
Tim Schmit
@goesguy
Satellite Research Meteorologist in Madison, WI. Likes GOES. Views posted here are my own. Photo: Fran Virum.
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http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/goesdata.html 19-04-2016 18:57:24
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The ABI sensor on NOAA Satellites GOES-East observed numerous smoke plumes, highlighted by the Aerosol Detection Product (ADP, lavender shading) from a mix of wildfires & prescribed fires (yellow dots, Fire Radiative Power) across the Southeast US yesterday afternoon 16 Apr.


1-min #GOES19/#GOESEast Visible images with time-matched plots of SPC Storm Reports showed the thunderstorms that were prolific producers of tornadoes, large hail & damaging winds across eastern Nebraska & western Iowa on 17 April: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog… #NEwx #IAwx NWS Omaha


Federal funding cuts threaten life-saving severe weather forecasting at UW-Madison: channel3000.com/news/federal-f… UW-Madison CIMSS UW Atmos/Ocean Sci UW Federal Relations


A 2-day loop of NOAA Satellites #GOESEast Fire Temperature RGB showed that while the #JonesRoadWildfire was 50% contained as of yesterday, there was a brief flare-up that afternoon. #GOES19 sensed an IR temperature equal to the Band 7 detector saturation: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog…



The National Climate Assessment's authors and support staff were dismissed this week. AMS and AGU (American Geophysical Union) are stepping up to continue the momentum of vital U.S. climate research and analysis with a new open-access publishing effort. Read more here: bit.ly/4m3zRi8


.NOAA NOAA Satellites NASA Earth #GOES19 #GOES18 Lockheed Martin Space L3Harris American Meteorological Society AMS Education National Weather Association #weather #fires #aviationweather Scott Bachmeier National Hurricane Center NHC Pacific



A lightning strike at Lake Murray in South Carolina resulted in 20 injuries with 15 hospitalizations on 24 June - the LightningCast product provided some lead time before NOAA Satellites #GOESEast #GLM lightning detection. More on the CIMSS Satellite Blog: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog…





