Texas Tech University Atmospheric Science Group

Our radar crews successfully sampled a tornadic supercell thunderstorm this afternoon in SW Nebraska in coordination with the . Coordinated samples with mobile radars, mesonet vehicles, unmanned aircraft, and the NOAA P3 aircraft occurred over the lifetime of the storm.

Recently, our realtime deterministic WRF model went through an upgrade to version 4. Along with the software change, we upgraded our web graphics to a modern Python-based package. Visit the new model page: http://www.atmo.ttu.edu/bancell/real_time_WRF/ttuwrfhome.php

Our winter storm last week focused the most measurable snowfall over and just to the north and east of Lubbock, with these areas receiving 7-11" of snowfall. Lubbock's annual average snowfall is 8"!

Our new weather satellites are able to see snowfall on the ground with terrific clarity, and you can see an example from last week in this post from the National Weather Service office here in Lubbock

Teams have begun the journey to northern Alabama in support of VORTEXSE. Beginning Wednesday, we will begin deploying our StesoNet across northern AL and southern TN to sample the near-surface characteristics of the atmosphere preceding severe storms. Stay tuned for more updates as the project continues!