VISIT: Meteorological Interpretation Blog

Ahh…it is that time of year again, it’s hurricane season for the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; the blog will focus on the Atlantic hurricane activity that is ongoing. Two to mention that are active right now are the Invest Area 99L and Tropical Storm Gaston. The current status of both Invest Area/Tropical Storm whereabouts can Continue Reading

The Gulf Coast has taken a major hit lately with intense rainfall and flooding across the area (Figure 1, below). This past weekend (12 August 2016 through today) there has been a Federal Flood emergency declared in the state of Louisiana. The areas that has been hit the most is south-central and southeastern Louisiana. A Continue Reading

On 9 August 2016, GOES-14 Super Rapid Scan Operations for GOES-R (SRSOR) collected 1-minute imagery of a severe thunderstorm in southeast Montana:  http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/templates/loop_directory.asp?data_folder=dev/lindsey/loops/9aug16_g14_montana&image_width=1020&image_height=720&loop_speed_ms=80 The 1-minute visible satellite imagery is particularly important for this case, since the storm is in southeast Montana where WSR-88D coverage is limited due to the large distance from the nearest radars: Continue Reading