McIDAS images of GOES-13 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation) showed the cyclonic circulation of clouds and the convective bursts associated with the development of Tropical Storm Bret in the western Atlantic Ocean north of the Bahamas on 17 July... Read More

 Hurricane Adrian developed into a Category 3 hurricane early in the day on 09 June 2011. McIDAS images of GOES-12 0.63 µm visible channel data (above) initially showed a well-defined eye before it began to get partially obscured by the high clouds of a central dense overcast (CDO).DMSP SSMIS 85... Read More

An area of organized convection was seen moving rapidly southwestward across the western Atlantic Ocean on 31 May 2011, not far off the East Coast of the US. AWIPS images of GOES-13 6.5 µm “water vapor channel” data (above; click image to play animation) suggested that this area of convection over the... Read More

McIDAS images of GOES-13 0.63 µm visible channel data (above) revealed a hazy plume moving southward along the Pacific Northwest coast of the US late in the day on 18 May 2011. The airborne smoke showed up very well due to the favorable... Read More