Use of Ensemble Forecast Robert Mureau KNMI Marco Nolet Reading 16 june 2005
Content Simple EPS verification First guess 5 day forecast New EPS plume product
Simple verification T2m (T00/T12) Ensemble mean Oper Forecaster
Winters 97-04
Summers
T T+132
T T+144
T00 T+228
T12 T+240
Day 5 Tmin dec
Day 5 Tmax Dec Marco Nolet
Tmax
Conclusions verification part No real trends in rms Bias control and ens mean are similar Gap opens at day 3 ? Ensemble mean best deterministic value for money (but very safe)
First guess 5 day forecast
First Guess Table First guess 5 day forecast ( including error margins ) Probabilities of events Special link with probabilities of severe weather events Table internet table
New EPS plot layout