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Category: GLM

LightningCast Probability and a GLM lightning jump preceding a Tornado Warning issued by NWS Los Angeles

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-18 (GOES-West) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images (above), with and without an overlay of GLM Flash Extent Density, showed convection moving onshore in Southern California during the late morning hours on 24 February 2023 — which prompted NWS Los Angeles to issue a Tornado Warning at 1807... Read More

Flash flooding across parts of Hawai’i

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-18 (GOES-West) “Clean” Infrared images (above) showed convection — which was focused along a quasi-stationary surface trough axis — that was producing periods of moderate to heavy rainfall across parts of Hawai’i on 28 January 2023. Numerous Flash Flood Warnings were issued by NWS Honolulu during this time,... Read More