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Archive: Sep 2006

Lake-effect clouds

Cold air was streaming southwestward across Lake Superior, behind a strong Canadian cold front (temperatures the following morning dropped to 19 F at Embarrass MN and 28 F at Hayward WI). On the MODIS true color image (below, left), the appearance of the cloud bands that formed over the lake closely... Read More

More GOES-10 SRSO imagery

GOES-10 Super Rapid Scan Operations (SRSO) visible and 10.7 micrometer InfraRed (IR) imagery at 1-minute intervals shows a nice view of a small thunderstorm that developed off the Texas coast this morning. The pulsing of overshooting tops could be seen in the visible imagery, along with periods of colder cloud... Read More