Hurricane Michael became the first Category 3 hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic Basin season on 06 September. GOES-13 0.63 µm visible channel images (above) and GOES-13 10.7 µm IR channel images (below) from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site showed that Michael displayed a well-defined eye.A... Read More

An AWIPS image of the Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.7 µm Day/Night Band (above) showed a night-time view of large swaths of wet ground across much of Kansas at 07:58 UTC (2:58 AM local time) on 05 September 2012. Many parts of central Kansas... Read More

An AWIPS image of Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.8 µm Day/Night Band data with overlays of surface observations (above) revealed the “dendritic fingers” signature of river valley fog across parts of southwestern Wisconsin and the adjacent Mississippi River Valley region at 08:17 UTC (3:17 AM local time) on 04 September 2012.... Read More

AWIPS images of Suomi NPP VIIRS 0.64 µm visible channel data (above) and 11.45 µm IR channel data (below) showed a close-up view of the clouds associated with a strong storm (surface analysis) that was crossing the Aleutian Islands and entering the Bering Sea on 03 September... Read More