A shallow bank of fog and stratus cloud was moving southward along the Delaware/Maryland/Virginia coast during the pre-dawn and early morning hours on 03 April 2007. GOES-12 3.9µm InfraRed (IR) imagery (above; Read More
GOES-11 (GOES-West) Visible (daytime) and 3.9 µm Shortwave Infrared (nighttime) imagery (above) revealed an interesting cyclonic vortex which was propagating westward across the eastern North Pacific Ocean on 13-14 March 2007. The radial banded cloud features that form such a cloud “swirl” are known as actinae or Read More
Two interesting semi-linear cloud features were apparent in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands on 06 November: (1) a cloud line to the lee of the Big Island of Hawaii, due to easterly “trade winds” within the marine boundary layer converging after flowing around... Read More
What appeared to be a rather unusual example of a subtropical cyclone was evident over the northern East Pacific Ocean on 01 November (AWIPS surface analysis + buoys) — however, this compact cyclone was likely associated with a deep cold-core cutoff... Read More
