NUCAPS and dry air in the Upper Midwest
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A cloud band passing through the upper midwest on 1 May 2020, shown above in the GOES-16 ABI Visible and Infrared imagery (toggled with NUCAPS products and radar), was accompanied by radar echoes. Would you expect that radar-indicated precipitation to reach the ground? Gridded NUCAPS fields (shown here with NUCAPS Sounding availability points) show... Read More