AWIPS images of the 4-km resolution GOES-12 6.5 µm water vapor channel (above) showed a southward-propagating  lee-side cold frontal gravity wave over New Mexico and Texas on 22 October 2008. This gravity wave was caused by a surface-based cold frontal boundary that was moving southward across the region.A comparison of the 1-km resolution MODIS 6.7 µm... Read More