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111 GLM HSV, Sept 2012 Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration The WRF Lightning Forecast Algorithm: An Update Photo, David Blankenship Guntersville, Alabama E. W. McCaul, Jr. 1 J. Case 2, F. Kong 3, S. Dembek 1, S. Goodman 4, D. Cecil 5, S. Weiss 6 1: USRA; 2: ENSCO, NASA SPoRT; 3: OU CAPS; 4: NOAA NESDIS; 5: NASA MSFC; 6: NOAA SPC GLM Meeting Sept 2012

222 GLM HSV, Sept 2012 Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration LFA Objectives Given LTG link to large ice, and a cloud-scale model like WRF, which prognoses hydrometeors, LFA seeks to: 1.Create WRF forecasts of LTG threat (1-36 h), based on simple proxy fields from explicitly simulated convection 2.Construct an empirically calibrated threat that yields accurate quantitative peak flash rate densities for the strongest storms, based on LMA total LTG observations 3. Provide an affordable yet robust algorithm for use in making gridded proxy LTG data, and for potential uses with DA, without need for full electrification scheme

333 GLM HSV, Sept 2012 Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration WRF Configuration (LFA study) Prototypical Original Case 2-km horizontal grid mesh 51 vertical sigma levels Dynamics and physics: –Eulerian mass core –Dudhia SW radiation –RRTM LW radiation –YSU PBL scheme –Noah LSM –WSM 6-class microphysics scheme (graupel; no hail) 8h forecast initialized at 00 UTC with AWIP212 NCEP EDAS analysis; Also used METAR, ACARS, and WSR- 88D radial vel at 00 UTC; Eta 3-h forecasts used for LBCs

444 GLM HSV, Sept 2012 Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration WRF Configuration (NSSL) Typical Operational Case 4-km horizontal grid mesh 35 vertical sigma levels Dynamics and physics: –Eulerian mass core –Dudhia SW radiation –RRTM LW radiation –MYJ PBL scheme –Noah LSM –WSM 6-class microphysics scheme (graupel; no hail) 36h forecast initialized at 00 UTC with AWIP212 NCEP EDAS analysis on 40 km grid; 0-36-h NAM forecasts used for LBCs

555 GLM HSV, Sept 2012 Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration Sample of NSSL LFA output, (see

666 GLM HSV, Sept 2012 Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration NSSL WRF data: 24 April 2010

777 GLM HSV, Sept 2012 Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration Obs, NSSL WRF data: 25 April 2010

888 GLM HSV, Sept 2012 Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration Scatterplot of selected NSSL WRF output for LTG1, LTG2 (internal consistency check) Threats 1, 2 should cluster along diagonal; deviation at high flash rates indicates need to check calibration

999 GLM HSV, Sept 2012 Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration Year-1 LFA studies, NSSL WRF, : (examined to test robustness in larger sample of model runs) 1. Obtained NSSL WRF daily output for full for three regions: HUN, OUN, USA 2. HUN region examined (preliminary) 3. OUN, USA regions to be examined soon 4. Metric used in statistics scoring: did LTG occur in WRF LFA and/or in LMA obs, within the regions, in 4-24 h periods? 5. Preliminary inspection of results shows: -frequent spurious activation of LFA in wintertime stratiform -occasional divergent LTG1, LTG2 values in high FRD cases, with LTG1 always > LTG2 (should be equal) 6. Thus: need to reevaluate LFA for very low, very high FRDs

10 GLM HSV, Sept 2012 Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration Year-1 LFA studies, NSSL WRF, : (examined to test robustness in larger sample of model runs) Preliminary findings for winter weather, JFMD2010,JFM HUN region examined only (others to be examined later) 2. First findings, for winter weather (very low FRDs): - LFA produces 77 d of false alarms from LTG2 - LFA gives only 40 d of false alarms from LTG1 - no TSSN hits in HUN 2010; one in Jan 2011 (LTG1,LTG2) - if require LTG1>0.01, could reduce winter FA days by ~50% - if require LTG1>1.5, reduce FA days from 40 to 6 (85%) - use of LTG1 threshold too large might adversely affect deep convection; 3 of 6 FA events are for sleet, and these kinds of FA are impractical to eradicate

