Strong convection developed over southern Lake Michigan early in the morning on 5 August, as depicted in the animation above. Multiple pilot reports of moderate turbulence occurred in/near the developing convection. Gravity waves developed on the upwind side of the deep convection, shown in the enhancement above as darker blue... Read More
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
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
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
