The 12–14 March 1993 “Storm of the Century” (aka “the ’93 Superstorm” or “the Great Blizzard of 1993”) was one of the most significant storms to impact the eastern United States (NWS Wilmington NC summary). McIDAS images of EUMETSAT Meteosat-3 Infrared (11.5 µm) channel images (above) showed the storm as it initially began to experience... Read More
The Area Forecast Discussion issued by the National Weather Service forecast office in Fairbanks mentioned the presence of a layer of fog and stratus over parts of the North Slope region of Alaska:NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1258 PM AKDT MON MAR 11 2013 NORTH SLOPE…THE... Read More
AWIPS images of MODIS 0.64 µm visible channel and 6.7 µm water vapor channel images with an overlay of CRAS model 500 hPa geopotential height contours (above) showed an upper-level trough of low pressure that was moving inland across southern California and Arizona on Read More
AWIPS images of Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.64 µm visible channel images (above) revealed some interesting curved ice floe gyres in the Bering Sea just off the eastern coast of the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula on 07 March 2013. Also evident near the center of the visible images was a long, narrow,... Read More
