Our forecasters are working in the Pittsburgh, Buffalo, and Binghamton offices, with DSS events in Rochester, NY, Syracuse, NY, and Pittsburgh, PA. There is currently a tornado watch in effect for the area.
LightningCast was able to provide a "heads up" and some actionable lead-time on the quickly developing storm that went up between Rochester and Syracuse in Wayne Co. (22 min from the 25% threshold, 15 min from the 50% threshold, and 8 min from the 75% threshold).
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| Figure 1: LightningCast probability contours, GOES-16 GLM flash-extent density, and GOES-16 ABI day land cloud convection RGB. The red rings on the left are the 5- and 10-mile radius rings around Rochester, NY, and the red rings on the right are the 5- and 10-mile radius rings around Syracuse, NY. |