A major outbreak of severe thunderstorms occurred across parts of the central US during the 14 April – 15 April 2012 period, producing widespread tornadoes, large hail, and damging winds (SPC storm... Read More
McIDAS images of 1-km resolution GOES-13 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation) showed the large smoke plume emanating from the so-called “County Line Fire” that was burning in the Pinhook Swamp area (along the Baker and Columbia County line) of the Osceola National Forest in... Read More
AWIPS images of 4-km resolution GOES-13 10.7 µm IR channel images (above; click image to play animation) showed the development of a line of severe thunderstorms along an advancing cold frontal boundary as it approached the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas region during the afternoon hours on Read More
After the Suomi NPP satellite had experienced an anomaly and gone into a sun-pointing “safe mode” on 24 March, all the satellite instruments began to successfully recover by 26 March 2012. Shown above is a 750-meter resolution true-color Red/Green/Blue (RGB)... Read More
