Strong winds across southern Colorado (gusting as high as 60 mph at Alamosa, and 77 mph at Monarch Pass) were creating areas of blowing dust across that region on 06 July 2012. A 1-km resolution Aqua MODIS true-color Red/Green/Blue (RGB) image (above; viewed using Google Earth) showed a long plume of blowing... Read More
United Airlines flight 1727 from Tampa, Florida to Houston, Texas (aircraft flight path | plot of aircraft altitude/speed, from FlightAware.com) encountered extreme turbulence near the coast of Louisiana just before 12:00 UTC on Read More
AWIPS images of 4-km resolution GOES-13 10.7 µm IR channel images (above; click image to play animation) showed the development of a line of severe thunderstorms along an advancing cold frontal boundary as it approached the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas region during the afternoon hours on Read More
McIDAS images of 4-km resolution GOES-15 6.5 µm water vapor channel data (above; click image to play animation) displayed the development of a classic “dry swirl” water vapor signature indicating the transition to an occluded cyclone during the 01 April – 02 April 2012 time period. The Ocean Prediction Center... Read More