11 GLM HSV, Sept 2012 Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration Year-1 LFA studies, NSSL WRF, : Contingency table findings for HUN winter stratiform weather format: n(JFMD2010) + n(JFM2011) = total uses LTG1 threshold = 0.01 fl km -2 /(5 min) hit days | false alarm days | = 1 | = 40 | miss days | true null days | = 0 | = 118 |

12 GLM HSV, Sept 2012 Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration Year-1 LFA studies, NSSL WRF, : Contingency table findings for HUN winter stratiform weather format: n(JFMD2010) + n(JFM2011) = total uses LTG1 threshold = 1.50 fl km -2 /(5 min) hit days | false alarm days | = 1 | = 6 | miss days | true null days | = 0 | = 152 |

13 GLM HSV, Sept 2012 Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration Year-1 LFA studies, NSSL WRF, : Contingency table findings for HUN winter stratiform weather (HUN area: : LTG1>1.50: POD = 1.00 POD = 1.00 FAR = 0.98 FAR = 0.86 CSI = 0.02 CSI = 0.14 BIAS = 41.0 BIAS = 7.0 TSS = 0.75 TSS = 0.96 HSS = 0.04 HSS = 0.24 Increasing the LTG1 threshold helps, but rarity of hits a problem

14 GLM HSV, Sept 2012 Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration Year-1 LFA studies, NSSL WRF, : (examined to test robustness in larger sample of model runs) Preliminary findings for convective weather, JJA HUN region examined only (others to be examined later) 2. First findings, for convective weather in HUN region, regarding general statistical behavior of LFA: - WRF has spinup problems in hours 0-4; exclude them - To eliminate double-counting, exclude WRF data after 24h - WRF output missing on 3 of 184 days in JJA WRF predicts LTG in HUN for all 181 days in JJA LMA observes LTG in HUN for 169 days in JJA LFA produces only 11 d of false alarms (FAR=0.07) - LFA produces zero false null (miss) days (POD=1.00) - LFA has more false alarm days in transitional months

15 GLM HSV, Sept 2012 Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration Year-1 LFA studies, NSSL WRF, : Contingency table findings for HUN convective weather format: n(JJA2010) + n(JJA2011) = total uses LTG1 threshold = 0.01 fl km -2 /(5 min) hit days | false alarm days | = 169 | = 11 | miss days | true null days | = 0 | = 1 |

16 GLM HSV, Sept 2012 Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration Year-1 LFA studies, NSSL WRF, : Contingency table findings for HUN convective weather format: n(JJA2010) + n(JJA2011) = total uses LTG1 threshold = 1.50 fl km -2 /(5 min) hit days | false alarm days | = 169 | = 9 | miss days | true null days | = 0 | = 3 |

17 GLM HSV, Sept 2012 Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration Year-1 LFA studies, NSSL WRF, : Contingency table findings for HUN convective weather (HUN area: : LTG1>1.50: POD = 1.00 POD = 1.00 FAR = 0.07 FAR = 0.05 CSI = 0.94 CSI = 0.95 BIAS = 1.07 BIAS = 1.05 TSS = 0.08 TSS = 0.25 HSS = 0.15 HSS = 0.38 Increasing the LTG1 threshold helps, but rarity of nulls a problem

18 GLM HSV, Sept 2012 Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration Year-1 LFA studies, NSSL WRF, : Contingency table findings for HUN Springtime weather (HUN area: : LTG1>1.50: POD = 1.00 POD = 1.00 FAR = 0.28 FAR = 0.21 CSI = 0.72 CSI = 0.79 BIAS = 1.39 BIAS = 1.27 TSS = 0.42 TSS = 0.60 HSS = 0.46 HSS = 0.65 Increasing the LTG1 threshold helps, but scores already good

19 GLM HSV, Sept 2012 Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration Convective regimes - predictability: 1. Supercell cases well handled quantitatively by LFA; 2. Multicell cases are predicted by LFA, but handled less well quantitatively; 3. LFA seems to provide best results for convective regimes that are most predictable; 4. LFA relies heavily on accurate forecasts of midlevel w; WRF seems to have difficulty in unsheared, multicell regimes, where it may not always represent midlevel updraft speeds accurately; 5. LTG rates are to some extent proxies for midlevel updraft; thus real-time comparison of LFA FRD with LMA FRD says something about realism of WRF forecasts of storm w.

