This report presents our findings from a three-year Rapid Transition Project (RTP) designed to develop and test a new environmental assessment concept in coordination with the Naval Pacific Meteorology and Oceanography Detachment, Fallon, NV, in support of the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center (NSAWC). This project leverages the current operational on-demand atmospheric mesoscale modeling system to provide the core component for an extended capability called Nowcast that extracts and ...