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Laboratory Exercise | Beijing 01 Aug 2007

Practice Nowcasting for Beijing Olympics

The time is 1900 local

You are to forecast where you think most of the storm initiation will take place in the next hour and when might Beijing City receive heavy rain.

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.

  • Beijing radar reflectivity time lapse

  • Beijing radar Doppler Velocity time lapse