{"id":31812,"date":"2019-02-13T21:46:08","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T21:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=31812"},"modified":"2019-02-14T17:09:57","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T17:09:57","slug":"turbulence-over-the-western-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/31812","title":{"rendered":"Turbulence over the western United States"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_31814\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/G17_TURB_CA_13FEB2019anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31814\" class=\"wp-image-31814\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/G17_TURB_CA_13FEB2019_CURSOR_21.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-31814\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-17 Low-Level Water Vapor Imagery (7.3 \u00b5m) on 13 February 2019, 1932-2012 UTC (Click to animate)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A strong storm system affecting the western third of the United States on 13 February 2019 was responsible for turbulence that caused damage and injuries and forced an ERJ-170 aircraft flying from John Wayne Airport (in Orange County CA) to Seattle WA to make an unscheduled stop in Reno NV (<a href=\"https:\/\/komonews.com\/news\/local\/flight-to-seattle-diverted-after-severe-turbulence-3-taken-to-hospital\">News report<\/a>). (<a href=\"https:\/\/flightaware.com\/live\/flight\/CPZ5763\/history\/20190213\/1940Z\/KSNA\/KRNO\">Flight Aware information on the flight<\/a>) Three passengers were hospitalized.<\/p>\n<p>The water vapor imagery animation above, annotated so that the departure airport (SNA) and Reno (RNO) are shown in the first frame. During the second run-through of the animation, the approximate location of the turbulence is noted with a red square (<a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/FlightAwareSnippet_13February2019.png\">Flight Aware data suggests it occurred very near 2030 UTC<\/a> &#8212; Flight Aware times are EST), and the animation slows. Water Vapor imagery suggests that the aircraft encountered a convective element that likely was associated with the Sierra Nevada. A stepped animation between <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/G17_TURB_CA_13FEB2019_CURSOR_21.gif\">2027<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/G17_TURB_CA_13FEB2019_CURSOR_22.gif\">2032<\/a> UTC is shown below.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31826\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/G17_TURB_CA_13FEB2019_CURSOR_2027_2032step.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31826\" class=\"wp-image-31826\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/02\/G17_TURB_CA_13FEB2019_CURSOR_2027_2032step.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-31826\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-17 Low-Level Water Vapor Imagery (7.3 \u00b5m) on 13 February 2019, 2027 and 2032 UTC (Click to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A strong storm system affecting the western third of the United States on 13 February 2019 was responsible for turbulence that caused damage and injuries and forced an ERJ-170 aircraft flying from John Wayne Airport (in Orange County CA) to Seattle WA to make an unscheduled stop in Reno NV (News report). 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