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<\/a><\/p>\nOur forecasts were consistent in expecting supercell thunderstorms over S Germany and W Czech Republic. We also predict organized line of storms (along the cold front) approaching Benelux and NW Germany in the evening hours. Participants were also very active in preparing and analyzing recent surface observational data. Forecasts were presented on the teleconferencing session by Susanne Theis (DWD) and Anna Wozniak (IMGW).<\/p>\n
<\/a>Team A working on the forecast<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Team B working on the forecast<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Anna Wozniak<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Susanne Theis<\/p><\/div>\n
Very interesting lecture of the day was given by Tomas Pucik, who presented his current research on sounding-derived parameters and their use in forecasting particular severe weather phenomena (tornado, large hail, severe wind gusts, heavy precipitation) associated with thunderstorms.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Tomas Pucik<\/p><\/div>\n
Looking forward for the severe weather during the next week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Thunderstorms in Europe during the 1st ESSLTestbed week were not very active in producing severe weather phenomena. However, we were able to predict\u00a0 few waterspout, large hail and heavy rain cases, mainly in the SE and E Europe. In the … Continue reading