The first tornado-related fatalities of the 2009 severe weather season occurred during a tornado outbreak that affected parts of Texas and Oklahoma (SPC storm reports) on 10 February – Read More

The National Weather Service at Milwaukee/Sullivan posted a nice animation of MODIS true color imagery (using the  AWIPS “MODIS True Color Imagery Viewer” that Jordan Gerth developed as part of the CIMSS/SSEC Read More

A side-by-side comparison of GOES-12 and GOES-13 visible images (above) shows a well-defined lake-effect cloud band that was oriented generally north-to-south across Lake Michigan on 04 February 2009. This narrow cloud band was producing heavy snow as it moved inland over far... Read More