Sucks that the radar is unreadable. Maybe someone will step up and say
their car was smashed by a North American Lunar meteorite. Could you
imagine? We can hope... ;)
Just a heads up for those still holding out hope, more Fireball reports
have been made on AMS:
http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball2/public.php?start_date=2011-01-01&end_date=2011-12-31
Articles about the fireball:
http://news.google.com/news/more?q=fireball&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rlz=1R1GGLL_en___US360&um=1&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&ncl=dw2iJm6DIXQC3OMzlaYaeruc0jPmM&ei=KzIuTYzGM5S6sQOGoMnqBg&sa=X&oi=news_result&ct=more-results&resnum=7&ved=0CFkQqgIwBg
Perhaps someone will come forward with some better quality video footage
other than bright flashes.
Regards,
Eric
On 1/12/2011 1:52 PM, Marc Fries wrote:
Here's the NOAA site with all the data:
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/nexradinv/
And here's NOAA's free radar image viewing software:
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/wct/
There's a FAQ and instructions and what-not in there as well. It's worth the
read - there is a fairly extensive learning curve to working with radar data.
Cheers,
Marc Fries
On Jan 12, 2011, at 1:43 PM, R. Chastain wrote:
Thanks for the info.
I will check out the NOAA site.
Rod
--- On Wed, 1/12/11, Marc Fries<fr...@psi.edu> wrote:
From: Marc Fries<fr...@psi.edu>
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Huge Fireball: Possible First Meteorite Fall of
2011
To: "R. Chastain"<suen...@yahoo.com>
Cc: "Meteorite-list List"<meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2011, 4:36 PM
Depending on the radar, the data can
go back as far as 1992. All of it is publicly
available through the NOAA website - your tax dollars at
work, as they say.
Cheers,
Marc Fries
On Jan 12, 2011, at 12:57 PM, R. Chastain wrote:
Hi,
I have a question about radar data in general.
How far back is radar data archived? A few
weeks/days/years??
Thanks,
Rod
--- On Wed, 1/12/11, Marc Fries<fr...@psi.edu>
wrote:
From: Marc Fries<fr...@psi.edu>
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Huge Fireball:
Possible First Meteorite Fall of 2011
To: "Meteorite-list List"<meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2011, 3:09 PM
Howdy, all
I've received a bunch of
requests for
radar data so I'll just answer them all
here... I
pulled all the radar data down last night and did
a perusal
for fall signatures. I didn't see anything
terribly
obvious but eyewitness reports were not very
specific at the
time. I'm out of town working today but will sit
down with
the radar data (and much better eyewitness
reports!) tonight
and see what I can find. I'll post the
results to my
blog so everyone can see them.
Cheers,
Marc Fries
On Jan 12, 2011, at 10:30 AM, Meteorites USA
wrote:
Hey Robert, a short duration Fireball doesn't
really
mean much with regard to whether meteorites are on
the
ground as evidenced by the Whetstone Mountains
meteorite
fall. The question on this one is whether there
was
fragmentation, and if there is video of that
fragmentation.
Fragmentation has been reported by many eye
witnesses. A
good sign is that sonic booms were heard as well,
and quote
"houses were rattled". Though not definitive it's
a very
good piece of the puzzle.
Regards,
Eric
On 1/12/2011 10:25 AM, meteoritefin...@yahoo.com
wrote:
Yeah, sounded pretty impressive at first
and was
reported over a huge area, but as others
have noted,
it was quite short, so ...
Robert Woolard
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 12, 2011, at 11:59 AM, Meteorites
USA<e...@meteoritesusa.com>
wrote:
UPDATE: New data added... This is a
short
duration event. Current public video sucks, and no
radar
yet. Over 30 sightings on AMS. I've added a map,
and the
Google Earth KMZ file for download for those who
want to try
this one.
http://www.meteoritesusa.com/meteorite-news/huge-fireball-seen-across-6-states/
Enjoy...
Regards,
Eric
On 1/12/2011 12:20 AM, Meteorites USA
wrote:
You know, sometimes it's just too
good to
be true... What are the chances a meteorite falls
on 1/11/11
just a mere couple weeks before the Tucson show?
;)
We might have our first meteorite
fall of
2011. Too many reports of fragmentation and sonic
booms for
it not to be. Looks like this might be the real
deal.
Here's some quotes from the
articles:
"A sonic boom was heard as far
north as
Western North Carolina..."
"...Copiah County Emergency
Management
Director Randle Drane said residents who saw the
light and
heard a subsequent boom called to report what they
had seen
or heard. The majority of those who heard the boom
were near
the town of Hopewell just southeast of Crystal
Springs...."
"...Little Rock, Ark. Around 8:30
p.m. we
began receiving calls about a bright flash of
light and a
boom..."
"...Around 9 PM Tuesday, the
Pulaski
County Sheriff's Office received several calls of
what
looked like balls of fire falling from the
sky...."
"...According to affiliate KFSM,
the
meteor was also sighted in Greenwood, Jonesboro,
Jackson,
Miss., Biloxi, Miss., and the Florida
Panhandle...."
Reports still coming in...
Regards,
Eric Wichman
Meteorites USA
www.meteoritesusa.com
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