The third major storm  of the 2010/2011 winter season  (storm #1 | storm #2) impacted much of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast states on 26 January 2011 – 27 January 2011. An AWIPS image  of Read More

An AWIPS image comparison of  MODIS 6.7 µm and GOES-13 6.5 µm “water vapor channel” data (above) demonstrated the advantage of improved spatial resolution for detecting the structure and areal coverage of mountain waves that were present over the Mid-Atlantic states on Read More

An unusually large and strong mid-latitude cyclone rapidly intensified over the western Great Lakes region on 26 October 2010 (see HPC 18 UTC surface analysis and 22 UTC SPC Watches, Warnings, and Advisories). AWIPS images of GOES-13 6.5 µm water vapor channel data with overlays of surface analyses and SPC storm reports (above) showed... Read More

On 20 July 2010, United Airlines Flight 967 en route from Washington Dulles to Los Angeles encountered severe turbulence over the central US, and had to divert and land at Denver to medically treat nearly 30 passengers who suffered significant injuries. The flight track diversion is shown above (courtesy of FlightAware.com).AWIPS images... Read More