Category: General interpretation
Record snowfall in Rapid City, South Dakota
A late-season winter storm brought heavy snowfall to much of the central US — Rapid City, South Dakota (station identifier RAP) set records that included 20.0 inches on 09 April 2013 (most snowfall on a calendar... Read More
Mesospheric airglow waves
Continuing on the theme of the previous blog post, AWIPS images of Suomi NPP VIIRS Day/Night Band (0.7 µm) and Infrared Window (11.45 µm) data (above) showed another large mesoscale convective system over the eastern Gulf of Mexico at 06:45 UTC or 4:45 AM... Read More
Mesoscale Convective System in the Gulf of Mexico
One of the first strong Mesoscale Convective Systems of the Spring Season traversed the Gulf of Mexico during the day on April 3rd. Suomi/NPP VIIRS imagery of the 0.7 µm Day/Night Band and the 11.45 µm IR channel, from 0722 UTC, above, showed elements that are characteristic of these convective features. For example, the thick convective... Read More