GOES-14 has entered super rapid scan operations that will continue through 15 May 2016 (Link), in part to support the Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT) at the Storm Prediction Center (GOES-R HWT Blog) and the VORTEX Southeast experiment. GOES-14 is viewing the central Plains today and tomorrow in anticipation of thunderstorm development. (SPC Day... Read More
GOES-14 Water Vapor (6.5 µm) images (above; also available as a large 85 Mbyte animated GIF) showed the development of a large upper-level closed low centered over the western US during the 15 April – 17 April 2016 period. This large storm system was responsible for a wide variety of weather, ranging from heavy snow and high winds... Read More
A plot of the Advanced Dvorak Technique (ADT) hurricane intensity estimate (above) revealed that Indian Ocean Cyclone Fantala (19S) exhibited a period of rapid intensification on 15 April 2016, reaching Category 4 intensity with maximum sustained winds of 135 knots at 14 UTC.EUMETSAT Meteosat-7 Infrared Window (11.5 µm) images (below) showed the... Read More
Strong southwesterly winds (gusting as high as 39 knots or 45 mph) created areas of blowing dust that reduced visibility to near zero and caused 2 incidents of multiple-vehicle accidents (NWS Local Storm Reports) near Portia in northeastern Arkansas on 10 April 2016. GOES-13 (GOES-East) Visible (0.63 um) images (above) showed the faint hazy signature... Read More
