Stories by Scott Lindstrom
The Bear Fire in California and NGFS detection
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GOES-18 imagery over California at 1836 UTC (above, left) show a very strong signal over San Luis Obispo County: very bright in visible imagery and warm in the shortwave infrared. In the GOES-16 imagery, that signal is not present. In contrast, the warm signal in the shortwave infrared in GOES-18... Read More
Using LightningCast Probabilities as an aviation tool
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This blog post shows satellite imagery with a Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER that encountered severe turbulence while flying over southern Myanmar (information from flightradar) at 0749 UTC on 21 May 2024. This graphic from Sarah Griffin, CIMSS, shows the turbulence location/time; other graphics/animations from this event are in this directory that Sarah Griffin created.LightningCast probabilities... Read More
Lightning and Turbulence Probabilities to the northeast of Hawaii
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A period of high-based convection to the east and northeast of Hawaii was producing occasional lighting on 3 June 2024, as shown in the animation above. LightningCast Probabilities plotted show values around 50%, and lightning is occurring. Note that the Flash Extent Density colorbar has been modified to have a... Read More