The first lake-effect snow flurries of the season were observed in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan at Gwinn, Sawyer Airport (station identifier KSAW) on 02 October 2010. An AWIPS image of MODIS 11.0 µm IR channel data (above) showed a few disorganized cloud bands over Lake Superior, with the coldest... Read More

McIDAS images of GOES-11 6.5 µm water vapor channel data (above) showed evidence of a very strong jet stream oriented from southwest to northeast across the eastern North Pacific Ocean on 26 September 2010, approaching the coast of British Columbia, Canada. The features... Read More

GOES-13 10.7 µm IR images (above) showed 3 tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Basin on 14 September 2010: from left to right, Tropical Storm Karl, Hurricane Igor, and Hurricane Julia. Real-time visible and Read More

Hurricane Igor became the 4th hurricane of the season in the Atlantic Basin late in the day on 11 September 2010. GOES-13 10.7 µm IR images from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site (above) displayed an increasingly organized structure to the convection surrounding the center of the storm. Igor existed in an environment of... Read More