GOES-13 visible imagery (above) revealed the rather large eye of Hurricane Norbert on 08 October 2008 — Norbert was a Category 4 storm at that time, and the eye appeared to be about 30-35 nautical... Read More
AWIPS images of the GOES-12 and MODIS fog/stratus product around 07:30 UTC or 3:30 AM local time  (above) told two very different stories regarding the formation of river valley fog across parts of the Northeast US on 07 October 2008. In... Read More
AWIPS images of geostationary satellite water vapor channel data (above) showed a long moisture plume moving across the Pacific Ocean toward the west coast of the US on 02-03 October 2008. A comparison of GOES-11 water vapor channel data with POES (AMSU) and SSM/I Total Precipitable Water (TPW) products (below)... Read More
A patch of stratus cloud was easily identifiable on AWIPS images of the GOES-12 and MODIS fog/stratus product (above) across parts of eastern Saskatchewan and western Manitoba in central Canada on 02 October 2008. Note how much sharper the cloud edge appeared... Read More
