Rainfall forecasts for this heavy rain event were extraordinarily accurate even 5 days out! Areas west of I-35 received 4-8 inches of rainfall, while a very sharp decrease in total rainfall exists east of I-35. Some areas in western north Texas even received 9 inches of rainfall. DFW Airport appears to have received about 1.5 inches. Storm [read more...]
So my previous guess regarding Tropical Depression 13′s track was wrong. Now it appears fairly certain it will very slowly turn to the northeast and make landfall in Louisiana. Below are the spaghetti models for Tropical Depression 13, as you can see there is very minimal correlation between them. The official NHC forecast track is a very [read more...]
A unique opportunity to watch a hurricane with one of the very first radars in the country to have the Dual-Pol upgrade installed! The KMHX Morehead City, NC radar was very recently installed with this upgrade, and couldn’t have come at a better time either. Dual-Pol has several practical uses in meteorology, like determining rain, [read more...]
For the next week or so, I will not be able to provide live radar data on my website. I estimate the time frame from 6/9/11 through 6/18/11 for this feature to be offline. My home server actually generates these images then uploads them to this website. I am moving to a new address during [read more...]
Below is a radar snapshot from 4:36 pm CDT, just west of Oklahoma City.
Storms have kicked up off the dryline in western Oklahoma and north west Texas. Storm movement is NE to ENE at 25-30 kts. Several rotating supercells have emerged over west central Oklahoma, while convection is just now beginning across north west Texas. Radar snap from Frederick, OK radar site at 3:22pm CDT. Radar snap from Vance AFB, [read more...]
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