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GOAL: Provide operational forecasters with convective initiation decision support products Offers up to a 45 minute lead-time on 35+ dBZ radar echoes. University of Wisconsin Convective Initiation (UWCI) Decision Support Algorithm. Example from June 17, 2009. Author(s): Justin Sieglaff
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GOAL: Provide operational forecasters with convective initiation decision support products Offers up to a 45 minute lead-time on 35+ dBZ radar echoes University of Wisconsin Convective Initiation (UWCI) Decision Support Algorithm Example from June 17, 2009 Author(s): Justin Sieglaff Lee Cronce Kris Bedka Wayne Feltz Mike Pavolonis First UWCI signal at 1545 UTC Severe storm at 1732 UTC