GOES-14 has been brought out of storage for station-keeping maintenance (a north-south maneuver is scheduled for 21 August 2012) and while active, it is providing one-minute imagery over selected regions of the United States. Today’s region of focus is the southeast part of the United States, and the imagery above... Read More
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
A tornado was observed and photographed near Mt. Evans in north-central Colorado around 2:51 PM local time or 20:51 UTC (Local Storm Report) on 28 July 2012. A comparison of McIDAS images of 4-km resolution GOES-15 (GOES-West) and GOES-13 (GOES-East) 10.7 µm IR channel data (above) showed that the thunderstorm which produced the tornado... Read More
A major flooding event occurred in the Beijing, China area on 21 July 2012, as the heaviest rainfall in over 60 years caused at least 77 fatalaties, cancelled over 500 airport flights, and forced more than 65,000 people to be evacuated. Much of the city averaged around 7-9 inches of... Read More
