Month: July 2020

Moisture products for the tornadic storm of 4 July 2020 in Saskatchewan

by Dan Bikos on July 10th, 2020

On 4 July 2020 a thunderstorm developed in southern Saskatchewan that led to numerous tornadoes (video, picture, pictures). Let’s analyze various satellite derived moisture products in the time period leading up to the tornadic storm.  The following loop 4-panel loop: http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/templates/loop_directory.asp?data_folder=training/visit/loops/4july20/4panel_moisture&loop_speed_ms=80 Upper-left: GOES-16 visible (0.64 micron) imagery. Upper-right: Advected Layer Precipitable Water (ALPW) product in Continue Reading

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