Tag Archives: Severe Weather

Forecasting Convective Downburst Potential: Update

Posted on September 14, 2009 by admin

Ken Pryor (NESDIS) The VISIT lesson “Forecasting Convective Downburst Potential Using GOES Sounder Derived Products” presents current applications of a suite of GOES sounder-derived products. The lesson has been recently revised to include updated imagery examples, and new case studies … Continue reading →

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Forecasting Convective Downburst Potential – by Ken Pryor (NESDIS)

Posted on January 29, 2009 by admin

The VISIT lesson “Forecasting Convective Downburst Potential Using GOES Sounder Derived Products” presents current applications of a suite of GOES sounder-derived products. A recent concern pertaining to the GOES sounder products is the current temporal and spatial resolution (60 minutes, … Continue reading →

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Our Thoughts and Hearts Go Out to the Boy Scouts of Nebraska and Iowa

Posted on June 12, 2008 by admin

(From SPC MCD 1327 – Concerning Tornado Watch #509) Jeff Braun Wednesday night, June 11, 2008, at just after 6:30 PM, some 93 boys, ages 13 to 18, along with 25 adult BSA staff members, were fighting for their lives as … Continue reading →

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The Weld County, Colorado Tornadoes of May 22, 2008 (Updated June 11, 2008)

Posted on May 30, 2008 by admin

(Image courtesy of Eric Thaler, SOO WFO DEN/BOU.  Data source – NOAA/NWS; Map – FEMA) Jeff Braun Thursday, May 22, 2008 was truly a day the will live in infamy for many folks in and around the communities of western … Continue reading →

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