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Forecasters to test experimental lightning data

Posted in Collaboration, Research News on July 17, 2014 by Susan Cobb.

NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) forecasters will test how lightning data impacts the warning process during convective events in the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed from July 21-August 29. The project is a collaboration between NSSL and Earth Networks, Inc., a private weather company.

Tags: alert, dangerous, earth networks, Hot Items, HWT, lightning, thunderstorm

NSSL scientists heading to Florida to launch balloons into thunderstorms

Posted in Research News, Warning Research News on July 17, 2013 by Susan Cobb.

NSSL scientists will launch instrumented balloons into north Florida thunderstorms as part of an ongoing University of Florida triggered lightning experiment for two weeks beginning July 28.

Tags: balloon, Hot Items, Issue: Summer 2013, thunderstorm, triggered lightning

Researchers plan first extensive U.S. study looking for link between cities and storms

Posted in Forecast Research News, Research News on August 1, 2012 by Susan Cobb.

A group of researchers, including NSSL’s Dave Stensrud, recently announced they plan to study the effects of cities on thunderstorms.

Tags: cities, Hot Items, Issue: Summer 2012, thunderstorm

Flashy storm

Posted in Perspectives, Photo of the Month on November 17, 2010 by Susan Cobb.

A simulation of a Florida thunderstorm showing two lightning flashes (upper-level intracloud and a negative cloud-to-ground). Light gray is the cloud boundary, darker gray is 35 dBZ reflectivity. 2D color slice is simulated NEXRAD reflectivity.

Tags: isosurface, Issue: October/November 2010, lightning, Mansell, simulation, thunderstorm

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