F5Data/Allison House/GRL2AE- best config

[D. Hayes]

I'm doing a test run of F5Data Standard with Allison Storm Hunter package. I'm just having some debating between my ears on the best placefile setup for GRL2AE. I'm no meteorologist but I'm trying to learn with the best tools possible. F5Data is pretty extensive stuff.

What I'm looking for is a recommended setup for home for forecasting and mobile for nowcasting. I don't have any ideal where to ask since F5 and AH are pretty barren for traffic. So I figured this would be the best place to dig for people with experience on these programs.

 

[Tyler Allison]

I don't know too many people who run the F5Data integrated within GR via the AH feeds. At least not on a consistent basis. I think it's primarily because it quickly clutters up the screen with all the lines and what not.

I'd be interested to here from those that do though.

When I was using it I was only plotting a few key params. And would turn on/off for a minute or two just to check a few things during a "down" period between storms.

I believe most folks use F5Data for meso scale analysis before storm initiation and then switch to GR+AH for insitu analysis.

-Tyler

 

[John Wetter]

I have two main placefiles with F5/AH that I use in GR. One is basically an instability/tornado one and the other is shear. The instability/tornado one has SBCAPE, SBCINH, LCL, surface Td, and SPC SigTor.

The second placefile has 850 speeds, 500 speeds, 700 temp, 3km VGP.

I use the first obviously for tornado forecasting as it's nice to help analyze the surface obs some so I don't need to read all of them. Then I can choose a storm based on environmental data. For the shear placefile, it's basically just windspeeds at the levels I watch and then 700hPa temp to be on the lookout for the edge of the cap.