用机器学习提升短时强天气预警精度,提前2-6小时预测龙卷风等灾害概率。
Developing Machine Learning-Based Watch-to-Warning Severe Weather Guidance from the Warn-on-Forecast System
- 基于WoFS系统输出,用梯度提升树和U-Net模型预测未来2-6小时强天气发生概率。
- HGBT和U-Net均优于传统方法,在高概率阈值下表现更优,其中U-Net可预测至100%概率。
- 适合气象预报员、灾害应急部门使用,尤其在极端天气临近时提供精准参考。
尽管机器学习对对流允许模式(CAM)输出进行后处理在极短时效(0-3小时)内预测强天气(大冰雹、强风、龙卷风)已显成效,但其在稍长预报窗口的应用仍较少被探索。本研究开发并评估了一种基于网格的机器学习框架,利用预警预报系统(WoFS)输出,预测未来2-6小时内每个位置出现强天气灾害(龙卷风、强风或大冰雹)的概率,覆盖范围为36公里内。数据来自2019–2023年美国国家海洋与大气管理局灾害性天气测试床春季预报实验中108天的WoFS集合预报,每5分钟更新一次,最长预报至6小时。训练了梯度提升树(HGBT)和深度学习U-Net模型,生成类似风暴预测中心展望图的客观概率产品。与基于2-5公里上升气流螺旋度校准的基准模型相比,两者均表现更优,尤其在高概率阈值下。其中HGBT性能最佳,但预测概率上限为60%;而U-Net可扩展至100%。与以往研究一致,U-Net的空间平滑性优于树模型。结果进一步证实了机器学习对CAM后处理在短时强天气预警中的有效性。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
While machine learning (ML) post-processing of convection-allowing model (CAM) output for severe weather hazards (large hail, damaging winds, and/or tornadoes) has shown promise for very short lead times (0-3 hours), its application to slightly longer forecast windows remains relatively underexplored. In this study, we develop and evaluate a grid-based ML framework to predict the probability of severe weather hazards over the next 2-6 hours using forecast output from the Warn-on-Forecast System (WoFS). Our dataset includes WoFS ensemble forecasts valid every 5 minutes out to 6 hours from 108 days during the 2019--2023 NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Forecasting Experiments. We train ML models to generate probabilistic forecasts of severe weather akin to Storm Prediction Center outlooks (i.e., likelihood of a tornado, severe wind, or severe hail event within 36 km of each point). We compare a histogram gradient-boosted tree (HGBT) model and a deep learning U-Net approach against a carefully calibrated baseline generated from 2-5 km updraft helicity. Results indicate that the HGBT and U-Net outperform the baseline, particularly at higher probability thresholds. The HGBT achieves the best performance metrics, but predicted probabilities cap at 60% while the U-net forecasts extend to 100%. Similar to previous studies, the U-Net produces spatially smoother guidance than the tree-based method. These findings add to the growing evidence of the effectiveness of ML-based CAM post-processing for providing short-term severe weather guidance.
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