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Assimilation of temperature and relative humidity observations from personal weather stations in AROME-France
Alan Demortier
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CNRM, Université de Toulouse, Météo-France, CNRS, Toulouse, France
Marc Mandement
CNRM, Université de Toulouse, Météo-France, CNRS, Toulouse, France
Vivien Pourret
CNRM, Université de Toulouse, Météo-France, CNRS, Toulouse, France
Olivier Caumont
CNRM, Université de Toulouse, Météo-France, CNRS, Toulouse, France
Direction des opérations pour la prévision, Météo-France, Toulouse, France
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The use of numerical weather prediction models enables the forecasting of hazardous weather situations. The incorporation of new temperature and relative humidity observations from personal weather stations into the French limited-area model is evaluated in this study. This leads to the improvement of the associated near-surface variables of the model during the first hours of the forecast. Examples are provided for a sea breeze case during a heatwave and a fog episode.
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