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<\/a>NOAA-15 AVHRR Visible (0.6 \u00b5m) and Infrared (10.8 \u00b5m) images [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>McIDAS images of 1-km resolution NOAA-15 0.6 \u00b5m visible channel and 10.8 \u00b5m IR channel images from 01:30 UTC on 16 July 2012 or 5:30 PM local time on 15 July (above)<\/em><\/strong> showed the development of the first thunderstorm recorded at Barrow, Alaska since July 2004:<\/p>\n PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT …FIRST THUNDERSTORM IN BARROW SINCE 2004…<\/p>\n A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED JUST EAST OF BARROW LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER WERE HEARD AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BARROW BETWEEN 515PM AND 535PM. THE ALASKA FIRE SERVICES LIGHTNING DETECTION NETWORK RECORDED FEW STRIKES JUST SOUTHEAST OF DEASE INLET.<\/p>\n THIS IS THE FIRST THUNDERSTORM AT BARROW SINCE JULY 3RD 2004.<\/p>\n $$ The coldest thunderstorm cloud-top IR brightness temperature on the 01:22 UTC NOAA-15 image was -37\u00ba C (green color enhancement)<\/em>. The surface winds at Barrow had switched to light northerly at the time of the thunderstorm, but a few hours prior to that had been from the southeast at 15-20 mph (helping to increase dew point temperatures into the low 50s F).<\/p>\n Due to the extreme viewing angle from the GOES-15 (GOES-West)<\/em> satellite, the narrow line of weak thunderstorms was poorly resolved on Infrared (10.7 \u00b5m) images (below)<\/em><\/strong>, and the apparent location was shifted to the north over the Arctic Ocean due to the parallax effect<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n
\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
\n556 PM AKDT SUN JUL 15 2012<\/p>\n
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