AWIPS images of POES AVHRR 10.8 µm IR data (above) showed a thunderstorm that was moving off the Georgia/Florida coast during the pre-dawn hours on 17 June 2011. Rapidly-warming cloud top IR brightness temperatures indicated that this thunderstorm was quickly dying.A POES AVHRR false color Red/Green/Blue (RGB) image at 12:36 UTC (below)... Read More