Category Archives: Hail

Questions and answers regarding Hail.

1-minute GOES-14 SRSO for 9 August 2016 Montana storm

Posted on August 10, 2016 by dbikos

On 9 August 2016, GOES-14 Super Rapid Scan Operations for GOES-R (SRSOR) collected 1-minute imagery of a severe thunderstorm in southeast Montana:  http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/templates/loop_directory.asp?data_folder=dev/lindsey/loops/9aug16_g14_montana&image_width=1020&image_height=720&loop_speed_ms=80 The 1-minute visible satellite imagery is particularly important for this case, since the storm is in southeast … Continue reading →

Posted in GOES R, Hail, Satellites, Severe Weather | Leave a comment

4 June 2015 GOES 1-minute visible imagery and time lapse video

Posted on July 17, 2015 by dbikos

This blog entry consists of a youtube video: The time lapse video discussed above can be seen in its entirety below (courtesy Scott Longmore, CIRA):

Posted in Convection, GOES R, Hail, Severe Weather, Tornadoes | Leave a comment

GOES visible imagery analysis for 26 April 2015 tornadic storm in Texas

Posted on April 27, 2015 by dbikos

This blog entry consists of a youtube video: To view only the GOES visible loop animation (without recorded audio), see: http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/templates/loop_directory.asp?data_folder=training/visit/loops/26apr15_vis&number_of_images_to_display=52

Posted in GOES, Hail, Severe Weather, Tornadoes | Leave a comment

GOES-14 SRSOR for May 20, 2014

Posted on July 10, 2014 by dbikos

This blog entry consists of a youtube video (8 minutes in length): http://youtu.be/36lR8Y7xvOw After viewing the video, compare the GOES-14 RSO visible loop that would’ve been as seen on AWIPS: http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/templates/loop_directory.asp?data_folder=training/visit/loops/20may14_rso&number_of_images_to_display=20 with the SRSOR loop over the same time period … Continue reading →

Posted in Convection, GOES R, GOES-R Proving Ground, Hail, Satellites, Severe Weather, Tornadoes, Training | Leave a comment

SRSOR on 21 May 2014

Posted on May 29, 2014 by dbikos

This blog entry is available in 2 formats: 1) Youtube video (25 minutes):  http://youtu.be/H6jMoT3sGiw 2) Web format (below): GOES Super Rapid Scan Operations for Research (SRSOR) 1-minute imagery was available for the severe weather event of 21 May 2014 that … Continue reading →

Posted in Convection, GOES, GOES R, GOES-R Proving Ground, Hail, Severe Weather, Tornadoes | Leave a comment