A major ice storm impacted much of the Northeast US on 11 December – 12 December 2008 — many locations across that region experienced several hours of freezing rain, leading to widespread ice accumulations of 0.5 to 1.0 inch which... Read More
An unusually-early snowfall event occurred in parts of Louisiana and Mississippi on 11 December 2008. AWIPS images of GOES-12 6.5 µm water vapor images (above) revealed a well-defined axis of a deformation zone pivoting over the region that received the heaviest snowfall. The GOES sounder Total Column Ozone product (below) showed values... Read More
A minor “high wind event” was noted in Boulder, Colorado on 01 December – 02 December 2008, when winds gusted as high as 48 mph during the night-time hours. GOES-13 6.5 µm water vapor channel images (above) showed the formation of mountain waves clouds over the Foothills region of Colorado,... Read More
A cold and moist upslope (northeasterly) flow had pushed up against the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado during the pre-dawn hours on 20 November 2008 — a comparison of AWIPS images of the MODIS Fog/Stratus product and the topography (above) showed that the western edge of the... Read More
