摘要：This study presents the real-time performance of the United States (US) National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) operational Hurricane Weather Research and Forecast (HWRF) model in predicting rapid intensification (RI) of typhoons in the North Western Pacific (WPAC) basin in 2013. Examination of all RI cases in WPAC during 2013 shows that the HWRF model captures a consistent vortex structure at the onset of all RI as seen in previous idealized studies with HWRF. However, HWRF has issues with predicting RI when the model vortex is initialized with intensity greater than hurricane strength.
