Another period of activating GOES-14 for Super Rapid Scan Operations for GOES-R (SRSOR) began on 08 May 2014. One area of severe thunderstorms began to develop over the South Dakota/Nebraska/Minnesota/Iowa region, as see on McIDAS images of 1-minute interval GOES-14 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click... Read More
Satellite and especially radar revealed the tell-tale signs of an undular bore over southern Wisconsin on the morning of 26 August. The parallel lines of enhanced radar return, above, suggest that the outflow from the convective complex over northern Wisconsin organized into a bore, in part because the atmosphere over... Read More
A night-time (10:01 UTC or 3:01 AM local time) comparison of AWIPS images of Suomi NPP VIIRS 3.74 µm shortwave IR and 0.7 µm Day/Night Band data (above) showed signatures of the Rim Fire which had been burning since 17 August near Yosemite National Park in California. On the shortwave... Read More
A cold front moving through Wisconsin triggered severe convection (SPC storm reports) on 21 August 2013. GOES-14 SRSO-R data gives a compelling look at the convective development at 1-minute intervals. Because of the satellite position, the rear inflow into the convection near Rice Lake, WI, is very... Read More
