250-meter resolution MODIS true color and false color Red/Green/Blue (RGB) images from the SSEC MODIS Today site (above) showed that the oil slick resulting from the offshore oil rig fire and collapse (following an explosion on the night of 20 April 2010) continued to get closer to the coast of Louisiana on 29 April 2010. Along the far western edge of... Read More
McIDAS images of the GOES-13 0.65 µm visible channel data (above) showed the development of a well-defined plume of blowing dust/sand that appeared to originate from the White Sands, New Mexico area on 29 April 2010 — this plume of airborne aerosols very... Read More
The first official GOES-15 full disk InfraRed (IR) images became available at 17:30 UTC on 26 April 2010. The GOES-15 Imager 10.7 µm longwave IR image is shown above – similar images are available for the 0.65 µm visible channel, the 3.9 µm shortwave IR, the 6.5 µm water vapor channel, and the 13.3 µm CO2 channel.GOES-15 was launched on 04 March 2010, with the... Read More
On a rare “High Risk” SPC Convective Outlook day, a significant tornado outbreak occurred across the Deep South region of the US on 24 April 2010 which produced long-track tornadoes that were responsible for at least 10 fatalities across parts of Mississippi (SPC storm reports | NWS Jackson MS event summary). AWIPS images of the GOES-13 6.5 µm water vapor channel data... Read More
