June 13th, 2025 by José Manuel Gálvez The Gálvez-Davison Index (GDI) (Gálvez and Davison, 2016) was developed by José Gálvez and Mike Davison at NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center in 2014, to improve the detection of environments favorable for tropical convection [Online access: https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/international/gdi/ ]. However, its skill does not only limit to tropical locations. It Continue Reading
Earlier this week, wildfires ignited and rapidly spread throughout the Canadian provinces of eastern Manitoba, and western Ontario, that led to numerous evacuations, several structures destroyed and fatalities. The high temporal resolution of the GOES-19 nighttime and daytime data (every 5-minutes), observed the initiation and the spread of the fires throughout a ~2 day timeframe. Continue Reading
As of Spring 2025, the Advected Layer Precipitable Water (ALPW) product became more widely available for NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) forecasters to access and utilize in the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System – II (AWIPS-II) via Satellite Broadcast Network (SBN). Within the AWIPS interface and menu, forecasters can click on the ‘Satellite’ tab, scroll Continue Reading
Last week, from 2-6 April 2025, multiple rounds of precipitation and severe weather impacted the Mid-South region of the United States. The National Weather Service (NWS) Weather Prediction Center (WPC) provided an estimated precipitation map that incorporates the total rainfall that occurred over the span of 96 hours (from 8am EDT, 2 April 2025 through Continue Reading
In the central Pacific Ocean last week, a strong low pressure system brought heavy rain and high winds to the Hawaiian islands. Snowfall accumulations were also observed on the summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa that are located on the big island of Hawai’i. Additional media coverage of the winter storm can be viewed Continue Reading
