A comparison of Aqua MODIS Visible (0.65 µm), Near-Infrared “Cirrus” (1.37 µm), Water Vapor (6.7 µm) and Infrared Window (11.0 µm) images (above) showed widespread transverse banding along the northern and eastern periphery of a decaying Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) that was moving from Iowa into Illinois and Missouri on... Read More
American Airlines Flight 1897 pushed back from the gate San Antonio (SAT) Texas at 6:45 PM CDT (and lifted off at 6:58 PM CDT) (2358 UTC) on 3 June, bound for Phoenix. An encounter with convection over southeastern New Mexico cause windshield and nosecone damage, and the flight landed safely at 8:03 PM (0203 UTC) MDT in El Paso, TX. Click here and here (from Twitter user Tom Podolec) for flight paths. The Flight Tracking Log from FlightAware suggests the damage... Read More
Check out the transverse banding from WI to TN ahead of the shortwave! Plenty of #turbulence pireps to go along! #aviationweather VIS loop from @CODMeteorology pic.twitter.com/YVyxwYJ6Wz — Jeremy Smith (@WX_Overlord) June 2, 2018 GOES-16 (GOES-East) Near-Infrared “Cirrus” (1.37 µm), Mid-level Water Vapor (6.9 µm) and Upper-level Water Vapor (6.2 µm) images (below) showed the... Read More
It looks like someone was having fun flying in circles. Check out the contrails southwest of San Diego captured by #GOES16 yesterday afternoon. You can even see its shadow on the low clouds early in the animation. pic.twitter.com/PvUr2jNack — NWS San Diego (@NWSSanDiego) April 24, 2018 As pointed out by NWS... Read More
