🌪️05/17: The LIFT project used LiDAR & mobile mesonets to sample ground-level wind flow on a strong tornado in Nebraska.
This type of data of both the tornado itself AND its formation at such close range and proximity to ground is rare and valuable.
🔗: https://t.co/14LLWKo93r
Tornado science doesn't stop when the funnel lifts. 👩🔬🌪️
From social science to drones, NSSL teams deploy to communities impacted by tornadoes in search of data that ultimately improves public safety.
SCIENCE IN THE DAMAGE PATH: https://t.co/KE0l4Jh1oC
NSSL researchers with the LIFT campaign are staged in central Kansas today, preparing to capture unprecedented data on tornadoes and hail. 🌪️🧊
THE SCIENCE: https://t.co/HJvi63o3pm
🌅 When you're out there hunting tornadoes and big hail you're gonna see some gorgeous sights. From scanning 🌪️ tornadoes with LiDAR 📡 at close range, to analyzing 🧊 hail in free fall, these LIFT scientists have all the fun!
THE SCIENCE ➡️ https://t.co/HJvi63oBeU
🌪️🌩️ The LIFT project is in Central Arkansas today, collecting data on storms capable of producing tornadoes and large hail.
👀 Check out the science of LIFT 🔗: https://t.co/HJvi63oBeU
🌸🪻The annual #SpringForecastExperiment is live!
From tornadoes 🌪️ to hail 🌨 and flash floods 🌊, this is where the next gen of cutting edge weather tools are tested and perfected.
Learn more 🔗: https://t.co/ckgT8uqHTs
🌪️🌩️ "LIFT" campaign is in full swing.
👀 At a glance:
🚛📡 LiDAR: ground-level winds inside the tornado.🌬️
💎🎥 HailCam: Data on hailstones in free-fall
🚁 Drones reporting before & after the storm
👩🔬💬 Social scientists perfecting safety info
🔗: https://t.co/HJvi63oBeU
🚨 WE'RE LEVELING UP 📡📡📡
Mobile radars are critical to getting hi-resolution scans of the lowest levels of storms; where 🌪️ tornadoes form and damage occurs. This new fleet unleashes opportunities for more and better data.
THE SCIENCE : https://t.co/MilZyBlPvE
🌪️ Can severe weather be predicted 3 weeks in advance? 🤔
🌩️ We're testing the limits with the Severe Weather Extended-Range forecasting and Verification Experiment (SWERVE), exploring extended-range forecasting. @NOAA@NOAAResearch
Learn More 🌀: https://t.co/OE7RHb5uTE
🌪️Had a close encounter with a tornado lately? 🌪️We want to hear from you!
#TornadoTales to help us understand how people react during a storm so we can improve safety communications.
📲 Share your tale: 🔗 https://t.co/oJ3FDD7skU
One Weather Picture. Many Critical Decisions.
⚡📡 The Multi-Radar, Multi-Sensor (MRMS) system combines data from radars and sensors across the country to paint a picture of what's happening in the atmosphere. @NOAAResearch@NOAA
🔗: https://t.co/XKGyiB7PbE
⛈️💻 AI and machine learning are changing the world, and we’re leveraging these revolutionary tools to enhance the capabilities of our researchers.🌪️🤖
✅ Speeding innovation
✅ Delivering better forecasting products
Learn More 🔗: https://t.co/EEa80087NC
⛈️💻 AI and machine learning are changing the world, and we’re leveraging these revolutionary tools to enhance the capabilities of our researchers.🌪️🤖
✅ Speeding innovation
✅ Delivering better forecasting products
Learn More 🔗: https://t.co/EEa80087NC
👨🔬 Meet NSSL Research Scientist Jacob Carlin, recent @ametsoc Early Career Award winner
Jacob 📡 builds radar models and simulations to improve predictability of severe weather🌪️. He's also a pianist, hiker, a great cook and loves his pups! 🐶🐶 🎹 🏔️ 🔗:https://t.co/lypUczLSE3
🌪️🌩️ Storm warnings⚠️ are only useful if you can easily access, understand and act on them.
We're working on ways to make severe weather info more effective for the public & building tools forecasters use to keep people safe! @NOAA@NOAAResearch@NWS
🔗: https://t.co/wrZKzZ1J5F
🌪️🌩️ Storm warnings⚠️ are only useful if you can easily access, understand and act on them.
We're working on ways to make severe weather info more effective for the public & building tools forecasters use to keep people safe! @NOAA@NOAAResearch@NWS
🔗: https://t.co/wrZKzZ1J5F
👨🔬 Meet NSSL Research Scientist Jacob Carlin, recent @ametsoc Early Career Award winner
Jacob 📡 builds radar models and simulations to improve predictability of severe weather🌪️. He's also a pianist, hiker, a great cook and loves his pups! 🐶🐶 🎹 🏔️ 🔗:https://t.co/lypUczLSE3