A sequence of daily 250-meter resolution MODIS true color Red/Green/Blue (RGB) images from the SSEC MODIS Direct Broadcast site (above) showed the development and evolution of the smoke plume emanating from a swamp fire that was burning in the Bayou... Read More
An area of disturbed weather that emerged off the coast of Africa over the weekend has acquired sufficient organized convection to be classified as a Tropical Storm, Katia, the 11th named storm of this active Atlantic Hurricane Season. Analyses from the CIMSS Tropical Weather Website show the storm just south of a region of dry air from the Sahara. Shear analyses at the... Read More
Heavy rainfall associated with Hurricane Irene included 20.40 inches at Virginia beach, Virginia and 20.00 inches at Jacksonville, North Carolina (HPC summary). Winds gusted as high as 115 mph at Cedar Island, North Carolina. The effects of the heavy rain and... Read More
The National Weather Service forecast office in Salt Lake City, Utah referred to the MODIS Total Precipitable Water (TPW) product (above) in their afternoon forecast discussion on 27 August 2011: FXUS65 KSLC 272201 AFDSLC AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 355... Read More
