McIDAS images of 4-km resolution GOES-15 6.5 µm water vapor channel data (above; click image to play animation) showed an intense upper level shortwave trough of low pressure moving northeastward across southcentral and eastern Alaska on 18 December 2011. Strong southerly flow associated with this system brought unseasonably warm air... Read More
A comparison of a MODIS true color Red/Green/Blue (RGB) image with the corresponding MODIS false color RGB image of Hudson Bay, Canada on 15 December 2011 (above) revealed the following: (1) most of the northern and western portions of Hudson Bay were ice-covered... Read More
Much of interior Alaska experienced record-setting early winter season cold temperatures during the middle of November 2011:PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 304 AM AKST SAT NOV 19 2011 …THE RECORDS CONTINUE TO FALL AT FAIRBANKS… THE EARLY WINTER NOVEMBER COLD SNAP CONTINUES TO RE-WRITE THE RECORD BOOKS... Read More
McIDAS images of MTSAT-1R 6.7 µm water vapor channel data (above) showed an intense extratropical cyclone that was moving toward the Bering Sea region during the 07 November – 08 November 2011 time frame. Of particular interest was the presence of a very warm/dry (dark black) circular region within the... Read More
