Intro Radar Workshop

GR (Gibson Ridge)

• Grlevelx.com• Good for current radar or looking at old

images

Polling

• File / configure polling / add• Then place this URL in the box that opens uphttp://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/data/nexrd2/raw/• Then File/ start polling (or click the computer

with the world behind it)

Products• BR (base reflectivity)• BV (base velocity)• SRV (storm relative velocity)• SW (spectrum width)• ET ( echo tops)• VIL ( vertically integrated liquid)• VILD (vertically integrated liquid density)• POSH (probability of severe size hail)• MEHS ( maximum estimated hail size)• NROT ( rotation )

Other things with GR

• Tilts• Warning boxes• Smoothing• Tornado, hail, meso icons• Calculating storm motion• Changing radars• Panel modes

2D and 3D scans

• 2Dclick cross section mode drag mouse from one place to other going through the storm

• 3Dclick 3D box at top, drag a box from the center outward to make a 3D scan

Other things with GR

• Satellite• Watch boxes• Spotter Net• Surface obs• Mesos discussions• Roads• Color tables / 3D volume tables• http://grlevelxstuff.com/• http://www.justingehrts.com/AE_mteor/

Looking at old cases

• Iowa Mesonet • Texas Mesonet http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/archive/

TBSS(Three Body Scatter Spike)

BWER

Tornados

Tornados (cont.)

Wind

Hail