A nighttime comparison of Suomi NPP VIIRS Day/Night Band (0.7 µm), Shortwave Infrared (3.74 µm) and Infrared Window (11.45 µm) images at 0853 UTC on 20 June 2016 (above) revealed 2 key features of the large Cedar Fire that had been burning in eastern Arizona: (1) the fire “hot spot” signature (black to... Read More
The 2016 Atlantic Tropical Season’s third named storm has formed in the Gulf of Mexico just north of the Yucatan Peninsula; Colin became the earliest named “C” storm on record for that basin. MIMIC Total Precipitable Water values for the 72 hours ending at 2300 UTC on 5 June 2016, above, show the storm embedded within a deep band of tropical moisture... Read More
A large explosion aboard the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon — located about 52 miles southeast of Venice, Louisiana — occurred around 03 UTC on 21 April 2010. McIDAS images of GOES-13 (GOES-East) Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) and GOES-13 Visible (0.65 µm) data (above) showed a “hot spot” (darker black pixels) associated with... Read More
An outbreak of severe thunderstorms developed across the Upper Midwest states on 07 June 2007 — SPC storm reports showed widespread tornadoes (including the EF-3 Langlade WI... Read More
