APPENDIX B
MDSS Field Demonstration Event Summary
*Winter weather cases are highlighted
Lab
Demo
Date
Weather
System Notes
System Upgrades,
Member in
Day
Fixes and
Iowa
Refinements
1
29 Dec
No significant Weather
Demonstration began
None
2003
2
30 Dec
No significant Weather
None
3
31 Dec
No significant Weather
None
4
1 Jan
No significant Weather
None
2004
5
2 Jan
No significant Weather
None
6
3 Jan
Approaching event
None
None
7
4 Jan
Cold (teens), snow event
MDSS started the event
Ames ~1 inch
several hrs too early. Highly
Des Moines ~ 7 inches
variable snowfall totals
across demo routes.
Robert
8
5 Jan
No significant Weather
Display: Corrected
Hallowell
snow total label on
event summary
page and brine
label on history
page.
Robert
9
6 Jan
No significant weather
RCTM: Installed
Hallowell
temporary fix to
short wave
radiation field by
using only MM5
radiation data
starting with 3:15
pm update.
Robert
10
7 Jan
No significant weather
Display: Added
Hallowell
blowing snow
button to replace
dew point
selection on radio
buttons.
11
8 Jan
Light snow began at ~4 pm
Lost FSL model data
Robert
CST. Air temperatures in
starting at 6UTC to 17UTC.
Hallowell
mid twenties. Based on the
This may have impacted the
6 pm CST update, 100 lb
ability of the MDSS to fully
treatments were
capture the light snow
recommended at 7 pm CST
event.
for a small number of Ames
routes. Some Ames sites got
MDSS Missed Event
0.4 inches of snow.
12
No significant weather
Robert
Hallowell
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