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Satellite Moisture Products and Analysis Tools for Two Heavy Precipitation / Flooding Events in the Summer of 2023

Source: JPSS River Ice and Flood Initiative call from September 19, 2023 Author: Sheldon Kusselson: Click on the image to start the video:   Download Powerpoint file

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March 2, 2023 Severe Weather Event – summary of satellite moisture products

https://www.wunderground.com/article/news/news/2023-03-02-tornado-severe-weather-dallas-texas-louisiana-arkansas-oklahoma Product Links: ALPW ALPW Percentiles ALPW vapor transport

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Atmospheric River event of 7-10 January, 2023

By Sheldon Kusselson and Dan Bikos Advected Layer Precipitable Water (ALPW) Loop

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CIRA ALPW depiction of Atmospheric River of 4-5 November 2022

By Sheldon Kusselson and Dan Bikos Advected Layer Precipitable Water (ALPW) loop Observed 1-Day Precipitation valid 1200 UTC 5 November 2022 over the Pacific Northwest region:

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Extra-tropical transition of Tropical Cyclone Fiona

By Dan Bikos and Sheldon Kusselson Hurricane Fiona underwent a transition from a tropical cyclone to an extra-tropical cyclone on 23-24 September 2022.  The resulting extra-tropical cyclone was very intense and led to significant storm surge, wind damage and heavy … Continue reading

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