This data void leads to a relatively poor depiction of the initial conditions for the model simulations over the marine areas, which provide the primary forcing for this event. Work with the Air Force under a separately funded project may provide for a more appropriate SST initialization. The simulations indicate that the coastal wind event occurred in association with a shallow propagating mesoscale feature ahead of the main cyclone which begins as a wind shift line. Further investigation into this event is anticipated to occur in the future. The following conference preprints relate to this work.
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Preprints, 14th Conf. Explicit forecasting of supercooled liquid water in winter storms using a mesoscale model. Towards the improvement of aircraft-icing forecasts for the continental United States.