GOES-17 IFR Probability fields are being evaluated at CIMSS (the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies), with a plan to release them to the field via an LDM request in the near future. The toggle above compares GOES-16 IFR Probability and GOES-17 IFR Probability for the same time over central... Read More
A sequence of nighttime MODIS and VIIRS “Fog/stratus” infrared Brightness Temperature Difference (BTD) images (above) revealed long plumes (darker shades of red) streaming southwestward for over 200 miles from their industrial point sources in the Mesabi Range of northeastern Minnesota on 03 December 2018.During the subsequent daytime hours, a comparison of GOES-16 (GOES-East)... Read More
Comparisons of NOAA-20 and Suomi NPP VIIRS Day/Night Band (0.7 µm) and “Fog Product” Infrared Brightness Temperature Difference images (above) showed the nighttime formation of river valley fog in parts of the Mississippi River and its tributaries in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa on 28 June 2018. Due to ample illumination... Read More
Morning #GOESEast 1 minute mesoscale sector over #CNY showing a glimpse of the #valleyfog in the upper Susquehanna & Delaware river basins co-located with the #snow in the higher elevations of the #Catskills. Both will be gone later today. pic.twitter.com/IDuVlQANvg — NWS Binghamton (@NWSBinghamton) May 1, 2018 As pointed out by... Read More
