Strong northwesterly winds behind a cold front gusted as high as 55 mph at Magee Peak in Washington State on 12 July 2010, causing some traffic accidents and road closures due to low visibility from blowing dust — and the blowing dust ended up restricting surface visibility to 2 miles as far to the east as... Read More

A stagnant area of high pressure situated over the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states contributed to a prolonged heatwave over that part of the US, with widespread temperatures over 100º F (38º C) for several days — including 106º F (41º C) at Williamsburg, Virginia and Frederick, Maryland on 06 July 2010. McIDAS images of GOES-13 0.63 µm... Read More

AWIPS images of GOES-13 0.63 µm visible channel data (above) showed widespread hazy conditions over much of the Great Lakes region during the afternoon and evening hours on 24 June 2010. The thick haze became more evident during the late afternoon and... Read More

Large wildfires began to burn in parts of Quebec, Canada during the last few days of May 2010. AWIPS images of  1-km resolution POES AVHRR 0.63 µm visible channel and  3.7 µm shortwave IR channel data (above) revealed several clusters of hot pixels (yellow to red pixels) associated with... Read More