Case Study

A test case called "boston" has been prepared for this tutorial. This case focuses on the snow storm of 23-24 January 2005 that impacted the northeast coast of the U.S. The test case specifications are:

- horizontal grid spacing: 15 km

- horzontal grid dimensions: 56 x 92

- number of vertical levels: 38

- longitude: 71.00 W

- latitude: 42.00 N

- NAM input data: forecast cycle 2005012300 with output every 3 hours out to 24 hours; maximum run hour is 24 hours.

The domain for this case study is bounded by the yellow box below.