The GOES-14 satellite was placed into Super Rapid Scan Operations for GOES-R (SRSOR) mode to begin to provide 1-minute interal images of Hurricane Sandy on 25 October 2012. McIDAS images of GOES-14 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation; also available as a QuickTime movie) showed the circulation of Sandy moving northward... Read More

As high pressure associated with cold arctic air began to build over the eastern interior of Alaska and the Yukon Territory of Canada, a strong pressure gradient created intense gap winds through the channeled terrain of south-central Alaska on 21 October 2012. These winds... Read More

AWIPS images of Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.64 µm visible channel data (above) showed the hazy signature of a dense plume of blowing dust along the southwestern periphery of a large mid-latitude cyclone that was centered over Minnesota and Wisconsin on 18 October 2012.... Read More

Tropical Storm Rafael was slowly intensifying over the Atlantic Ocean north-northeast of Puerto Rico on 15 October 2012. McIDAS-V images of Suomi NPP VIIRS 11.45 µm IR channel and 0.8 µm Day/Night Band data at 05:33 UTC (above; courtesy of William... Read More