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Category: LightningCast

PHS model output during Day 1 of Week 2 at HWT

A WRF model run that includes assimilated Low-Earth-Orbit (LEO) satellite sounder data (fused with ABI data) is being evaluated at the Hazardous Weather Testbed (Blog posts from forecasters at HWT are here). On 20 May 2024, the PHS model output included convective development over the eastern Plains of Colorado, as... Read More

Wet weather over American Samoa

The Samoan Islands are again within a moisture-rich airmass, as shown by the MIMIC estimates of Total Precipitable Water shown below. The MIMIC fields do not show obvious gradient that might be used to estimate when rains might be especially widespead. The airport at Pago Pago American Samoa has had a little under 2″ of rain the 24 hours ending at around 9 AM Samoa Standard Time on 9 April. Flood Warnings were posted... Read More