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NPVU - Information Log 2003
16 January 2004: December 2003 QPF verification statistics of 6-hourly QPF forecast for all RFC's and the CONUS are now available.
CAUTION: QPF verification statistics may be suspect due to potential problems with gridded precipitation analyses in frozen precipitation situations. This would be particularly evident in those RFC domains in the northern part of the country.
9 January 2004: NWRFC's Data from September and October has been recovered and fixed. It is now safe to use NWRFC's and CONUS's statistics for the Warm Season, September and October.
16 December 2003: November 2003 verification statistics of 6-hourly QPF forecast for all RFC's and the CONUS are now available.
CAUTION: QPF verification statistics may be suspect due to potential problems with gridded precipitation analyses in frozen precipitation situations. This would be particularly evident in those RFC domains in the northern part of the country.
13 November 2003: October 2003 verification statistics of 6-hourly QPF forecast for all RFC's and the CONUS are now available.
NOTE: Half of NWRFC's data for October is not good. Do not use NWRFC's statistics and be cautious with the CONUS statistics as well. This data issue is being addressed and as soon as it is fixed statistics will be re-run. Sorry for any inconvenience.
CAUTION: QPF verification statistics may be suspect due to potential problems with gridded precipitation analyses in frozen precipitation situations. This would be particularly evident in those RFC domains in the northern part of the country.
10 October 2003: September 2003 verification statistics of 6-hourly QPF forecast for all RFC's and the CONUS are now available.
April 2003 - September 2003 warm season statistics are also completed.
NOTE: NWRFC's data for September is not good. Do not use NWRFC's statistics and be cautious with the CONUS statistics as well. This data issue is being addressed and as soon as it is fixed statistics will be re-run. Sorry for an inconvenience.
08 September 2003: August 2003 verification statistics of 6-hourly QPF forecast for all RFC's and the CONUS are now available.
12 August 2003: July 2003 verification statistics of 6-hourly QPF forecast for all RFC's and the CONUS are now available.
10 July 2003: June 2003 verification statistics of 6-hourly QPF forecast for all RFC's and the CONUS are now available.
10 June 2003: May 2003 verification statistics of 6-hourly QPF forecast for all RFC's and the CONUS are now available.
19 May 2003: The form which is used to retrieve the statistical graphs and text files has been rewriten to make it simpler and easier to understand. You can Click here to visit it
9 May 2003: April 2003 verification statistics of 6-hourly QPF forecast for all RFC's and the CONUS are now available.
8 May 2003: Redid the entire NPVU website so that it would conform to the standard NWS look. If you find any problems or have suggestions for new changes please
10 April 2003: March 2003 verification statistics of 6-hourly QPF forecasts for all RFCs and the CONUS are now available.
October 2002-March 2003 cold season statistics are also completed.
CAUTION: QPF verification statistics may be suspect due to potential problems with gridded precipitation analyses in frozen precipitation situations. This would be particularly evident in those RFC domains in the northern part of the country.
7 March 2003: February 2003 verification statistics of 6-hourly QPF forecasts for all RFCs and the CONUS are now available. Comparison plots are in the process of being created.
CAUTION: QPF verification statistics may be suspect due to potential problems with gridded precipitation analyses in frozen precipitation situations. This would be particularly evident in those RFC domains in the northern part of the country.
11 February 2003: January 2003 verification statistics of 6-hourly QPF forecasts for all RFCs and the CONUS are now available. Comparison plots are also posted.
CAUTION: QPF verification statistics may be suspect due to potential problems with gridded precipitation analyses in frozen precipitation situations...this would be particularly evident in those RFC domains in the northern part of the country.

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