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GOES/JPSS Observations of Oklahoma Severe Storms and Elevated Mixed Layer

Posted on May 7, 2020 by Jorel Torres

By Jorel Torres, Dan Bikos and Ed Szoke A line of severe storms moved through the southern plains on 4 May 2020, producing numerous hail and wind reports across the region (accessed via SPC). The GOES-16 Day Cloud Phase Distinction … Continue reading →

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Nighttime view of inflow feeder clouds from GOES Nighttime Microphysics RGB

Posted on March 20, 2020 by dbikos

During the overnight hours of March 18-19, 2020, there were numerous reports of severe weather (including tornadoes) in north Texas: https://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/200318_rpts.html This blog entry will focus on the storm repsonsible for the tornado reports between 0615 – 0650 UTC near … Continue reading →

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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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10 January 2020 – Southern Plains Severe Weather event with Elevated Mixed Layer (EML)

Posted on January 10, 2020 by dbikos

https://rammb-slider.cira.colostate.edu/?sat=goes-16&z=0&im=12&ts=1&st=20200110090117&et=20200110160617&speed=130&motion=loop&map=1&lat=0&opacity%5B0%5D=1&hidden%5B0%5D=0&pause=0&slider=-1&hide_controls=0&mouse_draw=0&follow_feature=0&follow_hide=0&s=rammb-slider&sec=conus&p%5B0%5D=band_10&x=5000&y=5000 Alternately, also available here: http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/templates/loop_directory.asp?data_folder=training/visit/loops/10jan20/band10&loop_speed_ms=60   ALPW Loop: http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/templates/loop_directory.asp?data_folder=training/visit/loops/10jan20/alpw&loop_speed_ms=120  

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Elevated Mixed Layer event on 16 December 2019

Posted on December 16, 2019 by dbikos

On 16 December 2019, SPC issued an enhanced risk of severe thunderstorms for portions of Louisiana and Mississippi: One of the favorable ingredients for this severe weather setup was the presence of an Elevated Mixed Layer (EML) which is depicted … Continue reading →

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