A number of interesting night-time images were available using the Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.7 µm Day/Night Band (DNB) on 26 April 2013 — since there was abundant illumination from the full “Pink Moon”, this allowed the DNB to provide “visible images at night” which showed city lights as well as a number... Read More
An AWIPS image of 1-km resolution Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.64 µm visible channel data (above) revealed a large patch of water within the eastern Gulf of Mexico “sun glint” region that exhibited a much darker appearance than the surrounding waters off the west coast of Florida on Read More
McIDAS images of GOES-15 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation) revealed a well-defined “southerly surge” of stratus clouds, which were moving northward along the coast of the Big Sur region of central California on 22 April 2013.AWIPS images... Read More
The middle part of April 2013 brought periods of very heavy rainfall to portions of Illinois and the Upper Midwest region, with many areas receiving 5-7 inches of rainfall. A map of the 14-day total observed precipitation during the 07-21 April period (above) shows the widespread distribution of the heavy... Read More
