Category Archives: AWIPS

Smoky skies over Canada and the U.S.

Posted on July 25, 2024 by Jorel Torres

Over the past few weeks, fires have erupted and spewed high concentrations of smoke over western Canada and the United States. To exacerbate the situation, more fires initiated recently in the western U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) Weather Forecast Offices … Continue reading →

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Canadian Wildfires

Posted on July 19, 2024 by Jorel Torres

Another summer and another round of wildfires and smoke that inundate the Canadian provinces and territories. From 19-21Z, 17 July 2024, VIIRS GeoColor observed the smoke and fires extending from British Columbia to Hudson Bay. A daytime animation of VIIRS … Continue reading →

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Metop-C NUCAPS Soundings Available in AWIPS

Posted on March 21, 2024 by Jorel Torres

In complement to the NOAA-20 NUCAPS soundings, National Weather Service (NWS) forecasters now have access to another set of satellite-derived soundings from the European Metop-C satellite in AWIPS-II. As of 11 March 2024, the Metop-C NUCAPS soundings are accessible via … Continue reading →

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An Atmospheric River impacts the PNW

Posted on December 8, 2023 by Jorel Torres

Another atmospheric river event impacted the Pacific Northwest (PNW), earlier this week. Plumes of moisture moved into the region that led to heavy precipitation and flooding for the states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. 24-hour precipitation totals from Monday, 4 … Continue reading →

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The Snowfall Rate (SFR) and merged SFR Products

Posted on November 30, 2023 by Jorel Torres

As of early November 2023, the TOWR-S RPM v24 has been released for National Weather Service (NWS) users to update their local AWIPS terminals with the latest satellite data capabilities. Within the RPM v24 release, more NWS CONUS users will … Continue reading →

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