McIDAS images of 4-km resolution GOES-15 (GOES-West) and GOES-13 (GOES-East) 6.5 µm water vapor channel images (above; click image to play animation) showed a well-defined high altitude mountain wave cloud (or “banner cloud”) immediately downwind of the high elevations of the Rocky Mountains in western Montana on Read More
A comparison of AWIPS images of 1-km resolution MODIS 0.65 µm visible channel and 6.7 µm water vapor channel data (above) revealed the presence of widespread mountain waves across parts of the Mid-Atlantic states on 20 February 2013. Parallel bands of rotor clouds helped to identify the location of these waves (caused... Read More
A comparison of AWIPS images of 1-km resolution MODIS 0.65 µm visible channel, 11.0 µm IR channel, and 6.7 µm water channel data (above) revealed subtle Kelvin-Helmholtz (K-H) billow features across parts of eastern Iowa on 10 February 2013 that were only apparent... Read More
The AWIPS images above (click to play animation) showed low-resolution GOES-15 10.7 µm IR data with an overlay of the surface analysis and pilot reports of turbulence. A number of reports of moderate turbulence could be seen in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands (at altitudes between 9,000 and 27,000... Read More
