Science AMA Series : Hi Reddit, we’re Harold Brooks, Adam Clark, Kim
Klockow and Patrick Marsh, NOAA scientists in Norman, Oklahoma. We’re
here to answer your questions on severe weather research and
forecasting. Ask us anything!
Abstract
Severe weather touches every state in the U.S. Tornadoes, severe
thunderstorms, hail, strong winds and floods are real threats to our
property and our lives. NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed works to
understand and predict severe weather to help everyone be prepared. We
work in the National Weather Center in Norman, Oklahoma, which houses
scientists from a variety of organizations, including NOAA’s National
Severe Storm Laboratory (NSSL) and Storm Prediction Center, as well as
the University of Oklahoma Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale
Meteorological Studies. Spring has arrived and with it come efforts to
study and learn to better predict severe weather like tornadoes.
Hazardous Weather Testbed and VORTEX-SE (Verification of the Origins of
Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment-Southeast), which are designed to learn
more about storms, help improve our abilities and bring you better
forecasts. We are ready to answer your questions today from 10 a.m. to
12 p.m. about all of it, so ask us anything!