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Laboratory Exercise | Beijing 7 July 2007

The time is 1730 local

Task:
You are to make a forecast if a thunderstorm will impact the Olympic Stadium. If so when and how intense?

The forecast challenge is to decide if the squall line will reach the plains.

Rules for reaching the plains:

  • Organized echoes
  • Gust front reaches plains
  • Unstable over plains
  • Evidence of convection on plains (cumulus clouds)

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.