AWIPS images of the 4-km resolution GOES-13 10.7 µm – 3.9 µm “fog/stratus product” (above; click image to play animation) showed a large area of fog and/or stratus (yellow to orange color enhancement) that was increasing in areal coverage during the pre-dawn hours on 06 February 2012. Although the fog/stratus... Read More

AWIPS images of 4-km resolution GOES-13 6.5 µm water vapor channel data (above; click image to play animation) showed the middle-tropospheric circulation and cloud features associated with the large storm system which brought heavy snow, heavy rainfall, and severe thunderstorms to much of the central US on Read More