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Laboratory Exercise | Sydney Olympics 25 Sep 2000

Nowcasting the Time of Precipitation by Radar Echo Extrapolation

Task:
You are to Nowcast the starting time of rainfall at the radar and the Olympic stadium locations (displayed on the image at right) for a case from Sydney Australia on 25 September 2000 during the Olympic Games.

Your only information is two hours of time lapse images of radar reflectivity.

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.