AWIPS images of Suomi NPP VIIRS 11.45 µm IR channel data (above; click image to play animation) showed a very large storm moving slowly across the Arctic Ocean during the 13 October – 15 October 2012 period. Large areas of stationary sea ice could be seen over... Read More

AWIPS images of Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.64 µm visible channel data (above) and 11.45 µm IR channel data (below) showed a close-up view of the clouds associated with a strong storm (surface analysis) that was crossing the Aleutian Islands and entering the Bering Sea on 03 September... Read More

An unusually strong area of low pressure moved northward into the Arctic Ocean and intensified during the 05 August – 08 August 2012 time period — a storm this deep (965 hPa central pressure) is exceptional for the Arctic Ocean region, especially during the summer month of August. A comparison... Read More

Even though most of Hudson Bay in Canada was essentially ice-free on 24 July 2012, there were still some ice floes consisting of thick first year ice that remained in the far southwestern part of the Bay. AWIPS images of Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.64 µm visible channel data (above) showed... Read More