A large Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) developed over far northeastern Oklahoma during the pre-dawn hours on 04 June 2012, which eventually produced a Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) that moved into northwestern Arkansas the following morning. AWIPS images of 4-km resolution GOES-13 10.7 µm... Read More
United Airlines flight 1727 from Tampa, Florida to Houston, Texas (aircraft flight path | plot of aircraft altitude/speed, from FlightAware.com) encountered extreme turbulence near the coast of Louisiana just before 12:00 UTC on Read More
AWIPS images of 4-km resolution GOES-13 10.7 µm IR channel images (above; click image to play animation) showed the development of a line of severe thunderstorms along an advancing cold frontal boundary as it approached the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas region during the afternoon hours on Read More
McIDAS images of GOES-13 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation) revealed the cyclonic circulation of a Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) that was moving northeastward across Mississippi on 30 March 2012. This MCV appeared to play a role in helping to initiate new convective cells ahead... Read More
