As happened in 2011, an algae bloom is ongoing over Lake Erie. The current bloom has contaminated at least one water intake for Toledo, Ohio’s municipal water supply with microcystin, a cyanobacter that when ingested can damage the liver and nauseate people. (There is also significant danger to pets). A... Read More
A sequence of AWIPS images of Suomi NPP VIIRS 1.61 µm near-IR “snow/ice discrimination channel” data covering the period from 13:47 UTC on 27 May to 23:24 UTC on 28 May 2013 (above) showed the effects of ice jam flooding along the Yukon River in the vicinity of Galena, Alaska... Read More
A comparison of AWIPS images of Suomi NPP VIIRS 1.61 µm “snow/ice discrimination channel” data from 19 May and 20 May 2013 (above) revealed the areal extent of flooding along the Yukon River upstream of the Fort Yukon (station identifier PFYU) area in northeastern Alaska. Both ice... Read More
The middle part of April 2013 brought periods of very heavy rainfall to portions of Illinois and the Upper Midwest region, with many areas receiving 5-7 inches of rainfall. A map of the 14-day total observed precipitation during the 07-21 April period (above) shows the widespread distribution of the heavy... Read More
