VISIT: Meteorological Interpretation Blog
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This blog has been developed by the Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training (VISIT) and Satellite Hydrology and Meteorology (SHyMet) programs at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) and under the direction of Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Branch (RAMMB) of NOAA/NESDIS. Find Questions and Answers Concerning Problems in Meteorology.
VISIT: Meteorological Interpretation Blog
3d ago
During March 2024, NOAA-21 was declared the primary satellite of the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS). In early April 2024, NOAA-20 (newly designated as the secondary satellite) completed its orbital shift placing NOAA-20 a half-orbit (~50 minutes) a part from ..read more
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1w ago
During mid-April 2024, unprecedented flooding occurred in the Middle East, specifically in the countries of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman. Over the course of a few days, a series of storms produced significant precipitation totals that pummeled the ..read more
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2w ago
By Sheldon Kusselson Animations: ALPW Layer Vapor Transport Percentile Ranking ..read more
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1M ago
In complement to the NOAA-20 NUCAPS soundings, National Weather Service (NWS) forecasters now have access to another set of satellite-derived soundings from the European Metop-C satellite in AWIPS-II. As of 11 March 2024, the Metop-C NUCAPS soundings are accessible via ..read more
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2M ago
Fires erupted over the Texas Panhandle during the last week of February 2024. The fires burned over 1+ million acres, where the Smokehouse Creek Fire became the largest fire in Texas state history. Videos of the fires and drone footage ..read more
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5M ago
Another atmospheric river event impacted the Pacific Northwest (PNW), earlier this week. Plumes of moisture moved into the region that led to heavy precipitation and flooding for the states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. 24-hour precipitation totals from Monday, 4 ..read more
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5M ago
As of early November 2023, the TOWR-S RPM v24 has been released for National Weather Service (NWS) users to update their local AWIPS terminals with the latest satellite data capabilities. Within the RPM v24 release, more NWS CONUS users will ..read more
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6M ago
Per NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO), the last requirement was fulfilled to declare NOAA-21 operational and as the secondary satellite of the JPSS constellation. As of 3 November 2023, the three existing JPSS satellites are now designated ..read more
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6M ago
Over the past week, fires were raging in the country of Bolivia. Numerous fires were observed by the GOES-16 geostationary satellite, and were spotted across the country. The largest fires were seen in central Bolivia, specifically located northwest of the ..read more
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8M ago
Source: JPSS River Ice and Flood Initiative call from September 19, 2023 Author: Sheldon Kusselson: Click on the image to start the video: Download Powerpoint file ..read more