Open AccessPoorly forecast trough disruption shown in water vapour images
Author(s) -
Carroll E B
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
meteorological applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1469-8080
pISSN - 1350-4827
DOI - 10.1017/s1350482797000534
Subject(s) - trough (economics) , water vapor , meteorology , environmental science , climatology , geology , geography , economics , macroeconomics
A poor forecast of an ex‐tropical depression over the UK is examined. The water vapour imagery presented strongly implied an evolution diverging from the operational NWP forecast; it is suggested that such image sequences can be used to monitor upper level flow evolution for early warning of trough disruption. Copyright © 1997 Royal Meteorological Society