A cyclone rapidly intensified (deepening 42 mb in 24 hours, and 26 mb in 12 hours) in the Gulf of Alaska on 26 September 2012, and was expected to produce winds up to hurricane force. An AWIPS image comparison of Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.7... Read More

The shortwave infrared channels on the GOES-13 sounder have displayed increasing amounts of noise over the past months. The multi-channel display, above, shows distinct noise in the channels at 4.57 µm, 4.53 µm, 4.45 µm and 4.13 µm. Animations of the GOES-13/GOES-15 imagery from AWIPS shows that the noise is... Read More

McIDAS images of GOES-15 (GOES-West) and GOES-13 (GOES-East) 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation) revealed smoke plumes and pyrocumulus clouds associated with a pair of large wildfires that were burning in western Wyoming on 15 September 2012. Because... Read More

Tornadoes touched down on Long Island within the confines of New York City on September 8th, 2012. This image shows the terminal radar velocities from Newark associated with the two touch downs. This google map link shows both Canarsie and Breezy Point on a map of eastern Long Island.The GOES-15 image above, from... Read More