{"id":10768,"date":"2015-05-12T16:43:21","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T21:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hwt.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/internal\/blog\/?p=10768"},"modified":"2016-10-03T17:54:09","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T22:54:09","slug":"nucaps-sample","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/2015\/05\/12\/nucaps-sample\/","title":{"rendered":"NUCAPS Sample"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tested NUCAPS sounding for southeast Idaho.\u00a0 The point used is circled.\u00a0 The visible image was close to the sample time, but there may have been some cloud contamination.\u00a0 Adjusted the surface observations upward based on the nearest MesoWest surface observation.\u00a0 It was difficult because a lot of the lower points needed to be adjusted to keep it realistic.\u00a0 The instability seems a little high, but it could be localized.\u00a0 Will see how the thunderstorms in the area develop over the next few hours.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2015\/05\/Screenshot-CAVEPIH-D2D-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10779\" src=\"http:\/\/hwt.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/internal\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screenshot-CAVEPIH-D2D-3-300x147.png\" alt=\"Screenshot-CAVE:PIH - D2D -3\" width=\"300\" height=\"147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2015\/05\/Screenshot-CAVEPIH-D2D-3-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2015\/05\/Screenshot-CAVEPIH-D2D-3-768x376.png 768w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2015\/05\/Screenshot-CAVEPIH-D2D-3-1024x502.png 1024w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2015\/05\/Screenshot-CAVEPIH-D2D-3-500x245.png 500w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2015\/05\/Screenshot-CAVEPIH-D2D-3.png 1638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 60vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Update: This thunderstorm moved over the sampled area about two hours later.\u00a0 It peaked at about 55-60 dBZ Composite Refl and had a NOAA\/CIMSS Prob Severe Model reading of 24% at that time.\u00a0 The 5-minute ENTLN Lightning 3 km grid peaked at 11 with this storm.\u00a0 There was no ground truth to verify what happened there.\u00a0 But will note the complex mountain terrain in that area and how difficult thunderstorm modeling and forecasting is in Western Region (with local effects, etc.).\u00a0 This was a decent test.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2015\/05\/Screenshot-CAVEPIH-D2D-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10818\" src=\"http:\/\/hwt.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/internal\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screenshot-CAVEPIH-D2D-4-277x300.png\" alt=\"Screenshot-CAVE:PIH - D2D -4\" width=\"277\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2015\/05\/Screenshot-CAVEPIH-D2D-4-277x300.png 277w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2015\/05\/Screenshot-CAVEPIH-D2D-4-768x832.png 768w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2015\/05\/Screenshot-CAVEPIH-D2D-4.png 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 60vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2015\/05\/Screenshot-CAVEPIH-D2D-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10824\" src=\"http:\/\/hwt.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/internal\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Screenshot-CAVEPIH-D2D-5-300x170.png\" alt=\"Screenshot-CAVE:PIH - D2D -5\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2015\/05\/Screenshot-CAVEPIH-D2D-5-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2015\/05\/Screenshot-CAVEPIH-D2D-5-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2015\/05\/Screenshot-CAVEPIH-D2D-5-1024x581.png 1024w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2015\/05\/Screenshot-CAVEPIH-D2D-5-500x284.png 500w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/ewp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2015\/05\/Screenshot-CAVEPIH-D2D-5.png 1634w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 60vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>-Champion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tested NUCAPS sounding for southeast Idaho.\u00a0 The point used is circled.\u00a0 The visible image was close to the sample time, but there may have been some cloud contamination.\u00a0 Adjusted the&#8230; 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