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Stories by Scott Bachmeier

Singapore Airlines Flight SQ321 encounters severe turbulence (resulting in dozens of injuries and 1 fatality)

Singapore Airlines Flight SQ321 encountered severe turbulence over Myanmar (flightradar24 blog) while en route from London to Singapore on 20-21 May 2024 — which resulted in dozens of injuries and 1 fatality. 10-minute interval JMA Himawari-9 AHI Visible and Infrared images (above) showed areas of deep convection developing over Myanmar, near the estimated location of... Read More

Severe thunderstorms across Kansas

While much of Kansas was under a “Particularly Dangerous Situation” Severe Thunderstorm Watch, 1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) Visible/Infrared Sandwich RGB images (above) showed thunderstorms that produced tornadoes, large hail (to 3.00 inches in diameter) and damaging winds (gusts of 90-100 mph) (SPC Storm Reports) across parts of Kansas on 19 May 2024. Some flash flooding was also reported, with water covering portions of... Read More