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Archive: Mon Feb 2020

Severe turbulence over Arizona and New Mexico

GOES-16 (GOES-East) Mid-level Water Vapor (6.9 µm) images (above) showed numerous orographic waves over eastern Arizona and western New Mexico on 03 February 2020. There were several high-altitude pilot reports of turbulence across that region, including severe turbulence associated with mountain waves at 43,000 feet and at 39,000 feet (below). The... Read More