CI over New York

Another busy day for the EWP forecasters, as severe thunderstorms have erupted over the mid-Atlantic region. As so, screen captures from AWIPS have been tough to come by. Therefore, these next screen shots come from NAWIPS.

SATCAST CI has performed very well over the New York and Pennsylvania areas this afternoon. The following satellite image is from 1945 UTC. SATCAST forecasted CI over south central New York. Approximately 13 minutes later, radar reflectivity exceeded 35 dBZ on the base scan. While not the largest lead time, in another large CAPE environment, SATCAST is performing well.


SATCAST is performing quite well today pinpointing areas where storms will develop in the future. Even in Florida, where the dynamics are not as impressive, storms developed with help from convergence by the sea breeze, and SATCAST provided a very good forecast.