We can chat about this next time we chat!! (sorry, haven't been able to check out the radar stuff yet, but that's definitely on my short-term list). Essentially though, this is a more storm scale report clustering. It won't pick out massive MCS-scale swaths but smaller swaths within it
November 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
We can chat about this next time we chat!! (sorry, haven't been able to check out the radar stuff yet, but that's definitely on my short-term list). Essentially though, this is a more storm scale report clustering. It won't pick out massive MCS-scale swaths but smaller swaths within it
Ooohh I haven't seen this yet, thanks for sharing this! Yes, 100%, my *only* goal with using MESH is to detect a reasonable portion of observed hail events, such that it may determine if reports were connected. As of this time, no intention of using the actual values except as a threshold!
October 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Ooohh I haven't seen this yet, thanks for sharing this! Yes, 100%, my *only* goal with using MESH is to detect a reasonable portion of observed hail events, such that it may determine if reports were connected. As of this time, no intention of using the actual values except as a threshold!
Yes! I'm hoping that even just the existence of MESH data in these rural areas (without even assessing its "expected size") could help us with the population issue. I'm currently exploring ways to incorporate these late reports, as they're obviously important!
October 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Yes! I'm hoping that even just the existence of MESH data in these rural areas (without even assessing its "expected size") could help us with the population issue. I'm currently exploring ways to incorporate these late reports, as they're obviously important!
It's possible! I think the biggest issue here though is that the threshold I use for swath-detection (0.75") is simply too high to capture many events (especially in the cool season Oct-Feb). I'm exploring something as simple as using a variable threshold by month to capture these.
October 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
It's possible! I think the biggest issue here though is that the threshold I use for swath-detection (0.75") is simply too high to capture many events (especially in the cool season Oct-Feb). I'm exploring something as simple as using a variable threshold by month to capture these.
I agree wholeheartedly. My near-term goal is to simply get to a point where I have a reasonably high detection rate and MESH swath for each observed hail event, and will *not* be using actual MESH values for any analysis except for fun. Just for object detection!
October 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I agree wholeheartedly. My near-term goal is to simply get to a point where I have a reasonably high detection rate and MESH swath for each observed hail event, and will *not* be using actual MESH values for any analysis except for fun. Just for object detection!