UAH SATCAST_v2 Example Near New Orleans, LA

SATCAST-v2 Output from
1745 UTC GOES-13 Imagery

SATCAST-v2 Output from 1815 UTC
GOES-13 Imagery

The SATCAST_v2 algorithm forecasted the first convection of the day along the North Shore of Lake Pontchartrain with just under 30 minutes lead time for the cell in western St. Tammany Parish (see top-left image, above) and between 15-30 minutes for the cell along the St. Tammany Parish / Hancock County border (see top-left image and lower-right image, above). Because it was the first CI in the area for today, the 1744 UTC radar image, below, showed a clear scan across the entire region. However, these storms, and more, became apparent on radar only after a half hour or more elapsed. Within the next hour, the NWS office in New Orleans issued Special Weather Statements for this storm cluster, and they eventually had to issue the first Severe Thunderstorm Warning on the slow moving western cell around 2007 UTC.











Radar data valid at
1744 UTC.














Radar data valid at
1813 UTC.














Radar data valid at
1832 UTC.