Unusually hot and dry mid-August conditions beneath a strong ridge of high pressure across British Columbia led to a major outbreak of wildfires across that western Canadian province — 1-km resolution GOES-15 0.63 µm visible channel images (above) showed the development of a number of large and very dense smoke... Read More
Recent news articles (such as this one) have noted the unusual warmth present in the surface waters of the Great Lakes. Clear skies over the western Great Lakes on Sunday 8 August allowed MODIS instruments to measure sea surface temperatures, and the warm temperatures are plain to see. These warm temperatures... Read More
A large Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) initially developed over Nebraska and quickly grew in size as it propagated eastward across the Missouri River Valley region of the north-central US on 08 August 2010. AWIPS images of 1-km resolution POES AVHRR 0.63 µm visible and 10.8 µm IR channel data (above)... Read More
Several days before the largest hailstone on record in the US fell in central South Dakota, McIDAS images of 4-km resolution GOES-13 10.7 µm IR data (above) showed a cluster of severe thunderstorms that propagated southeastward across far northwestern South Dakota on 19 July 2010. From a satellite perspective, this convection did not appear to be unusually intense... Read More
