1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-16 (GOES-East) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) showed widespread thunderstorms that produced tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds (SPC Storm Reports) across parts of Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma (as well as far western Iowa, Missouri and Arkansas) on 06 May 2024. This was declared a rare High Risk day for severe weather by the... Read More

The Storm Prediction Center has deemed 6 May 2024 as a day with a High Risk of severe weather over the central/south-central Plains:...SUMMARY... A regional outbreak of severe weather with multiple intense (EF3+), long-tracked tornadoes, as well as very large hail and severe thunderstorm gusts, is expected over parts of the... Read More

At the request of Pacific Region Headquarters, the LightningCast domain centered on American Samoa has increased. At 1840 UTC, the domain roughly doubled, as shown in the two screen shots below from the RealEarth site. The Red Box captures the size of the previous domain; note that at 1900 UTC the contours extend... Read More