The National Weather Service forecast office in Salt Lake City, Utah referred to the MODIS Total Precipitable Water (TPW) product (above) in their afternoon forecast discussion on 27 August 2011: FXUS65 KSLC 272201 AFDSLC AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 355... Read More
AWIPS images of GOES-13 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation) showed an interesting swirl of smoke aloft which moved eastward across the Upper Midwest region during the late afternoon hours on 25 August 2011.The curved shape of the... Read More
On 22 August 2011 Tropical Storm Irene intensified to become the first Atlantic basin hurricane of the 2011 season. McIDAS images of GOES-13 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation) showed that while no eye was yet apparent, a number of discrete convective bursts could be seen during... Read More
TROPICAL STORM IRENE SPECIAL DISCUSSION NUMBER 1 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092011 700 PM AST SAT AUG 20 2011 AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INVESTIGATING THE TROPICAL WAVE EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES FOUND A SMALL LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER JUST SOUTHWEST OF A LARGE CONVECTIVE BURST... Read More
