The suite of Fog/Low Stratus (FLS) products derived using GOES-17 (GOES-West) data within the PACUS Sector (above) became available via the Satellite Broadcast Network (SBN) for AWIPS on 18 October 2021. Two examples are shown below: one centered over Oregon, and the other centered over the Big Island of Hawai’i. The 4... Read More

GOES-16 (GOES-East) Night Fog BTD (10.3-3.9 µm) and “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images on 23 August 2021 (above) showed the nighttime formation of widespread river valley fog across parts of the Mid-South and adjacent Appalachians — followed by morning fog dissipation once solar heating initiated boundary layer mixing. With surface high pressure in... Read More

GOES-16 (GOES-East) nighttime Cloud Thickness and daytime “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) displayed a narrow band of marine stratus/fog that was moving southward along the East Coast of the US on 23 March 2021. Plots of Ceiling and Visibility showed that some sites along the coasts of New York, New... Read More

GOES-16 (GOES-East) Nighttime Microphysics RGB, Night Fog BTD (10.3-3.9 µm) and Cloud Thickness product (above) showed an arc of relatively thin fog across northern South Carolina, eastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia — which was becoming thicker/deeper in time during the hours leading up to sunrise on 13 January 2021. In areas where the Cloud Thickness increased to 400... Read More