Forecasting QPF
Must determine
- Where
- When
- How Much rainfall will occur
Must undersand the processes that determine the size, scale and intensity of an area of precipitation
- (synoptic, mesoscale, and even microscale meteorology)
- Must ..Possess Good Pattern Recognition Skills and understand what gives the pattern the potential to produce signficant rainfall
- Must Possess a working Knowledge of
Understand numerical models
- especially model biases and why they occur
These are gained through experience and research