AWIPS images of the 4-km resolution GOES-13 “fog/stratus product” at night followed by 1-km resolution GOES-13 0.63 µm visible channel data (above) showed that there was a great deal of river valley fog along the portion of the Mississippi River where Wisconsin borders Minnesota and Iowa, as well as some... Read More
AWIPS images of 1-km resolution MODIS 3.7 µm shortwave IR data (above) revealed a large number of “hot spots” (black to red to yellow color enhancement) due to wildfires that were burning across parts of western Ontario, Canada on 17 July –
McIDAS images of GOES-13 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation) showed the cyclonic circulation of clouds and the convective bursts associated with the development of Tropical Storm Bret in the western Atlantic Ocean north of the Bahamas on 17 July... Read More
AWIPS images of GOES-13 10.7 µm IR data (above; click image to play animation) showed the progression of two long-lived Mesoscale Convective Systems (or “derechos”) on 11 July 2011 — one moving southeastward from the Dakotas and Minnesota, and another moving northeastward from... Read More
