The “spinning globe” satellite image montage (above; click image to play animation) showed the cloud formations around the planet on Earth Day (22 April 2011). This product is created by combining data from 5 of the currently operational geostationary orbiting meteorological satellites (GOES-East at 75º West longitude, GOES-West at 135º... Read More

Water vapor imagery from Monday 4 April 2011 over the Gulf of Alaska shows the development of what appears to be Kelvin-Helmholtz instability, an instability that occurs in regions of strong shear. In this case, the shear zone occurs within a gradient of moisture along the edge of a polar... Read More

  AWIPS images of 1-km resolution GOES-13 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation) revealed the formation of convergence bands withing a weak cyclonic circulation over western Lake Superior on 07 March 2011. These convergence bands were responsible for producing... Read More

AWIPS images of MODIS 0.65 µm “visible channel” and 2.1 µm “snow/ice channel” data (above) revealed a long, narrow band of snow cover oriented from south to north across far northeastern Wyoming, far eastern Montana, and far western North Dakota at 19:42 UTC (12:42 pm local time) on 11 November 2010.  ... Read More