{"id":42882,"date":"2021-10-18T18:42:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T18:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=42882"},"modified":"2021-10-19T16:38:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T16:38:14","slug":"goes-17-fog-low-stratus-fls-product-availability-in-awips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/42882","title":{"rendered":"GOES-17 Fog\/Low Stratus (FLS) product availability in AWIPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2021\/10\/211018_goes17_fogLowStratus_PACUS_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2021\/10\/pacus_fls-20211018_060030.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"311\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-17 MVFR Probability over the PACUS Sector [click to play animation]<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The suite of <a href=\"https:\/\/vlab.noaa.gov\/web\/towr-s\/goes-16-fog-and-low-stratus\"><strong>Fog\/Low Stratus (FLS)<\/strong><\/a> products derived using GOES-17 <em>(GOES-West)<\/em> data within the PACUS Sector <em><strong>(above)<\/strong><\/em> became available via the Satellite Broadcast Network (SBN) for AWIPS on 18 October 2021. Two examples are shown below: one centered over Oregon, and the other centered over the Big Island of Hawai&#8217;i. The 4 products are Marginal Visual Flight Rules (MVFR, cloud ceiling 1000 to 3000 feet above ground level and\/or visibility 3 to 5 miles) Probability, Instrument Flight Rules (IFR, cloud ceiling 500 feet to less than 1000 feet and\/or visibility 1 to less than 3 miles) Probability, Low Instrument Flight Rules (LIFR, cloud ceiling less than 500 feet and\/or visibility less than 1 mile) Probability and Cloud Thickness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2021\/10\/211018_goes17_fogLowStratus_OR_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2021\/10\/or_fls-20211018_060030.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"311\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-17 MVFR Probability<em> (top left),<\/em> IFR Probability <em>(top right),<\/em> Low IFR Probability <em>(bottom left)<\/em> and Low Cloud Thickness<em> (bottom right)<\/em> [click to play animation]<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2021\/10\/211018_goes17_fogLowStratus_HI_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2021\/10\/hi_fls-20211018_060030.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"311\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-17 MVFR Probability<em> (top left),<\/em> IFR Probability <em>(top right),<\/em> Low IFR Probability <em>(bottom left)<\/em> and Low Cloud Thickness<em> (bottom right)<\/em> [click to play animation]\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n<p>GOES-17 FLS products are also being produced by CIMSS over the Alaska region <em><strong>(below)<\/strong><\/em> &#8212; which are being distributed via an LDM feed.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2021\/10\/211018_goes17_fogLowStratus_AK_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2021\/10\/ak_fls-20211018_080030.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"311\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-17 MVFR Probability<em> (top left),<\/em> IFR Probability <em>(top right),<\/em> Low IFR Probability <em>(bottom left)<\/em> and Low Cloud Thickness<em> (bottom right)<\/em> [click to play animation]<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A library of FLS applications can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/fusedfog.ssec.wisc.edu\/\"><strong>GOES-R Fog Product Examples<\/strong><\/a> site, and FLS Forecaster Training is available <a href=\"https:\/\/rammb2.cira.colostate.edu\/trainings\/visit\/training_sessions\/forecaster_training_for_the_goes-r_fog_low_stratus_products\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The suite of Fog\/Low Stratus (FLS) products derived using GOES-17 (GOES-West) data within the PACUS Sector (above) became available via the Satellite Broadcast Network (SBN) for AWIPS on 18 October 2021. Two examples are shown below: one centered over Oregon, and the other centered over the Big Island of Hawai&#8217;i. 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