Noah joined WDT in January 2014 as a Meteorological Programmer working with the radar team. Since then, he has been involved in several projects, including quality control improvements for international radar networks and integration of dual-polarization data into WDT's hail and precipitation products. He has expertise in severe thunderstorms, precipitation processes, and developing analytics for radar data.
Recent Posts by Noah Lock:
by Noah Lock, on Jul 24, 2018 2:06:21 PM
Radar is an excellent tool for assessing storms, and soundings are an excellent tool for understanding why the atmosphere does what it does. Much of the unusual weather in Oklahoma …
Read Storyby Noah Lock, on Aug 18, 2016 1:36:26 PM
Heavy rain fell for much of the past week across parts of the Gulf Coast, but by far the worst of the deluge was August 11-13 in Louisiana, where rainfall …
Read Storyby Noah Lock, on Apr 18, 2016 4:57:34 PM
Last night and into this morning, a major flooding event unfolded in the Houston, TX metro area in the same region that suffered through multiple similar events last spring. Areas …
Read Storyby Noah Lock, on Mar 23, 2016 4:47:18 PM
In addition to severe thunderstorm season, spring is also the grass fire season in the plains. While many ranchers execute controlled burns through the spring to clear dead grass from …
Read Storyby Noah Lock, on Feb 18, 2016 2:28:20 PM
Proper quality control (QC) remains a constant struggle with International radar systems due to inconsistent scanning strategies, inconsistent spatial and temporal resolution, and the lack of available radar products. The …
Read Storyby Noah Lock, on Dec 29, 2015 1:16:34 PM
Though many of us took time off over the holiday weekend, the weather certainly did not. A series of storm systems affected large areas of the country with strong tornadoes, …
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