VISIT: Meteorological Interpretation Blog

J. Braun Presented by Don Moore, from the NOAA/NWS WFO in Billings, MT, his presentation titled “Use of Satellite Data at National Weather Service Forecast Offices” has both great foresight and hindsight in the use of GOES data for operational use at the NWS Weather Forecast Offices. Satellite data, particularly from GOES, has long been an important Continue Reading

J. Braun Presented by Steven Silberberg, AWC/NCEP, Kansas City, MO – at the 5th GOES Users Conference in January of 2008. The Aviation Weather Center (AWC) makes extensive use of GOES imagery in its forecast operations. AWC forecast operations include a continuous meteorological watch world-wide for aviation weather such as: cloud type, bases, and tops; low Continue Reading

J. Braun United Airlines operates flights daily over the top of the world. There are many safety and regulatory requirements which must be taken into consideration when planning these operations. Standard aviation weather analysis no longer covers the many variables that are associated with polar operations and reliance on many other sources of information are Continue Reading

(Click for larger view.) As many of you know (or may not know) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) decided to drop plans for the development of the Hyperspectral Environmental Suite (HES) (aka. the Advanced Baseline Imager/Sounder) for the “next generation” of geostationary weather satellites (GOES-R and Beyond). The common line was that NOAA was not confident that a brand new Continue Reading

Jeff Braun Various phenomena along the California coastline evident in GOES visible imagery are examined. The first example is from 26 July 2006. Click on the 18:00 UTC surface analysis below: A low over the interior of California exists, where temperatures are hot (90’s). Offshore and to the northwest is a high pressure system, leading Continue Reading

J. Braun Who or what is Dvorak?  A. An opinion/editoralist writer for PC magazine.  B. The man who invented the Dvorak simplified keyboard layout.  C. The largest car sales and rental car companu in the Czech Republic.  D. The man who developed the Dvorak tropical cyclone intensity (classification) system.  E. A Chicago born folk singer/musician.  F. A famous Continue Reading

Jeff Braun What is going on over the eastern Great Lakes Huron, Erie, and Ontario on December 13, 2005? See loop: ( http://www.cira.colostate.edu/cira/RAMM//picoday/051214/visloop.html ) and data below for additional help.   Clicking on each image below will bring it up the full sized. Answer:  These are simultaneous mesoscale vortices over the Great Lakes during the winter of Continue Reading