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Category: POES

Hurricane Ernesto

McIDAS images of 4-km resolution GOES-13 10.7 µm IR channel data (above; click image to play animation) showed Category 1 Hurricane Ernesto as it approached the far southeast coast of Mexico during the late afternoon and eary evening hours on 07 August 2012. The... Read More

Mesoscale Convective System over Alabama

A large mesoscale convective system (MCS) developed in western Tennessee, which then grew in size and intensity as it propagated southward across Alabama on 31 July 2012. An AWIPS image of 1-km resolution POES AVHRR 10.8 µm IR channel data (above) showed cloud top IR brightness temperatures as cold as... Read More

Mesovortex over Lake Michigan

A mesoscale vortex developed in northern Lake Michigan early in the day on 19 July 2012; AWIPS images of 1-km resolution GOES-13 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation) showed that the mesovortex then propagated southward across the western... Read More

First thunderstorm at Barrow, Alaska since 2004

McIDAS images of 1-km resolution NOAA-15 0.6 µm visible channel and 10.8 µm IR channel images from 01:30 UTC on 16 July 2012 or 5:30 PM local time on 15 July (above) showed the development of the first thunderstorm recorded at Barrow, Alaska since July 2004:PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER... Read More