Gibson Ridge Software & the Atlanta Tornado

A nice write-up of Gibson Ridge Software in the March 22nd, 2008 edition of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (click on the title to read the full article).

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/gwinnett/stories/2008/03/21/tornadotech_0322.html

Mike gets all the credit for developing the software, but on the GRS Owner's Forum he credits "all of us" who have helped him develop and make better the GRS products.

A tragedy in Atlanta, yes, but there's a great story (about Mike & GRS) behind it all.

Read for yourself,

Jay Reid

Alive and kickin' at 10pm ET

Tornado-chaser Dew and the gang are in/near Brown County, NE. Quick development of powerful line of storms. Showing eTVS and TVS icons on GRS Level 3 and MDA icon on Level 2.

Near "Dew-ville" South Dakota @ 616pmET

Dew and the gang are just east of this area. Looking at a wall cloud...

Top image is Level 3 data via Gibson Ridge. Middle and bottom pictures are via GR2-AE. The legend for the bottom image: upper left is Base Reflectivity 0.5deg (Radar site not far to NW), upper right is Storm-relative Velocity 0.5deg, bottom left is estimated hail size, bottom right is NROT, a new rotational product specific to GR-2AE. The icons are hail size indicators. GR-2AE does not contain storm path data, as it pulls Level 2 radar info.

Gregg Stumpf, Charles Edwards, and Tony Laubach are in the general area, as well.

No photos of Andrea....but....

Here's a Level 2 RADAR snap from this morning......can you pick out the area wildfires?

One at the Charlton (GA) and Baker (FL) county line, also at least one other major fire in Baker County, FL. Also, Jacksonville Fire Rescue has sent various equipment to Clay, Bradford, and Baker counties.