Baron Tornado Index (BTI):
Revolutionary Tornado Detection
What is the Baron Tornado Index?
The new patent-pending Baron Tornado Index (BTI) introduces ground-breaking technology for tornado detection.
With the BTI, each Baron SCIT (Storm Cell Identification Track) features a ranking on a 1-10 scale, rating the
likelihood of a tornado within that storm. The color of affected shear markers changes from yellow to orange,
then red, as the probability grows higher.
Built on patent-pending and proprietary algorithms integrating radar data with the highest-resolution mesoscale
models available, the Baron Tornado Index provides an easy, one-glance diagnosis of a storm's tornadic potential.
BTI data is free to all Baron data customers until April 15, 2008. After that time, a subscription to
the Advanced Data Service Package is required, or BTI data can be purchased separately.
» Baron Tornado Index (BTI) explainer [PDF | 105KB]
February 5-6, 2008 Tornado Outbreak: Post-Analysis
» Event 1: BTI Monitors Risk of Tornadoes in Arkansas
» Event 2: BTI Provides Extended Lead-time in Deadly Memphis Tornadoes
» Event 3: High BTI Value in Northern Mississippi Precedes 200-mile Path of Tornadoes
» Event 4: BTI Provides More than 30-minute Lead-time during Jackson, TN Tornado
» Event 5: BTI Successfully Ranks Tornadic Storms in Alabama
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