Numerous wildfires began to burn across parts of northeastern North Dakota, northwestern Minnesota, and southeastern Manitoba during the afternoon hours on 02 October 2012. Strong south to southwest winds in advance of an approaching cold front were gusting into the 35-45 mph range,... Read More

Deep moisture and an unstable atmosphere were in place across the island of Puerto Rico on 27 September 2012, creating an environment favorable for the development of strong thunderstorms during the afternoon hours (in response to sea breeze convergence and local terrain effects). 1-km... Read More

A cyclone rapidly intensified (deepening 42 mb in 24 hours, and 26 mb in 12 hours) in the Gulf of Alaska on 26 September 2012, and was expected to produce winds up to hurricane force. An AWIPS image comparison of Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.7... Read More

A comparison of AWIPS images of Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.7 µm Day/Night Band, 11.45 µm IR, and IR difference “fog/stratus product” data (above) revealed that the Day/Night Band (DNB) can be used for nocturnal detection of dense layers of wildfire smoke aloft (in this case, over parts of Montana, Wyoming,... Read More