GOES-15 10.7 µm IR images (above; click image to play animation) showed a large area of very cold cloud top IR brightness temperatures associated with Tropical Storm Jova over the East Pacific Ocean on 07 October 2011. Embedded within the large region of... Read More

High pressure over the eastern United States on October 6th allowed a rare view of the (almost) cloud-free Great Lakes, above, from the MODIS instrument on board Terra. The clear skies also allowed observations of lake surface temperatures over the entire Lake system, shown below. (Click here for an animation... Read More

Strong southerly winds (gusting as high as 50 mph) helped a large grassland fire (named the Okreek fire) spread rapidly northward across south-central South Dakota during the afternoon hours on 05 October 2011. The light gray smoke plume and the dark burn scar... Read More

Strong nocturnal radiational cooling beneath a large area of high pressure centered over the Ohio River Valley led to the formation of widespread areas of fog and stratus on 05 October 2011. AWIPS image... Read More