GOES-12 10.7 µm IR imagery (above) showed Category 4 Hurricane Paloma just south of Cuba on 08 November 2008. A well-defined eye was present, surrounded by cold cloud top temperatures in the -70º to -80º C range (as cold as -81º C at... Read More

AWIPS images of the GOES-12 6.5 µm “water vapor channel” (above) displayed 3 impressive storms during the 05 November – 06 November 2008 period: a powerful blizzard in the northern Great Plains states, a strong “gale force” storm along the US East Coast,... Read More

GOES-11 6.7 µm and GOES-13 6.5 µm “water vapor channel” images (above) showed the formation of mountain wave clouds over parts of southern Alberta and western Montana on 03 November 2008.  Note how the mountain wave clouds — which formed immediately downwind... Read More