A comparison of AWIPS images of Suomi NPP VIIRS 11.45 µm IR, 0.7 µm Day/Night Band, and 3.74 µm shortwave IR data (above) showed (1) a pair of strong thunderstorms over the Montana/North Dakota/South Dakota border region, with cold cloud top IR brightness temperatures and excellent illumination of the overshooting... Read More
Numerous wildfires continued to burn across much of the western US into late June, due to a combination of moderate to extreme drought, high temperatures, and strong winds. McIDAS images of 1-km resolution GOES-15 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation) showed... Read More
McIDAS images of GOES-13 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation) revealed the development of a very broad and dense smoke plume emanating from a large wildfire that was burning just northwest of Goose Bay, Labrador (station identifier CYYR) in far eastern Canada on Read More
