ABSTRACT: The morning transition is the period when the planetary boundary layer (PBL) transitions from stable to unstable conditions. It is critical that numerical weather prediction (NWP) models sufficiently represent the various forcings that contribute to the PBL heat and moisture budgets during the morning transition, as they impact forecasts of air quality, turbulence, aerosol dispersion,…
Advanced undergraduate and graduate students of meteorology should read this textbook as a practical guidance in understanding weather forecasting especially for operational needs. This textbook discuss about the nature of weather forecasting problem, observation data transmission and processing, basic principles of NWP models, designing operational NWP systems, the role of human forecaster, lo…