AWIPS composite images of the 6.7µm GOES-11 and 6.5µm GOES-12 “water vapor” channels (above) show the eastward progression of synoptic-scale frontal systems across the US and Canada — as well as the westward motion of what could evolve into a subtropical disturbance in the eastern Gulf of Mexico — on... Read More

A NOAA-15 1-km resolution Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) 10.8µm IR image centered over Madison, Wisconsin at 11:15 UTC or 6:15 AM local time on 26 September 2007 (above) shows that several of the smaller inland lakes across southern Wisconsin were... Read More

A sequence of three Terra MODIS true color images from 02 August, 30 August, and 22 September 2007 centered over Lake Superior (above) reveals the onset of the brilliant orange Autumn season tree colors across parts of northeastern Minnesota, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and northern Wisconsin (ground truth: photo 1 | photo 2). Much... Read More

AWIPS images of the GOES-12 6.5µm “water vapor” channel (above) show an upper-level low that was intensifying over Florida during the day on 18 September 2007. As warm/dry middle to upper tropospheric air (yellow enhancement) wrapped around and into the southwestern quadrant of the cyclone, convection was seen to develop along the... Read More