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English: The GOES-R ProbSevere and lightning jump products as demonstrated during the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT) 2015 spring experiment. This spring, NOAA satellite experts and weather forecasters had the opportunity to work together at the HWT in Norman, Oklahoma, to evaluate new science, technology and products that will be available from the GOES-R satellite for improving short-range hazardous weather forecasts and warning decision-making.

From May 4 to June 12 (during the height of severe weather season), National Weather Service forecasters, TV broadcast meteorologists, and researchers worked side-by-side to evaluate new products and tools and participated in experimental forecast and warning generation exercises. This approach allows for a two-way path between research and operations and prepares weather forecasters to use the new capabilities that will be available from NOAA’s next generation of geostationary weather satellites, the GOES-R series.

In conjunction with the HWT spring experiment, NOAA’s GOES-14 spare satellite was brought out of storage in its central orbit and operated in super rapid scan operations mode. This demonstration provided special one-minute imagery of severe storms that simulates the capabilities that will be available with the GOES-R series satellites.

Image credit: GOES-R HWT Blog

Feature story: www.nesdis.noaa.gov/news_archives/hazardous_weather_testb...

GOES-R HWT blog: goesrhwt.blogspot.com/

GOES-14 SRSOR: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/srsor2015/GOES-14_SRSOR.html