FROST IN OUR FORECAST COMING UP FROM WEATHERWATCH 12 AND FAR FROM THE EYE OF HURRICANE AND SCIENTISTS IN MADISON ARE SENDING SATELLITE DATA TO FORECASTERS IN FLORIDA. WEATHER WATCH 12 METEOROLOGIST DAJI ASWAD SHOWS US HOW THEY’RE HELPING. IT MIGHT ACTUALLY ACHIEVE THAT VERY ELITE STATUS AS A CATEGORY FIVE. INTENSE WINDS AND RAIN FROM HURRICANE IAN ARE BOGGING DOWN FLORIDA. CATEGORY FIVE STARTS AT 157. SARAH GRIFFIN IS A PART OF A TEAM OF METEOROLOGISTS AT COOPERATIVE INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE STUDIES IN MADISON, THE BIRTHPLACE OF SATELLITE METEOROLOGY. ON THE ROOF ARE THE TOOLS THAT CAPTURE THE DATA. SATELLITES, RUNNER ALGORITHMS ON IT, AND SEND IT OUT THE DOOR. WE PROVIDE INFORMATION, THOUGH, THAT THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FORECASTERS CAN USE TO MAKE THOSE PREDICTIONS. AND WE DO THAT NOT ONLY FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER, BUT ALSO FOR GLOBAL ENTITIES. THIS GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE IS UPDATING IMAGES OF HURRICANE AND EVERY 5 MINUTES LOOKING AT THE IMAGES FROM HURRICANE IAN ARE BREATHTAKING. I THINK THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER STUDIED THE BEST WHEN THEY CALLED A CATASTROPHIC. YOU’RE LOOKING AT A LOT OF STORM SURGE. THE ONLY THING THAT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE MADE THIS MORE CATASTROPHIC IS THIS BIT HIT TAMPA INSTEAD OF FORT MYERS. IT’S GOING TO TAKE ABOUT ANOTHER 30 HOURS TO GO ACROSS FLORIDA. AND I COME TO THIS JOB BECAUSE I LOVE IT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I’M MAKING AN IMPACT. AND SO KNOWING THAT SOME OF THE STUFF THEY’RE DOING IS MAKING AN IMPACT, EVEN AS LITTLE BIT AS IT IS. IN MADISON, DAJI ASWAD, WISN 12