Yet another Northeast US winter storm
The third major storm of the 2010/2011 winter season (storm #1 | storm #2) impacted much of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast states on 26 January 2011 – 27 January 2011. An AWIPS image of Read More
The third major storm of the 2010/2011 winter season (storm #1 | storm #2) impacted much of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast states on 26 January 2011 – 27 January 2011. An AWIPS image of Read More
A major winter storm impacted parts of the Upper Midwest region on 13 November 2010, producing snowfall amounts as high as 14 inches at Emmetsburg, Iowa, 12.0 inches at Maple Grove, Minnesota (NWS MPX story), and 11.0 inches at Hawthorne, Wisconsin (NWS DLH story).AWIPS images of 4-km resolution GOES-13 6.5 µm “water vapor channel” data (above)... Read More
Multiple rounds of severe thunderstorms moved northward across southern Arizona on 05 October 2010, producing hail as large as 2.5 inches in diameter, wind gusts as high as 75 mph, and rainfall in excess of 2 inches at some locations (SPC Storm Reports). According to NWS Phoenix, the 2.5 inch diameter hail was some of... Read More
As noted on the AccuWeather WeatherMatrix blog, some locations in far eastern Colorado and far western Kansas experienced a “heat burst” as dry convection passed across the region overnight. AWIPS images of the 04:35 UTC (10:35 pm local time) MODIS 3.7 µm shortwave IR, MODIS 11.0 µm IR, and MODIS Land... Read More