A comparison of AWIPS images of 1-km resolution MODIS 0.65 µm visible channel data and the corresponding MODIS Land Surface Temperature (LST) product (above) showed nearly cloud-free conditions and very hot LST values of 120 – 140 F (darker red color enhancement) across much of southern Oklahoma at 19:48 UTC... Read More
A strong tropical wave near 50 W Longitude in the central Atlantic has become a Tropical Depression. The enhanced infrared image above shows a region of active convection (as signified by the overshooting tops designated by yellow circles) near the center of the system. (Current imagery of overshooting tops can... Read More
A large mesoscale convective system (MCS) developed in western Tennessee, which then grew in size and intensity as it propagated southward across Alabama on 31 July 2012. An AWIPS image of 1-km resolution POES AVHRR 10.8 µm IR channel data (above) showed cloud top IR brightness temperatures as cold as... Read More
McIDAS images of GOES-13 0.63 µm visible channel data (above) showed the hazy signature of a dense veil of airborne Saharan dust over South Florida and the adjacent offshore waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean on 25 July 2012.... Read More
