• TPV genesis and decay regions
• WRF domains used in study
• Visualization of tropopause maps
• Case 1: July 1-7 Full physics
• Comparison with radiosondes
• WRF simulated precipitation

Comparison with dry simulation

• Tropopause theta track and time series comparsions

The search for another case

• Case #2: Alaska --- GFS analysis
• WRF tropopause theta initialized 11/05/2004 00 UTC
• How did WRF do? Forecast verifications
• Possible Case #3?