GOES-16 (GOES-East) Upper-level Water Vapor (6.2 µm), Mid-level Water Vapor (6.9 µm), Low-level Water Vapor (7.3 µm) and “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) revealed the well-defined signature of a mid-tropospheric lobe of vorticity moving from southeastern South Dakota across Iowa during the day on 19 July 2018 — this feature provided synoptic-scale forcing for ascent... Read More
A confirmed tornado struck Wilkes-Barre in Luzerne County in northeastern Pennsylvania shortly after sunset on 13 June 2018 (at about 0215 UTC). Visible imagery, above, shows the line of thunderstorms approaching the region before sunset. This video, from Citizens Voice Reporter Nico Rossi, shows some of the damage.NOAA/CIMSS ProbTor captured the tornadic cell very well... Read More
A GOES-16 Mesoscale Sector produced 1-minute imagery as a strong thunderstorm complex approached Washington DC late in the afternoon/early evening of 14 May 2018. The (150-megabyte (!!)) animated gif above shows overshooting tops quickly developing and decaying as the complex moved over the Potomac Basin. Winds in excess of 60... Read More
A Thunderstorm complex moved through eastern CO into western Kansas on 14 May 2018, producing 2 to 3 inch hail in Kit Carson and Cheyenne Counties in east-central Colorado and in Wallace County in northwest Kansas (SPC Storm Reports). Visible animation (0.64 µm) from GOES-16, above, shows the storms initiating near metropolitan Denver before moving... Read More
