As pointed out by the NWS forecast office at Milwaukee/Sullivan WI, a narrow ribbon of cooler water temperatures was seen along parts of the western nearshore waters of Lake Michigan on 19 September 2007. Strong westerly winds in the wake of a cold frontal passage aided in the upwelling of cooler water from below the lake surface,... Read More
The big weather headline for the next week — for North America at least — will surely be Hurricane Dean, a category 3 hurricane over the far eastern Caribbean Sea (see the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site for the latest information on Hurricane Dean). Earlier today (Friday), Dean entered the Caribbean passing north of... Read More
Our recent fascination with the MODIS Sea Surface Temperature (SST) product continues, with AWIPS imagery of the MODIS SST that revealed an intricate pattern of cold water eddies across the southern portion of Hudson Bay in Canada on 30 July 2007 (above; upper left panel). The 2 MODIS image sets are about 90... Read More
An AWIPS image of the MODIS Sea Surface Temperature (SST) product (above) revealed a pocket of warmer SST values (72-75ºF or 22-24ºC, orange enhancement) over the mid-lake waters of southern Lake Michigan during the afternoon (around 19:41 UTC, or 2:41 PM local time) on Read More
