During the afternoon one of the forecast groups typically works on the day 3 – 5 forecast, also today:
This week Helge Tuschy from DWD (standing in front of the screen, also active on ESTOFEX) supports the ESSL team at the testbed in steering one of the forecast groups.
Example for a day 5 forecast (issued on Tue last week):
Day 5 forecast with verification (lighning density in blue, ESWD severe weather reports: symbols). The southeastern severe weather area verified quite well, while hailstorms over northern Spain were not forecast 5 days in advance.
