Category Archives: Hydrology

Advected Layer Precipitable Water (ALPW) product for 5 February 2020 Severe and Flood event

Posted on February 6, 2020 by dbikos
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CIRA ALPW Comparison for Two Northeast US Heavy Precipitation Events

Posted on October 17, 2019 by dbikos

By Sheldon Kusselson ALPW loop of 2019 event: ALPW loop of 2017 event:

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Subtropical storm Melissa

Posted on October 11, 2019 by dbikos

By Sheldon Kusselson and Dan Bikos Subtropical storm Melissa exists off the Eastern coastline of the U.S. on 10-11 October 2019, as GOES-16 visible imagery on 11 October shows: http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/templates/loop_directory.asp?data_folder=training/visit/loops/11Oct19/vis&loop_speed_ms=60 note the lack of deep convection over the center of … Continue reading →

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VIIRS flood observations along the Arkansas River

Posted on June 3, 2019 by Jorel Torres

Heavy rain fell in Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas the past few weeks, causing major flooding along portions of the Arkansas River. In the RealEarth image below (i.e. 1930Z on 27 May 2019), major flooding is indicated in orange and red … Continue reading →

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ALPW product for 26 April 2019 heavy rain / severe thunderstorm event

Posted on April 26, 2019 by dbikos
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