Day: February 18, 2009

West Texas Windstorm: 8 February 2009

Ken Pryor A convectively active late winter season over the Great Plains has proven fruitful for the assessment of the GOES-11 imager microburst risk product. During the evening of 8 February 2009 , a line of convective storms tracked through eastern New Mexico and western Texas , producing several strong downbursts west of Lubbock . This event Continue Reading

Convection Destructive Winds Downbursts GOES Problems in Forecasting Satellites Severe Weather