Case #1: 20150105: Midwest (~00-17 UTC)
Case #2: 20150125-27: Northeast US (~06 UTC 26 - 06 UTC 27 Jan 2015)
Case #3: 20160122-24: Northeast US
Case #4: 20150322: Midwest (~06-21 UTC)
1 km
15 min output
first 6-12 hours considered spin-up (tossed)
24-30-h forecasts
No DA
Ensemble members created through different initial conditions, physics parameterzations, also have used NARR and CFSR for BCs (analyses, rather than forecasts)
Stage IV, CoCoRaHs, COOP sites, Metars, and HADS (http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oh/hads/WhatIsHADS.html) observations
National snowfall analysis, http://www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/nsa/, the point of contact is Greg Fall (gregory.Fall@noaa.gov)
GFS
NAM
RAP
HRRR
NDAS prepbufr files
RAP prepbufr files
Stage II?
CPC?
CCPA?
Stage IV
MRMS
ERA Interim?
NOHRSC? (new snowfall analysis)
NCEP radar mosaic data?
Cloud analyses? WWMCA?