Turbulence

Transverse bands on February 8, 2013

by Dan Bikos on February 14th, 2013

Transverse bands were observed between approximately 1400-1700 UTC in the vicinity of Buffalo, NY in the GOES water vapor imagery (from the CIMSS satellite blog): http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/130208_g13_wv_east_coast_storm_anim.gif and also in the GOES IR imagery: http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/templates/loop_directory.asp?data_folder=training/visit/loops/8feb13_BUF_ir&image_width=1020&image_height=900 Note the orientation of the transverse bands is approximately perpendicular to the winds at upper levels (350 mb wind direction and Continue Reading

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1-Minute GOES Imagery over Colorado Severe Storms

by Dan Lindsey on June 7th, 2012

On 6 June 2012, GOES-15 SRSO was called, meaning intermittent 1-minute scans would be collected over a mesoscale sector centered in eastern Colorado.  The Storm Prediction Center had a slight risk of severe storms over the region, and by late afternoon convective initiation occurred along the Denver Convergence Zone north and east of Denver.  The Continue Reading

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United Airlines Flight 967 – Severe Turbulence, July 20, 2010

by on July 29th, 2010

Jeff Braun and Dan Lindsey NOAA/RAMMB CIRA/CSU ***(Also, please see addendum near the end of this message) The following are a sequence of GOES-13 visible images from 19:45 UTC on 20 July 2010 to 00:45 UTC on 21 July 2010. On 20 July 2010, a United Airlines Boeing 777 aircraft experienced severe turbulence during its Continue Reading

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