Hyperspectral soundings — for example the Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) on NOAA-20/Suomi-NPP and the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) on MetOp — observe the atmosphere at thousands of wavelengths in the near-infrared and infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum. The excellent spectral resolution allows for good vertical resolution of temperature... Read More
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) include time-matched SPC Storm Reports — and showed some of the widespread severe weather produced by thunderstorms that developed ahead of a cold front which was moving eastward across the Deep South on 22 March 2022. The severe weather persisted for several hours past... Read More
Severe weather season is underway across the southern U.S. NOAA and CIMSS are using satellite, radar, and lightning observations of thunderstorms to develop and evaluate artificial intelligence (AI) tools that forecast and diagnose convection.The NOAA/CIMSS ProbSevere portfolio has several such tools to help forecasters keep tabs on storms. LightningCastProbSevere LightningCast... Read More
The image below shows GOES-16 Fire Power, a Fire Detection/Characterization Algorithm (FDCA) output field (along with Fire Temperature and Fire Area), on a day when strong southerly winds helped support multiple fires over Texas (as shown in this animation, from this blog post). If you do not have access to AWIPS, as below... Read More
