Short Course on Satellite Meteorology
AMS 78th Annual Meeting
11 January 1998   Phoenix, Arizona
Nowcasting and Forecasting of Severe Weather Using GOES Soundings
Central and Eastern Kansas, July 13-14, 1997
 GOES Visible Movie Loop

 Severe Weather Reports

 ETA Precipitation Forecast
 

 Precipitable Water and Lifted Index Fields

        ETA Forecast

        GOES Soundings

 
 Time Tendency Analyses

         GOES TPW and LI time tendency fields are more
         correlated with the outbreak of convection than the
         ETA Forecast time tendency fields.

         For more information, see  detailed case study.

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GOES -8 Visible Imagery   1915UTC 7/13/97 - 0115UTC 7/14/97
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Visible Movie Loop (AVI)
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Severe Weather Reports:  2300UTC 7/13/97 - 0500UTC 7/14/98
Severe Weather Reports
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ETA 12 Hour Precipitation Forecast (mm)  Valid 0000UTC 7/14/97
ETA 12 Hour Precipitation
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ETA Forecast TPW  1800UTC - 0000UTC  7/13/97  (2 Hour Intervals)
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ETA Forecast TPW
 
ETA Forecast LI  1800UTC - 0000UTC  7/13/97  (2 Hour Intervals)
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ETA Forecast Lifted Index
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GOES-8  TPW  1800UTC - 0000UTC  7/13/97  (2 Hour Intervals)
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GOES TPW
GOES-8  LI  1800UTC - 0000UTC  7/13/97  (2 Hour Intervals)
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GOES Lifted Index
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ETA/GOES 4 Hour Time Tendency (LI)  1800UTC-2200UTC 7/13/97
 
 LI Time Tendencies
 
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ETA/GOES 4 Hour Time Tendency (LI)  1800UTC-2200UTC 7/13/97
TPW Time Tendencies
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