The National Weather Service forecast office in Mobile, Alabama mentoned their use of the MODIS fog/stratus product during the pre-dawn hours on 14 December 2011:AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1140 PM CST TUE DEC 13 2011 .AVIATION UPDATE (14/06Z ISSUANCE)…LOW CIG AND VSBY CONDITIONS CONTINUE. GOES IMAGER 11-3.9... Read More
AWIPS images of the 1-km resolution MODIS fog/stratus product (above) showed areas of freezing fog that were persisting across parts of the Pacific Northwest region of the US during the pre-dawn hours on 10 December 2011. This freezing fog was causing a few traffic accidents on roadways across the region.On the previous... Read More
Strong nocturnal radiational cooling beneath a large area of high pressure centered over the Ohio River Valley led to the formation of widespread areas of fog and stratus on 05 October 2011. AWIPS image... Read More
The early morning area forecast discussion issued by the National Weather service office at State College, Pennsylvania mentioned that river valley fog was being detected by the MODIS fog/stratus product:AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 526 AM EDT FRI SEP 16 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A LARGE HIGH PRESSURE... Read More
