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GOES-16 is powered by a solar array containing five solar panels that were folded at launch and unfurled after deployment. [23] GOES-16 was designed to have a service lifetime of 15 years, including 10 years as an operational satellite and 5 additional years as a backup for successive GOES satellites.
That year the College expanded with the opening of the Bloomingdale Center for Independent Learning. [15] The Carol Stream Community Education Center opened in 2004 and the West Chicago Community Education Center in 2005. [16] In fall 2005, College of DuPage converted from a quarter system to a semester system. [17]
3rd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 11th. Website. www.dupagecounty.gov. [1] DuPage County (/ duːˈpeɪdʒ / doo-PAYJ) is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois, and one of the collar counties of the Chicago metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 932,877, making it Illinois' second-most populous county. Its county seat is Wheaton.
The K-Index or George's Index is a measure of thunderstorm potential in meteorology. According to the National Weather Service, the index harnesses measurements such as "vertical temperature lapse rate, moisture content of the lower atmosphere, and the vertical extent of the moist layer." [1] It was developed by the American meteorologist ...
Part of the Weather of 2024. Starting on the evening of July 13 and extending through July 16, 2024, an intense sequence of severe weather outbreaks affected much of the Midwestern and Northeastern United States. This included two significant derechoes that each had wind gusts exceeding 100 mph (160 km/h), as well as multiple tornado outbreaks ...
Naperville received 14 inches of rain in less than 24 hours, and DuPage County was declared a disaster zone. The estimated damages were over $30 million. [26] [27] The YMCA in Downtown Naperville was announced to close in May 2020 after 109 years of operation, due to economic difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. [28]
As part of his research at Penn State, he was lead weather forecaster for numerous field research programs around the country. [4] He continues limited research and was on the development team of the Enhanced Fujita Scale which in 2007 replaced the original Fujita Scale from 1971. Forbes announced he would go into semi-retirement on July 6 ...
The National Weather Service office of Chicago has one of the longest periods of official weather records, dating back to 1870, though all the 1870 and 1871 weather records taken at 181 West Washington Street were lost in the Great Chicago Fire. Of the two major airports located in Chicago, Midway Airport began observations in 1928, and O'Hare ...