Abstract
Abstract. The Valencia region, on the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula, is an area prone to torrential rains, especially the north of Alicante province and the south of Valencia province. In October 2007, a torrential rain event with accumulated rainfall values exceeding 400 mm in less than 24 h affected the aforementioned areas, producing flash floods that caused extensive economic losses and human casualties. Several simulations of this rain event have been performed with the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS) to test the influence of the different convective parameterization scheme implemented in the model on the precipitation forecast.
Highlights
Torrential rains and flash-floods are common in the Western Mediterranean, occurring mostly from late summer to autumn
A better understanding and a proper forecasting of these events is an important issue in Mediterranean meteorology. Numerous efforts addressing this problem from different points of view have been made during recent years, ranging from the study of trends in both the number of torrential events and their precipitation (Alpert et al, 2002; Penarrocha et al, 2002; Millan et al, 2005) to the study of the favourable atmospheric envi
Numerous efforts have been devoted to different aspects and sensitivities of the numerical modelling of such torrential rain events (Bresson et al, 2009; Federico et al, 2008, Pastor et al, 2001; Lebeaupin et al, 2006, 2009; Miglietta and Regano, 2008)
Summary
Torrential rains and flash-floods are common in the Western Mediterranean, occurring mostly from late summer to autumn These heavy rain events can cause high economic losses and, sometimes, human casualties. A better understanding and a proper forecasting of these events is an important issue in Mediterranean meteorology Numerous efforts addressing this problem from different points of view have been made during recent years, ranging from the study of trends in both the number of torrential events and their precipitation (Alpert et al, 2002; Penarrocha et al, 2002; Millan et al, 2005) to the study of the favourable atmospheric envi-. The authors investigate the effects of the different convective parameterization schemes implemented in RAMS model on precipitation forecasts. This is done by means of high-resolution simulations of the October 2007 rain event
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