20 GLM HSV, Sept 2012 Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration NALMA, LFA Scatterplots by regime:

21 GLM HSV, Sept 2012 Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration CAPS 2011 Experiments Model IC (arw_cn+) BC micro LSM PBL S4cn +00zARPSa 00zNAMf Thompson Noah MYJ S4m4 +em-p1 pert 21zSREF em-p1 Morrison RUC YSU S4m5 +em-p2 pert 21zSREF em-p2 Thompson Noah QNSE S4m6 +nmm-p1 pert 21zSREF nmm-p1 WSM6 RUC QNSE S4m7 +nmm-p2 pert 21zSREF nmm-p2 WDM6 Noah MYNN S4m8 +rsm-n1 pert 21zSREF rsm-n1 Ferrier RUC YSU S4m9 +eKF-n1 pert 21zSREF eKF-n1 Ferrier Noah YSU S4m10 +eKF-p1 pert 21zSREF eKF-p1 WDM6 Noah QNSE S4m11 +eBMJ-n1 prt 21zSREF eBMJ-n1 WSM6 RUC MYNN S4m12 +eBMJ-p1 prt 21zSREF eBMJ-p1 Thompson RUC MYNN S4m13 +rsm-p1 pert 21zSREF rsm-p1 M-Y Noah MYJ S4m14 +em-n1 pert 21zSREF em-n1 Ferrier+ Noah YSU S4m15 +em-n2 pert 21zSREF em-n2 WSM6 Noah MYNN S4m16 +nmm-n1 pert 21zSREF nmm-n1 Ferrier+ Noah QNSE S4m17 +nmm-n2 pert 21zSREF nmm-n2 Thompson Noah ACM2 S4m18 +rsm-p2 pert 21zSREF rsm-p2 WSM6 Noah MYJ S4m19 +rsm-n1 pert 21zSREF rsm-n1 M-Y Noah MYJ S4m20 +rsm-n2 pert 21zSREF rsm-n2 M-Y RUC ACM2

22 GLM HSV, Sept 2012 Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration CAPS 2011 results Mean, range, SD vs. LTG1, all stormy hours Variations are large for weak lightning, in a relative sense Variations slowly Increase as LTG increases

23 GLM HSV, Sept 2012 Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration CAPS 2011 results Mean, range, SD vs. LTG1, x = expt 18, WSM6 CAPS 2011 had four WSM6 expts Mean relative to overall avg = 1.09

24 GLM HSV, Sept 2012 Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration CAPS 2011 results Mean, range, SD vs. LTG1, x = expt 7, WDM6 CAPS 2011 had two WDM6 expts Mean relative to Overall avg = 1.57

25 GLM HSV, Sept 2012 Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration CAPS 2011 results Mean, range, SD vs. LTG1, x = expt 17, Thompson CAPS 2011 had three Thompson expts Mean relative to overall avg = 0.67

26 GLM HSV, Sept 2012 Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration

27 GLM HSV, Sept 2012 Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration Future Work: 1. Continue collaborations with NSSL, CAPS, HRRR, AWC to implement, test revised LFA; 2. Complete study of LMA cases from 2010, 2011 NSSL and 2011 CAPS WRF runs; examine 2012 data (in progress); 3. Evaluate revised LFA for 2012 low-FRD, high-FRD cases; use NALMA, OKLMA as needed; check accuracy of LFA areal coverage; 4. Study performance of revised LFA in CAPS ensembles under varying model configurations; perform custom recalibration of LFA for WRF with Thompson 2-moment microphysics; 5. Assess LFA for dry summer LTG storms in w USA; 6. Examine HWRF runs (by others) to assess LFA in TCs; 7. Assist efforts to use LFA output in LTG DA for GOES-R

28 GLM HSV, Sept 2012 Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration Acknowledgments: This research was first funded by the NASA Science Mission Directorate’s Earth Science Division in support of the Short-term Prediction and Research Transition (SPoRT) project at Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, and more recently by the NOAA GOES-R R3 Program. Thanks to Mark DeMaria, Ingrid Guch, and also Gary Jedlovec, Rich Blakeslee, and Bill Koshak (NASA), for ongoing support of this research. Thanks also to Paul Krehbiel, NMT, Bill Koshak, NASA, Walt Petersen, NASA, for helpful discussions. For published paper, see: McCaul, E. W., Jr., S. J. Goodman, K. LaCasse and D. Cecil, 2009: Forecasting lightning threat using cloud-resolving model simulations. Wea. Forecasting, 24,