A strong cold front moved southward across the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes states on 26 May – 27 May 2008. During the preceding... Read More

An AWIPS image of the MODIS Sea Surface Temperature (SST) product (above) indicated that the surface water temperatures over much of Lake Michigan were still in the 38-39º F or 3-4º C range (darker blue colors) on 20 April 2008. However, as a southerly flow of warm air moved across the region... Read More

AWIPS images of the MODIS sea surface temperature (SST) product on 16 April 2008 (above) displayed some interesting warm water eddy structures (green to yellow colors) over the western Atlantic Ocean, not far off the coast of the Mid-Atlantic states. A comparison with the SST analysis field from the High Resolution Real... Read More

[Hat-tip to Amato Evan at CIMSS for pointing out this very interesting AVHRR sea surface temperature imagery] AVHRR sea surface temperature (SST) data (above, viewed using Google Earth) revealed the striking convergence of the Brazil Current and the Malvinas/Falkland Current off the east coast of South America on 07 April 2008. The... Read More