Wildfire activity persisted across parts of the Northwest US today, with GOES-11 Wildfire ABBA indicating a number of active fires in WA, ID, and MT (below, left). The smoke from these fires became rather thick from eastern Washington to western Montana, as seen by the widespread... Read More
Subtropical moisture associated with weakening Hurricane John began to spread northward into the desert southwest, which was well depicted on AWIPS imagery of the GOES sounder total precipitable water (PW) derived product (below, left). This surge of moisture (QuickTime animation) prompted... Read More
Slow-moving Tropical Storm Ernesto produced winds of up to 76 mph and rainfall totals of 10-11 inches (map of rainfall totals) in the Norfolk/Virginia Beach VA area during the past 1-2 days (below, right), and caused widespread flooding problems across much... Read More
Aqua and Terra MODIS true color imagery shows two areas of significant smoke today: across parts of the Pacific Northwest region of the US, and also across parts of Quebec and Labrador in eastern Canada (northeast of the cloud shield that is the remnants of Tropical Storm Ernesto... Read More
