Hurricane Ophelia, the fourth hurricane of the north Atlantic tropical season, is pictured above near peak intensity as it moves over the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Hispaniola (which island is visible in the southwest corner of the image loop). The hurricane displays a circular central dense... Read More

 The early morning area forecast discussion issued by the National Weather service office at State College, Pennsylvania mentioned that river valley fog was being detected by the MODIS fog/stratus product:AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 526 AM EDT FRI SEP 16 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A LARGE HIGH PRESSURE... Read More

McIDAS images of 4-km resolution GOES-15 10.7 µm IR data (above; click image to play animation) showed the transition of Tropical Depression #13 into Tropical Storm Lee in the northern Gulf of Mexico on 02 September 2011. Deep convection persisted within the eastern semi-circle of the system, with large areas exhibiting cloud... Read More

Category two Hurricane Irene (shown in the rocking animation above) is over the South Atlantic Bight after moving through the Bahamas on August 25th. The projected path is over coastal North Carolina and then towards New England. What factors will control future changes in strength?Morphed microwave imagery, above (and available... Read More