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Challenges of Forecasting in the West - NOAA

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Synoptic climatologies:• A specific type <strong>of</strong> local study• Represents a composite <strong>of</strong> a large number <strong>of</strong>cases (at least ~20)• Helps identify salient features• Must be comb<strong>in</strong>ed with phenomenologicalconceptual models to ensure correct physics anddynamics(Our example: Taku w<strong>in</strong>ds)

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