Ensemble Cloud Model Applications to Forecasting Thunderstorms
or
On the Resilience of Numerical Cloud Models in the Face of Abusive Assumptions

COMMAS Output

Run model out 2 hrs
- Ignore first 30 min
Min and max within domain for certain variables provided every ~ 1 min
Retain and analyze
- Maximum vertical velocity in domain (w)
- Mid-level vertical vorticity/vertical velocity correlation
Use a threshold to define cell beginning and end