This past CIMSS Blog Post showed a region of very strong bowing winds diagnosed by Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data and associated with a convective complex over Lake Superior before sunset on 25 May 2021. On 3 June 2021, shortly after sunrise (SAR overpasses over the Great Lakes typically occur around 0000 and 1200... Read More
GOES-16 visible imagery above (click to animate) shows the development of standing waves upwind of southwestern Nova Scotia. These winds developed in a region of low-level southwesterly (i.e., onshore) flow, as shown in the 1806 UTC image below that includes surface observations. Higher clouds are moving from a more westerly... Read More
GOES-16 visible imagery, above, shows a line of convection moving over Lake Superior late in the day on 25 May 2021. Merged MRMS Radar Reflectivity at 2340 UTC, below, (from this website) shows radar echoes approaching 45 dBz (at a fair distance from the radars being used to produce the imagery). What... Read More
There have been recent changes to web browsers with a result that ftp:// protocols are only rarely supported (and that can be with difficulty). Accordingly, ftp access to UW-Madison CIMSS Direct Broadcast imagery has been altered so that https:// protocols can be used. This can allow direct visualization of imagery... Read More
