Traditional ways to forecast precipitation type

• 1000-500 thickness

  • will not resolve thin warm layers
    • warm boundary layer temperature or a warm layer above the surface

• 1000-850 and 850-700 mb partial thickness methods

  • better, but still may miss a very thin warm layer

• soundings and forecast soundings

  • the best method

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