An AWIPS II image comparison of Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.64 µm visible channel data and the corresponding “Snow/cloud discrimination” Red/Green/Blue (RGB) product (above) provided a glimpse of many of the areas of ice coverage on the Great Lakes at 18:06 UTC on 29... Read More

A strong and persistent ridge of high pressure aloft (GOES water vapor image animation) along with a northward push of unusually warm air behind a poleward-moving frontal boundary (GOES... Read More

A night-time AWIPS image of the Suomi NPP VIIRS IR brightness temperature difference (BTD) “fog/stratus product” at 08:47 UTC or 1:47 AM local time (above) displayed an expansive area of fog and stratus cloud across much of the central and southern Rocky Mountains region on Read More

An AWIPS-1 image of GOES-13 6.5 µm water vapor channel data (above) showed a large storm that was affecting much of the eastern US during the 26 November – 27 November 2013 period. Arctic air surging... Read More