Cincinnati’s 25th running of the Flying Pig Marathon commenced on the morning of Sunday, May 7th, despite deteriorating weather conditions. After a round of storms at about 09:30 UTC, which subsequently passed through, race officials began the marathon as scheduled at 10:30 UTC. Figure 1 shows the composite reflectivity and LightningCast contours... Read More

There was a conditional outlook for severe storms in Oklahoma on April 19th, owing to uncertainty in the forcing for ascent and a stout warm-sector cap. Well, the cap broke, and mayhem ensued in central Oklahoma. A break in the cirrus deck in southwest Oklahoma likely contributed to surface heating... Read More

The NOAA/CIMSS ProbSevere LightningCast model uses GOES-R ABI reflectances and brightness temperatures along with artificial intelligence methods to predict next-hour lightning anywhere in the GOES-R field of view. It is particularly adept at nowcasting lightning initiation. A long, potent cold front spawned a number of storms from Iowa to Texas today... Read More

Hurricane Martin, now in the north Atlantic, continues to move northeast and is expected to become a post-tropical cyclone in the next few hours. It was named a Hurricane on Wednesday, 2022-11-02 around 15UTC. Its maximum sustained winds are 85 mph (140 km/h). By the weekend, Martin’s swells will be... Read More