Publisher's Synopsis
The 45 Weather Squadron (WS) is tasked with providing several convective wind warnings in support of the U. S. Space Program. The forecasters use a radar-based forecast technique to determine if a thunderstorm has the potential to produce a gust that meets warning criteria. This technique, the Echo Top/Vertically Integrated Liquid Wind Gust Potential (ET/VIL WGP), has not previously been evaluated for use in the Cape Canaveral Air Station and Kennedy Space Center (CCAS/KSC) locale. Additionally, there are two other radar-based forecast techniques that required evaluation for possible inclusion into the 45 WS forecast process. These are the Maximum Reflectivity/ Height of Maximum Reflectivity (d/H) Wind Gust Potential and the Storm Top/Vertically Integrated Liquid (ST/VIL) Wind Gust Potential techniques. Radar data from 15 pulse-type storms that occurred in the CCAS/KSC locale were collected.
