessment of SREF Output in Formulation of Final Day 2 Outlook
Please refer to the scale below in completing your subjective evaluation:
0 5 10
Not Useful Moderately Useful Extremely Useful
Not Useful: Provided no new information beyond what was available from
deterministic models, or we did not know how to interpret and/or apply
the information to severe weather.
Moderately useful: Provided some new information not available from deterministic
models, and appeared to provide some helpful guidance for severe
weather forecasting.
Extremely useful: Provided much useful information not available from deterministic
models, and was directly applicable to assessing uncertainty in
severe weather forecasting.
1. Overall, how useful did you find the SREF output in assessing severe weather
potential?
(CHECKBOXES: NA 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 )
2. How useful did you find the EMC SREF output?
(CHECKBOXES: NA 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 )
3. How useful did you find the MM5 SREF output?
(CHECKBOXES: NA 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 )
4. Text Box for general comments about SREF output
(FREE TEXT BX: Add general comments)
5. How useful were the following SREF display output techniques?
a. Spaghetti Charts
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