Andy Heidinger (NOAA/NESDIS/Advanced Satellite Products Branch) pointed out a very long and thin cloud feature, which can be seen near the center of the false color Red/Green/Blue (RGB) image created using AVHRR imagery (above). In this particular RGB image, low clouds appear dark blue, while cirrus clouds are white. The cloud feature of... Read More
McIDAS images of GOES-12 and GOES-13 visible channel data (above) showed the slow eastward movement of ice across Lake Erie on 19 February 2010. Though not particularly strong, the westerly winds across the region were likely a factor in the ice movement. The improvement in GOES-13 Image Navigation and Registration (INR) is... Read More
With an elongated ridge of high pressure in place along the British Columbia coast on 18 February 2010, nearly cloud-free conditions allowed for some nice satellite views of the Vancouver, British Columbia area (the site of the 2010 Winter Olympics). McIDAS images of GOES-13 visible channel data (above) showed the widespread snow-covered mountains that occupied... Read More
The National Weather Service forecast office at Kansas City / Pleasant Hill, Missouri posted a nice overview of the Valentine’s Day snow event that caused a number of multiple-vehicle accidents in the Kansas City area. McIDAS images of the 1-km resolution GOES-13 visible channel data (above) revealed the tight circulation of the system as it... Read More
