The GOES-11 satellite was once again placed into Super Rapid Scan Operations (SRSO) on 13 May 2009, providing images as frequently as every 1 minute during portions of the late afternoon and early evening hours. The GOES-11 visible channel imagery (above; also available as a QuickTime... Read More

A well-defined “enhanced-v” storm top signature was seen on MODIS 11.0 µm IR window image (above) over Nebraska around 08:09 UTC (3:09 am local time) on 13 May 2009. The magnitude of the cold/warm cloud top temperature couplet was rather large (-72º... Read More