Around an inch of snow accumulated across parts of southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina during the overnight hours on 28-29 January 2007. This patch of snow cover was evident the following morning on GOES-12 visible channel imagery... Read More

Not every part of the US was experiencing the wrath of winter on 26 January 2007 (see the previous  Blog post); an AWIPS image of the 1-km resolution MODIS 11.0 µm InfraRed (“IR window”) channel (above)... Read More

The most common interpretation of the GOES 6.5/6.7 µm “water vapor channel” imagery is that it provides a depiction of the “moisture content” of the middle to upper troposphere. While this is generally a valid interpretation, it is also important to keep in mind that first and foremost, the water... Read More

During periods when the GOES-12 imager is placed into Rapid Scan Operations (RSO) — as was the case on 05 January 2007 to monitor severe convection over the southeastern US — the coverage of the... Read More