
Laboratory Exercise | Beijing 01 Aug 2007
Practice Nowcasting for Beijing Olympics
Task:
You are to provide nowcasts for thunderstorms that may impact the Beijing area.
You will be asked to make forecast at 4 different times during the day.
You will be provided synoptic maps, soundings, surface stations, radar, satellite and numerical model forecasts at appropriate times.
Ready to Begin?
The time is 1400 local (06 UTC)
You are to make a forecast if a thunderstorm will impact Beijing during the next 6 hours.
Data Sets
Click on the data sets below to help develop your nowcast. When you are ready to make your nowcast, answer the questions on the right or on your supplied worksheet.