07 July 2011 marks the 5 year anniversary of CIMSS providing MODIS images and products for National Weather Service (NWS) forecast offices to add to their local AWIPS workstations (via LDM subscription). This important “Research to Operations” effort has been a cornerstone of the GOES-R Proving Ground project. As of July 2011, CIMSS has provided experimental MODIS... Read More

 Strong thunderstorm outflow winds (gusting as high as 69 mph) created a severe dust storm (or “haboob“) in the Phoenix, Arizona area around 02:00 to 03:00 UTC on 06 July 2011 (or 7pm to 8pm local time on 05 July 2011), restricting the... Read More

Severe thunderstorms produced a long swath of large hail and damaging winds (SPC storm reports) across much of the Upper Midwest region from eastern South Dakota to northwestern Wisconsin on 01 July 2011. In addition, there were tornadoes that produced EF-1 and EF-2 damage in southwestern Minnesota (NWS Sioux... Read More