McIDAS images of GOES-11 0.65 µm visible channel data (above) showed hazy plumes of glacial silt blowing southwestward from the Alaska Panhandle region out over the adjacent offshore waters of the Gulf of Alaska on 17 November 2010. A NOAA-19 false-color Red/Green/Blue... Read More

AWIPS images of POES AVHRR visible and IR channel data with an overlay of Mean Sea Level Pressure contours (above) showed a very intense Storm Force low that was approaching the Alaska Panhandle region at 20:42 UTC on 12 October 2010. This large... Read More

Multiple rounds of severe thunderstorms moved northward across southern Arizona on 05 October 2010, producing hail as large as 2.5 inches in diameter, wind gusts as high as 75 mph, and rainfall in excess of 2 inches at some locations (SPC Storm Reports). According to NWS Phoenix, the 2.5 inch diameter hail was some of... Read More

McIDAS images of GOES-11 6.5 µm water vapor channel data (above) showed evidence of a very strong jet stream oriented from southwest to northeast across the eastern North Pacific Ocean on 26 September 2010, approaching the coast of British Columbia, Canada. The features... Read More