McIDAS images of GOES-13 0.63 µm visible channel data (above; click image to play animation) showed the large smoke plume from a wildfire that forced the closure of Interstate 95 in eastern Florida on 28 February 2011. A MODIS Read More

  High winds (gusting to 69 mph at Amarillo, Texas) downed power lines that ignited a number of grassland wildfires across western Texas on 27 February 2011 — according to media reports, these fires destroyed at least 60 homes, burned more than 140,000 acres,... Read More

AWIPS images of 4-km resolution GOES-13 6.5 µm “water vapor channel” data (above; click image to play animation) revealed an extensive “mountain wave signature” across much of the Mid-Atlantic region of the US on 19 February 2011. Strong winds (gusting to 71 mph in Virginia and 63 mph in Maryland and Pennsylvania)... Read More

Strong southwesterly winds aloft interacting with the rugged terrain of the Sierra Nevada mountain range resulted in a number of pilot reports of mountain waves which were producing moderate turbulence over parts of the western US on 14 February 2011. AWIPS images... Read More