An AWIPS image of the GOES 10.7µm InfraRed (IR) channel (above) shows Tropical Depression Alvin (left) and Tropical Storm Barbara (right) on 30 May 2007 — both disturbances were located near the... Read More

GOES-12 visible imagery from 11 May 2007 (above; Java animation) shows the very thick areas of smoke resulting from ongoing fire activity in Georgia and Florida. Strong winds around the periphery of the remnants of... Read More

AWIPS images of the GOES-12 6.5µm “water vapor channel” (above; QuickTime animation) revealed the large size of a cyclonic circulation off the southeast US coast on 08 May 2007. This system was eventually named Subtropical Storm Andrea by the National Hurricane Center the following morning. One noteworthy aspect of Andrea was the fact that it’s... Read More

No…just a weak cyclonic vortex off the Atlantic coast of Florida that just happens to look like a tropical cyclone with an eye! GOES-12 visible imagery (above; Java animation) shows the cloud swirl as it developed what appeared to be an “eye” on... Read More