Heavy snow from Texas to Michigan
An impressive winter storm (which featured a TROWAL airstream) brought snow, sleet, and freezing rain to much of the central US during the 30 November to 01 December 2006... Read More
Category: MODIS
Using MODIS to detect ice-covered ground
A fast-moving winter storm was responsible for widespread snow, sleet, and freezing rain across much of central US on 29 November 2006; several counties in southeastern Iowa reported 1/8 to... Read More
Contrails over the southeastern US
AWIPS MODIS imagery revealed widespread condensation trails (or “contrails”) from commercial aircraft flying across the southeastern US on 29 November 2006. These contrails were best seen using the Band 26 (1.3µm) near-IR channel (above) and the Band 27 (6.7µm) water vapor... Read More
“Hole punch clouds” and aircraft “distrails”
Some interesting photos of “hole punch clouds” were captured on 15 November 2006 — the photos (which appeared on the 16 November Spaceweather.com site) were were taken at Stevens Point in central Wisconsin. A QuickTime animation of GOES-12... Read More
