This index shows the potential for wet microbursts in the southeast United States. An index value of 1 or higher represents a high risk. The products available from this site show the maximum Theta-e difference in degrees K from the surface to 300mb, which is approximately MDPI x 30. More Information on Microburst Products Experimental Microburst Products from the GOES Sounders are available about 1 hour after the start time of the sounder scan. Each band is sensitive to radiance received from a particular layer of the troposphere.
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Water vapor is used for the DMI products. Images are in .GIF format, usually 150-300 kBytes in size. A more complete description was published in the AMS journal Weather and Forecasting , Volume 15, October, 2000.