VISIT: Meteorological Interpretation Blog

By Louie Grasso, Dan Bikos, Jorel Torres and Ed Szoke During the summer of 2018 over the High Plains, several significant severe storms occurred.  Several hailstorms moved southward over the Central High Plains and produced noticeable hail swaths and damage scars on the ground that were captured by GOES-16 ABI.  The purpose of this blog Continue Reading

On 14 May 2018, a severe thunderstorm near Denver, Colorado resulted in accumulations of hail (reports of 2 to 6 inches in depth locally). The hail swath left by the thunderstorm can easily be observed in GOES-16 imagery: http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/templates/loop_directory.asp?data_folder=training/visit/loops/14may18/&loop_speed_ms=60 After the passage of the thunderstorms.  The hail swatch can be seen as a line, see Continue Reading

The GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing testing.  Users bear all responsibility for inspecting the data prior to use and for the manner in which the data are utilized. By Ed Szoke and Dan Bikos On 8 May 2017 severe thunderstorms hit northeast Colorado with a devastating hail Continue Reading

The GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing testing.  Users bear all responsibility for inspecting the data prior to use and for the manner in which the data are utilized. During the afternoon hours of 15 April, one of the GOES-16 mesoscale sectors captured severe thunderstorms in the Iowa Continue Reading

The GOES-16 data posted on this page are preliminary, non-operational data and are undergoing testing.  Users bear all responsibility for inspecting the data prior to use and for the manner in which the data are utilized. The GOES-16 visible (0.64 micron) loop shows what appears to be pretty straightforward – recent snow cover melting during 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

This blog entry consists of a youtube video: The time lapse video discussed above can be seen in its entirety below (courtesy Scott Longmore, CIRA):

This blog entry consists of a YouTube video: To view only the GOES visible loop animation (without recorded audio), see: http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/templates/loop_directory.asp?data_folder=training/visit/loops/26apr15_vis&number_of_images_to_display=52

This blog entry consists of a youtube video (8 minutes in length): http://youtu.be/36lR8Y7xvOw After viewing the video, compare the GOES-14 RSO visible loop that would’ve been as seen on AWIPS: http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/templates/loop_directory.asp?data_folder=training/visit/loops/20may14_rso&number_of_images_to_display=20 with the SRSOR loop over the same time period (1940 – 2040 UTC) – this is a 194 frame loop so be patient for Continue Reading

This blog entry is available in 2 formats: 1) Youtube video (25 minutes):  http://youtu.be/H6jMoT3sGiw 2) Web format (below): GOES Super Rapid Scan Operations for Research (SRSOR) 1-minute imagery was available for the severe weather event of 21 May 2014 that affected Colorado and Wyoming: http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/140521_rpts.html At the surface, southeast winds advected moisture into the Denver Continue Reading