Category Archives: POES

Questions and answers concerning Polar Orbiting Satellites.

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

Posted on March 3, 2023 by dbikos

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

Posted on November 9, 2022 by dbikos

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

Posted on September 27, 2022 by dbikos

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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ALPW analysis for the eastern Kentucky of 27-28 July, 2022

Posted on July 29, 2022 by dbikos

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/least-1-dead-one-worst-flooding-events-kentuckys-history-officials-say-rcna40436  

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November 11-15, 2021 Atmospheric River event over the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia

Posted on November 22, 2021 by dbikos

By Sheldon Kusselson Click on the image below:        

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