As noted on the AccuWeather WeatherMatrix blog, some locations in far eastern Colorado and far western Kansas experienced a “heat burst” as dry convection passed across the region overnight. AWIPS images of the 04:35 UTC (10:35 pm local time) MODIS 3.7 µm shortwave IR, MODIS 11.0 µm IR, and MODIS Land... Read More

Winds gusting in excess of 50 mph across parts of eastern Idaho on 05 September 2010 created a plume of blowing dust which could be seen on AWIPS images of the MODIS 0.65 µm visible channel, the MODIS 3.7 µm shortwave IR channel, and the MODIS 11.0 µm IR channel... Read More

AWIPS images of the GOES-13 6.5 µm water vapor channel data (above) showed Hurricane / Tropical Storm Earl as it moved inland across the Canadian Maritime provinces on 04 September – Read More

The image comparison above shows “before” and “after” views of the axis of the Gulf Stream off the southeast coast of the US. The “before” view is the Sea Surface Temperatue (SST) analysis from the RTG_SST High Resolution model at 00:00 UTC on 02 September 2010 (before Hurricane Earl arrived) — the... Read More