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Archive: Dec 2011

Fog along the Gulf Coast

The National Weather Service forecast office in Mobile, Alabama mentoned their use of the MODIS fog/stratus product during the pre-dawn hours on 14 December 2011:AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1140 PM CST TUE DEC 13 2011 .AVIATION UPDATE (14/06Z ISSUANCE)…LOW CIG AND VSBY CONDITIONS CONTINUE. GOES IMAGER 11-3.9... Read More

Freezing fog across the Pacific Northwest

AWIPS images of the 1-km resolution MODIS fog/stratus product (above) showed areas of freezing fog that were persisting across parts of the Pacific Northwest region of the US during the pre-dawn hours on 10 December 2011. This freezing fog was causing a few traffic accidents on roadways across the region.On the previous... Read More