The Storm Prediction Center predicted a moderate risk of severe weather (link) over the southern Plains of the US on 15 June 2023. The animation above shows surface-based CAPE derived from 4-km WRF model output. This model incorporates information from Polar Hyperspectral Soundings via the Fusion process. Model CAPE fields are overlain... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images with time-matched (+/- 3 minutes) plots of SPC Storm Reports (above) showed thunderstorms that produced several tornadoes, hail as large as 5.00 inches in diameter, and damaging winds to 82 mph across parts of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida on 14 June 2023. Pulses of overshooting tops exhibited infrared brightness temperatures... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 µm) images with time-matched (+/- 3 minutes) plots of SPC Storm Reports (above) showed thunderstorms that produced hail as large as 4.50 inches in diameter, damaging winds to 71 mph and a tornado across parts of New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma from the late afternoon into the subsequent... Read More
The animation above shows a strong convective system between Austin and San Antonio moving southeastward on 8 June 2023 . SPC storm reports note that this complex dropped hail in Bulverde (in Comal County, 13 miles northeast of San Antonio) around 1900 UTC, and in various locations in Bexar County (of which... Read More
