
Laboratory Exercise | Beijing Olympics 14 Aug 2008
Nowcasting for the Beijing Olympic venues
Task:
You are to provide nowcasts for thunderstorms that may impact the Olympic venues.
You will be asked to make forecast at 3 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 1000 local (02 UTC)
You are to make a forecast if a thunderstorm will impact the Olympic venues 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.