A comparison of AWIPS images of 1-km resolution Aqua MODIS 11.0 µm “IR Window” channel data (both grayscale, and color-enhanced) and the corresponding MODIS “Fog/stratus product” (above) showed some areas of fog and/or stratus cloud over the eastern half of Hudson Bay, Canada on 26 January... Read More

On 24 January 2012 NASA renamed the recently-launched NPP satellite (formerly known as the NPOES Preparatory Project)  the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (or Suomi NPP) in honor of Dr. Verner Suomi, recognized as “the father of satellite meteorology” (see: NASA News | Read More

 Unusually cold conditions were seen across the North Slope region of Alaska during the 22 January – 24 January 2012 period. A sequence of AWIPS images of 1-km resolution POES AVHRR 12.0 µm IR channel data (above) showed the expansion of a large area of surface IR brightness temperatures of... Read More

A major outbreak of severe thunderstorms along a strong cold frontal boundary swept eastward across much of the southeastern US on 22 January – 23 January 2012, producing widespread damaging winds, large hail, and tornadoes (Read More