Track, intensity and few dynamical aspects of ‘AILA’ as simulated by operational NWP model of the IAF

Abstract

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An attempt has been made in this study to analyse the efficacy of operational NWP Model of the IAF in predicting the track, intensity, landfall and few dynamical aspects of ‘AILA’ a Severe Cyclonic Storm that formed over the Bay of Bengal and affected West Bengal during May 2009. Model runs were done with and without employment of cumulus parameterisation scheme in the finer domain of 6 km. The forecasts of D-1 were relatively better and more realistic in comparison to the one generated on D-2, in both sets of experiment, respectively. Patterns with cumulus parameterisation produced delayed convection but with finer details in comparison to the patterns generated without it. Maximum radar reflectivity without using cumulus parameterisation scheme in the finer domain of 6 km, compared well with the actual reflectivity of Kolkata DWR both in time and space.