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Category: VIIRS

Orographic cirrus over Colorado and Wyoming

AWIPS images of 4-km resolution GOES-13 10.7 µm IR channel data (above; click image to play animation) showed the development of a large shield of orographic cirrus clouds immediately downwind (to the east of) the high terrain of the Rocky Mountains in eastern Colorado and southeastern Wyoming on Read More

Mesovortices in Lake Superior

McIDAS images of GOES-13 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation) revealed a well-defined mesovortex moving southeastward across the southern part of Lake Superior during the day on 15 December 2013. As the feature approached the Upper Peninsula of... Read More