A NUMBER OF AVN/MRF PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS HAVE CHANGED IN THE PAST YEAR.
THE AVN/MRF NO LONGER APPEARS TO UNDERPREDICT PRECIPITATION DURING THE WARM SEASON, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGHER AMOUNTS.
THE AVN/MRF NO LONGER “OFTEN UNDERPREDICTS SURFACE LOWS, ESPECIALLY OVER OCEANS”
ISOLATED EXATURATED PRECIPITATION “BULLSEYES” HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM, ESPECIALLY DURING THE WARM SEASON.
LIKELY DUE TO LESS BAROCLINICITY & SLOW SPEED OF SYSTEMS