This summer the Hazardous Weather Testbed concept will be expanded to the National Weather Service forecast office in Sullivan, Wisconsin (MKX). Cooperating with the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) and Advanced Satellite Products Branch (ASPB), this Local Area Testbed will focus on evaluating GOES-R Algorithm Working Group (AWG) cloud type and mask products, fog probabilities, and simulated ABI longwave bands weekly.
Stay tuned to this blog for exciting posts on how NWS forecasters envision these new products will be used in future forecast operations to improve our assessment of the atmosphere.
J. Gerth