CIMSS-NOAA Weekly Report [ Archive ]

CIMSS-NOAA WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 25, 2024

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AURORA visitors to CIMSS: Scott Lindstrom from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies played host to about 30 State Department of Transportation officials from across the country who are part of the Aurora Consortium (a partnership of highway agencies that collaborate on research, development, and deployment of road weather information to improve the efficiency, safety, and reliability of surface transportation) at Iowa State in Ames, IA. After discussing the structure of SSEC/CIMSS, Scott talked about visibility/safety products such as GOES-R IFR Probability and LightningCast Probability, both developed at CIMSS. The visit concluded with a trip to the roof of the building. (S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, 608 263 4425)

LightningCast at the Great Lakes Operational Meteorology Workshop (GLOMW): Scott Lindstrom from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) gave a presentation on the beta version of the Community Satellite Processing Package for Geostationary (CSPP-Geo) software package that prepares LightningCast probability fields in a variety of formats (GeoJSON, TIFF, png, GR Placefiles). This presentation was part of the Great Lakes Operational Meteorology Workshop (GLOMW) that brings together forecasters from the United States National Weather Service (NWS) and Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) to discuss operational weather events and problems important to the Great Lakes. The online workshop spans three Tuesdays and is recorded. GLOMW concludes on Tuesday 29 October. (S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, 608 263 4425)

CIMSS Scientists Participate in Wisconsin Weather Festival: CIMSS scientist Derrick Herndon along with Matthew Lazzara and David Mikolajczyk from the Antarctic Meteorological Research and Data Center (AMRC) participated in the first annual Wisconsin Weather Festival October 19, 2024. The festival was part of the broader Wisconsin Science Festival held October 14-20. The two teams set up displays that included hands-on interactions for the more than 70 participants including donning cold weather gear and handling 3D printed hailstones. The attendees, which spanned ages from pre-K to seniors, were able to learn about hurricanes, severe storms, and Antarctic weather along with how satellites and weather observations provide information on these storms. https://www.wisconsinsciencefest.org/event/wisconsin-weather-festival/. (D. Herndon, CIMSS, 608-262-6741)

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CIMSS Satellite Blog: Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) and the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) provide expert case studies to promote science and satellite imagery. This week: 1) CIMSS Satellite Blog contributor Scott Lindstrom and SSEC scientist Douglas Schumacher published the following case studies: "Potential tropical cyclone formation near Guam" (Oct. 24), "Hurricane Kristy reaches Category 5 intensity" (Oct. 23), "The Samoan Islands see Rain" (Oct. 23), "Dark Oceans in Day Night Visible imagery" (Oct. 23), "NOAA-20 views of the Gulf Stream" (Oct. 22), "Nadine and Kristy" (Oct. 21), "A wet storm in Alaska" (Oct. 21). Read more at the CIMSS Satellite Blog. (S. Lindstrom, CIMSS)

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Figure: Close-up view of SSTs with an anticyclonic gyre at the north edge of the Gulf Stream on 22 October 2024.

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