EUMeTrain: Nowcasting CAL Module - Basic Nowcasting

Fog/Stratus

"For a clarification of the question whether the cloud area over Hungary is for or not let's let's look at the meteorological measurements!"

The meteorological measurements support the idea gained from satellite images as there are fog and icing reports in the black area ("Black Fog") and reports of clear sky in the grey area around.
 

"As in the examples before, fill the table below. It shall give you indication what can be extracted with which certainty from this basic satellite material for Fog and Stratus."

  Answer Possible No answer possible, but some hints No answer possible
Certainty of Fog Detection
Formation/Dissolution of Fog/Stratus
Arrival time of advected Fog/Stratus
Low/High/Multilevel cloud
Arrival time ofareas with drizzle/icing

"I've really learned a lot now!"