tutorial Thank You Support for MET is provided by the Developmental Testbed Center (DTC), NOAA and the Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA).Thank You The Verification Advisory Panel

– Set of verification tools for evaluating forecasts via • standard statistics • object-based methods • scale decompositions • Why? – Make verifiying easy. – Encourage verification. – Promote consistency across users. • How? – A (unix like) package of software tools and scripts. – Community contributed methods, graphics, etc. Student Introductions • Name • AffiliationShow of hands Who has used WRF? Who has used MET