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Category: VIIRS

Remnants of Typhoon Halong intensifies over the Bering Sea, then moves inland across western/nortwestern Alaska

10-minute Full Disk scan GOES-18 (GOES-West) Mid-level Water Vapor images (above) showed the remnants of Typhoon Halong (North Pacific surface analyses) as it entered the Bering Sea late in the day on 11 October, re-intensified to a Hurricane Force low pressure (Alaska surface analyses) and eventually moved inland across far western and northwestern Alaska later in... Read More

A Foggy Morning for Lake Superior

The Great Lakes have a significant amount of thermal mass, meaning it takes a long time for them to cool down as the seasons change from summer to autumn. Often during this time of year, the air overlying the lakes is warmer than the lakes themselves. As water evaporates from... Read More