High-altitude turbulence over the Southern Plains
GOES-16 (GOES-East) Upper-level Water Vapor (6.2 µm) images with pilot reports of turbulence — with and without contours of RAP40 model Maximum Wind Speed (above) showed an anomalously-deep 500 hPa trough over the Southern Plains, where there was an anomalously-strong 250 hPa jet streak developing along its forward (eastern) edge. A number of pilot reports of moderate to... Read More