The first tropical depression of the East Pacific season (Tropical Depression 1E) formed off the southwest coast of Mexico on 18 June 2009 — this was the latest date of the start of the tropical cyclone season in that particular ocean basin since reliable records began in 1970. The previous record for... Read More
The first tropical depression of the 2009 season formed off the US East Coast on 28 May 2009. An AWIPS animation of GOES-12 10.7 µm “IR window” images (above) revealed several bursts of convection as the canopy of... Read More
Beginning on 09 March 2009, two new Blended Total Precipitable Water (TPW) products were made available to NWS forecast offices who have installed AWIPS Operational Build 9 (OB9) — a Blended TPW product (above; Animated... Read More
A minor “high wind event” was noted in Boulder, Colorado on 01 December – 02 December 2008, when winds gusted as high as 48 mph during the night-time hours. GOES-13 6.5 µm water vapor channel images (above) showed the formation of mountain waves clouds over the Foothills region of Colorado,... Read More
