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
The following appeared in the Area Forecast Discussion issued by the National Weather Service forecast office at State College, PA on the morning of 12 August 2011:AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 523 AM EDT FRI AUG 12 2011 .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/… HIGH... Read More
AWIPS images of the 4-km resolution GOES-13 “fog/stratus product” at night followed by 1-km resolution GOES-13 0.63 µm visible channel data (above) showed that there was a great deal of river valley fog along the portion of the Mississippi River where Wisconsin borders Minnesota and Iowa, as well as some... Read More
