Dangerous Heat and Heavy Rainfall into the Weekend

Hot temperatures and high humidity are forecast to continue across the mid-Mississippi Valley into this weekend. Heat Advisories remain in effect. Heavy to excessive rainfall occurring at times through the weekend could bring areas of flooding to parts of the northern Rockies, upper Midwest, central Great Lakes, and southern New England. Read More >

WFO Columbia (CAE) Local Research

Local Publications:

Local Probability of Severe Hail Equations for the WFO Columbia, SC County Warning Area Anthony Petrolito, Hunter Coleman, and Richard Linton- Eastern Region Technical Attachment No. 2012-01- April 2012

The Significant Hail Event over the Pee Dee Region of South Carolina on 9 April 2011 Hunter Coleman and Mike Cammarata - National Weather Association Annual Meeting - October 2011

The Importance of Considering Snow to Liquid Ratio During the Forecast Process Hunter Coleman - National Weather Association Newsletter - March 2011

The 12-13 February 2010 Snowstorm: The Importance of Considering Snow to Liquid Ratio During the Forecast Process Hunter Coleman, Jeff Linton, Leonard Vaughn and Michael Cammarata - National Weather Association Annual Meeting - October 2010

A case study of the 15 March 2008 South Carolina supercell outbreak David Glenn, Hunter Coleman, Anthony Petrolito and Michael Cammarata - Severe Local Storms Conference -October 2008
Anticipating Pulse Severe Thunderstorms Using The WSR-88D All-Tilts Display: A Case Study Daniel Miller and Anthony Petrolito- Eastern Region Technical Attachment No. 2008-02-February 2008

The January 2-3 2002 Winter Storm Across Central South Carolina and East Central Georgia Anthony W. Petrolito - Eastern Region Technical Attachment No. 2005-02 - September 2005

Doppler Radar and Lightning Network Observations of a Severe Outbreak of Tropical Cyclone Tornadoes. Eugene W. McCaul Jr., D. E. Buechler, S. J. Goodman, and Michael Cammarata - Monthly Weather Review - July 2004

Severe Weather Climatology For The Columbia, SC WFO County Warning Area Leonard Vaughn - NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS ER-97 - September 2003

Locally Generated Model Output Statistics at WFO Columbia, South Carolina Anthony W. Petrolito and Jeffrey D. Barlow - Eastern Region Technical Attachment No. 2002-02 - May 2002

A Probability of Precipitation Equation for Columbia, South Carolina Derived from Logistic Regression Harry Gerapetritis - Eastern Region Technical Attachment No. 99-1 - February 1999

A Local Large Hail Probability Equation For Columbia, SC Mark DeLisi - Eastern Region Technical Attachment No. 98-6 - August 1998

Stratification and Mixed Model MOS Techniques to Predict Maximum Temperatures at Columbia, SC Mark DeLisi - Eastern Region Technical Attachment - No. 98-4 - June 1998

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