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Category: PHS

Severe Weather over Kansas

Severe weather occurred over Kansas late in the day 13 March. SPC Storm Reports, shown below, indicate three tornadoes (as of 13 March) within a swath of wind and hail reports. The animation above shows the development of the strong thunderstorms along a warm front in northern Kansas. The tornado observations are... Read More

Polar Hyperspectral data in a Numerical Model at HWT

NOAA’s Hazardous Weather Testbed is an annual evaluation (by National Weather Service forecasters) of experimental satellite-based products that provide useful information during convective weather events. One of the demonstration products this year is a model with initial conditions that have assimilated fused polar hyperspectral soundings from NOAA-20/NOAA-21 and MetOp satellites. The animations... Read More