United Airlines Flight 85 (UAL85) encountered severe turbulence as it was on approach to landing at Newark Liberty International Airport (KEWR) — which injured 22 passengers, with 7 of those being transported to a hospital (media report 1 | media report 2) late in the day on 29 March 2024. Gusty NW winds may have contributed... Read More
NOAA-20’s early morning orbit and clear skies allowed a distinct view of Sea Surface Temperatures over the Gulf of Mexico and the East Coast on 29 March 2024, as shown above (The data, derived from the CIMSS Direct Broadcast Antenna) are available via an LDM feed from CIMSS). The Loop Current in the... Read More
LightningCast is a product within the ProbSevere portfolio that uses 4 ABI (or AHI) channels to estimate the likelihood of a GLM observation within the next 60 minutes. For the past couple years, this product has been used experimentally over Guam (using Himawari-9 data), even though the product was trained using... Read More
Depending on the needed lead time, there are many ways to estimate the cloud cover on a given day/time. This includes climatology, long-range (global) models, shorter-range (regional) models and then satellite and other measurements. April 8th is a day of increased interest for cloud forecasts. The WFO at Fort Worth (TX) will be providing cloud forecasts,... Read More
