Texas/New Mexico Blowing Dust on 24 March 2024
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by Bill Line
1d ago
An upper trough digging far south to near the US/Mexico border brought strong winds to a broad region, resulting in widespread blowing dust. Winds gusts in excess of 50 mph were reported at many stations across eastern New Mexico and west Texas. GOES-East Water Vapor imagery and RAP analysis captured the evolution of the storm ..read more
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Virginia/WV Wildfires
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by Bill Line
3d ago
Several large wildfires developed near the Virginia/West Virginia border by mid-March. These fires, collectively, became known as the “North Zone Complex”. A few of the largest fires of the complex included the Waterfall Mountain/Shenandoah Forest/211 Fire (>6200 acres), the Waites Run Fire (>4300 acres), and the Capon/Brush Run Fire (>2600 acres). Based off of GOES ..read more
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Powerful Low Pressure System Traverses the North Pacific
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by Christopher Smith (CISESS)
2w ago
This Satellite Liaison Blog will show examples of imagery, surface maps, and ASCAT and altimeter measurements as a strong low pressure system traversed the North Pacific from 7 March 2024 to 8 March 2024. On Thursday, 7 March 2024, a rapidly intensifying extratropical cyclone made its way into the western Pacific causing hurricane force winds ..read more
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27 Feb 2024 Satellite Imagery of Fires, Thunderstorms, and Dust
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by Bill Line
1M ago
A potent shortwave traversing the central US within the northern stream in combination with an impressive southern stream brought strong winds to the south and severe thunderstorms to the north on 27 Feb 2024. Water vapor imagery with RAP analysis fields reveal the trough’s progression, from the eastern Rockies at the start of the animation ..read more
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Tracking Widespread Fog with Satellite Imagery on 1/24/2024
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by Bill Line
2M ago
Widespread fog developing across the central US during the night of 23-24 Jan 2024 prompted the issuance of Dense Fog Advisories by dozens of NWS offices (Fig 1). GOES-East multispectral satellite imagery captured the evolution of the low clouds and fog from the afternoon of the 23rd through the morning of the 24th (Fig 2 ..read more
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Mid-Jan 2024 Northern US Plains Blowing Snow as Observed by GOES ABI and JPSS VIIRS Imagery
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by Bill Line
2M ago
Fresh snow cover and strong winds resulted in a stretch of blowing snow across the US Northern Plains during the period of 10-15 Jan 2024. GOES and JPSS Imagery provided helpful details regarding the state of the snowpack, and detection of blowing snow. Starting with snowpack, recent snowfall and very cold temperatures allowed for a ..read more
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Early January 2024 Blowing Dust
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by Bill Line
2M ago
On January 8, 2024, an upper-level low intensified as it moved into the Southern Plains, bringing strong winds to the previously dry region (Fig 1), which resulted in widespread blowing dust. GOES Water Vapor Imagery captured the development of the weather system as the expansive trough moved into the Southern Plains and an associated upper-level ..read more
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Christmas 2023 Central US Winter Storm
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by Bill Line
3M ago
A large storm system traveling across the central United States brought widespread impacts to the central and northern plains around Christmas 2023. The evolution of the upper low was captured well in GOES-East water vapor imagery, from its development and strengthening on the 24th-25th through its occlusion by the 27th (Fig 1). The large trough ..read more
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Using LightningCast to Update an SPC Convective Outlook
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by Kevin Thiel (CIWRO)
4M ago
Forecasters at the National Weather Service (NWS) Storm Prediction Center (SPC) are evaluating a machine learning model that uses satellite imagery to predict the probability of observing lightning from the GLM within the next hour. The model is called ProbSevere LightningCast, and was developed by CIMMS at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. While ProbSevere LightningCast received ..read more
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Lake Effect Snowfall – Late Nov 2023
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by Bill Line
4M ago
Lake effect Snow developed off of much of the Great Lakes during the final week of November 2023. Parts of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and New York all saw widespread areas of over 6″ of lake effect snowfall, with pockets of over 1 foot, from the 26th to the 28th (Fig 1). NWS offices leveraged satellite imagery ..read more
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